About Us Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University was established as a State University vide U P State Government notification no dated November It has a rare distinction of taking birth through a powerful and popular movement during the early s This movement symbolized the hopes and aspirations of the masses for the development of higher education institutions in the Garhwal region The people of this remote mountain region struggled for opening a University in the small but historic semi-rural town of Srinagar Garhwal It was an expression of the quest for empowering their future generations to overcome endemic economic and social backwardness geographic and environmental constraints preserving cultural identity and harnessing the human resources for development The HNBGU was converted to a Central University on th January by an Act of Parliament i e The Central Universities Act The University has thus been entrusted with new responsibilities to guide its students faculty and Read More