Maharishi University of Management and Technology is a private university was established vide Chhattisgarh Private Universities (Establishment and Operations) (Amendment) Act 2018 and received the assent of Hon’ble Governor of C.G. on 13 April 2018 followed by publication of Chhattisgarh Gazette (Extraordinary) on 17 April 2018. Brahmachari (Dr.) Girish Chandra Varma is the Chancellor, Dr. Pankaj T. Chande is the Vice-Chancellor and Dr. Vijay Kumar Garudik is the Registrar of Maharishi University of Management and Technology.[4][5] The Statutes and Ordinances of the University were approved by the C.G. State Government on 14 October 2019. The name of the University has been included in the list maintained by the University Grant Commission (UGC) on its website www.ugc.ac.in and member of Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi. Maharishi University of Management and Technology (MUMT), Mangla, Bilaspur (C.G) is the first private university in Bilaspur City.[6]