Bihar CM Samrat Choudhary announces the establishment of Bihar’s first women’s university
Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary has announced the establishment of the state's first women's university, which will be staffed and attended entirely by women. The initiative is part of a broader effort to promote female education, leadership, and economic empowerment in the region.
Why it matters
This development represents a targeted policy intervention aimed at improving gender parity in higher education and professional opportunities in India.
Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Thursday (August 27, 2026) announced that a women’s university would be established in Bihar, where all officials and staff from top to bottom would be women.
“Everyone, from the Vice-Chancellor to professors, employees, and students, will be women. Bihar will prosper and India will become a developed nation only when women prosper,”Mr. Choudhary said while addressing a programme organised by the Rural Development Department with the theme ‘Viksit Bharat-Samridh Bihar’ (Developed India-Prosperous Bihar) and ‘Behnon ka Samman, Sarkar ki Pehchan’ (Respect for Sisters, Identity of the Government) on the eve of Raksha Bandhan.
He said that the institution would be envisioned as a centre for women’s education, leadership and empowerment, providing an environment in which young women could develop both academic qualification and professional confidence.
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