Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya (MGCGV), formerly Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidhayalay and Mahatma Gandhi Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya, is a first rural state university[1] located at Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh, India.

The university was established in 1991 by Nanaji Deshmukh[2] as Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidhayalay under The Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidhayalay Adhiniyam, 1991.

The name was changed to Mahatma Gandhi Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya in 1995 through The Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya (Sanshodhan) Adhiniyam, 1995, naming the university after Mahatma Gandhi.

Finally, it received its current name in 1997 under The Mahatma Gandhi Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya (Sanshodhan) Adhiniyam, 1997 which restored the name Chitrakoot to the title of the university.

[3] The university is divided into five faculties and 16 departments: