pt. ravishankar shukla university is chhattisgarh's largest and oldest institution of higher education, founded in 1964, and named after the first chief minister of erstwhile madhya pradesh. the university has a sprawling campus in the western part of the capital of chhattisgarh, raipur. the campus of university is spread in 207 acres of land. there are twenty-nine teaching departments in the university. out of which six departments buildings have been constructed recently. a variety of self financed courses have been initiated in some departments. the total number of employees is 700, who provide the administrative support at different levels.