The University was established in 2015 through the Chhattisgarh Vishwavidyalaya (Sanshodhan) Adhiniyam, 2015, which bifurcated Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University, creating Durg Vishwavidyalaya, with jurisdiction over the districts of Durg, Balod, Bemetara, Rajnandgaon and Kabirdham.

[2] On 12 April 2018, a day after the death of Hemchand Yadav, it was announced that the university would be renamed after him.

[5] After his resignation in February 2019, Dilip Wasnikar the division commissioner accepted the role of VC as an additional charge.

[6] The university is located in old Girls' PG College Campus Building, Raipur Naka, Durg.

[2] The university has jurisdiction over the districts of Durg, Balod, Bemetara, Rajnandgaon, Mohala-Manpur, Khairagarh and Kabirdham.