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Tribhuvan Sahkari University: India’s First Cooperative University

7 July 20251 min read
NATIONAL AFFAIRSTribhuvan SahkariUniversity: India’sFirst CooperativeUniversity7 July 2025safalsetu.com

Why in the news

Union Minister Amit Shah performed the foundation stone ceremony for the country’s first national cooperative university in Gujarat.

Key facts

  • Name: Tribhuvan Sahkari University.
  • Status: India’s first national cooperative university.
  • Location: Anand, Gujarat, the birthplace of Amul and a historic hub of the cooperative movement.
  • Namesake: Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel, who founded Amul and pioneered the cooperative movement in India.
  • Purpose: to build up the cooperative ecosystem by turning out trained professionals for it.

Significance

  • Places professional training for the cooperative sector in one dedicated institution.
  • Roots the new university in the town most closely linked with cooperative dairying history.

Exam angle

  • Foundation stone laid by: Union Minister Amit Shah.
  • Place: Anand, Gujarat; related brand: Amul.
  • Person honoured in the name: Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel.

Test yourself

1. Where was the foundation stone of Tribhuvan Sahkari University, India's first national cooperative university, laid?

The university is being set up at Anand, Gujarat.

2. Tribhuvan Sahkari University is named after which founder of Amul?

It honours Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel, Amul's founder.

3. Who laid the foundation stone of Tribhuvan Sahkari University?

Union Minister Amit Shah laid the foundation stone.

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