Satavahana University
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Satavahana University is a nonprofit public university in Karimnagar, Telangana, officially recognized by the University Grants Commission of India. The university is named after the Satavahana dynasty.[1]
Satavahana University has its roots in the post-graduate centre of Osmania University, established in 1976 in Godavarikhani. In 1993, the centre was transferred to Kakatiya University.[2] It was upgraded to university status in June 2008 and began operating from its permanent campus in Karimnagar in 2012.[1]
The university has two constituent colleges, the University Post Graduate College, in Godavarikhani, and the University College, in Karimnagar.[3]