Chaudhary Devi Lal University, named after Jan Nayak (late) Chaudhary Devi Lal,the former Deputy Prime Minister of India, who belonged to this region of Haryana state. The University was established by the Government of Haryana by an Act of Legislature in the year 2003 (Act No.9/2003) and was inaugurated on April 5, 2003. The University,located at Sirsa at a distance of 256 kms from Delhi and 285 from Chandigarh,has a sprawling campus of 348 acres on the Barnala Road. The National Highway No.10 and the Delhi-Rewari-Bathinda Railway Line pass through Sirsa.The squadron head quarter of Indian Air Force with an airport is also in the vicinity of Sirsa city.Though Sirsa is situated in Haryana, it adjoins both Punjab and Rajasthan.The University has great potential for developing into a Centre of Academic Excellence to cater the students belonging to Haryana and other states of the country.