Guru Ghasidas University was formally inaugurated on June 16,1983[citation needed] and is one of the two universities in Chhattisgarh State,India.It is in Bilaspur. It was named after Guru Ghasidas,the founder of the Satnami movement in the region. The jurisdiction of the university is spread across the Bilaspur Revenue Division.It covers almost the entire spectrum of the higher education requirements of the local people.It has several University Teaching Department (UTDs) on its campuses and about 125 colleges affiliated to it.The university is a residential cum affiliating institution.