Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University is a State university in India which came into existence by the Act of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly in 2002. The university is named after Saint Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah. The university campus is located at the foothills of the great Himalayan Pir Panjal range in Rajouri,154 km (96 mi) from Jammu, the Winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir union territory. It focuses on undergraduate engineering courses, a diverse postgraduate courses and research in fields such as management, environment, biodiversity,bio-technology, computer sciences, information technology, and appliedmathematics. Akbar Masood was appointed as Vice Chancellor on 13 February 2021.