Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, was established in 1964. It is named after Pt. Ravishankar Shukla, the first chief minister of Madhya Pradesh. The university came into being on May 1 and was functional from June 1, 1964 with 46 affiliated colleges, five university teaching departments (UTDs) and 34,000 students. Indira Gandhi, the then minister of Information & Broadcasting, inaugurated the university postgraduate department in five subjects on July 2, 1965.

 The university has grown enormously over the last 44 years in terms of number of students (approx. 1.2 lakh) as well as disciplines, viz., humanities, natural science, law, education, pharmacy, management, physical education, library science and computer science, etc. in 28 schools and 261 affiliated colleges spread over 11 districts of Chhattisgarh.

Chhattisgarh was carved out as a political entity on 1 November 2000 by the state of Madhya Pradesh. Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, being the oldest and the largest university, is leaving no stone unturned to cater to the needs of the society. Undergraduation: Drug store (B.Pharm.), Library & Data Sciences (B.lib. & I.Sc.), Physical Instruction (B.p.ed.), Law (B.A.-L.L.B.), Software engineering (B.C.A.), Training (B.ed.).

Post graduation: M.tech in Opto-hardware & Laser Technology, M.lib. & I.Sc., M.P.Ed., M.Pharm., M.Ed., M.A. (Hindi, English, Financial matters, Instruction, History, Semantics, Geology, Brain science, Humanism, Human studies, Old Indian History and Paleontology, Near Religion and Theory), L.L.M., M.C.A., M.B.A., M.Sc. (Bioscience, Microbiology, Organic chemistry, Physical science, Science, Measurements, Topography & WRM, Math, Gadgets, Biotechnology, Machine Sciences).