U.P. State Universities Act 1973. The departments are under the direct supervision of their appointed directors; each sub-department has a head. The former head of the Department of Commerce, Prof. Sudhir Kumar Shukla, is a recipient of the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi National Award. He was co-author of a book written by Anurag Chaube, deputy librarian. The award was presented by the Hon'ble President of India for Computer Evam Suchna Prabandh. Prof. Shukla has been felicitated by the Uttar Pradesh Government on account of Hindi Diwas with the coveted university-level prize for his contribution towards the promotion of Hindi as a primary language. The college declare the result of all courses like BA BSC BCOM MA B.Mus, Bed, LL.B./B.B.A./B.C.A. B.P.Ed./M.P.Ed. M.B.A. M.Lib. MSc every year on its official website. Dr. Bhagwandas Central Library Formerly known as Bhagwandas Swadhyaypith, the library was established in 1921 and later renamed the Dr. Bhagwandas Central Library. He was a renowned philosopher and the first vice chancellor of the university. Many stalwarts of the national movement, including Jawaharlal Nehru, Jamunalal Bajaj, Acharya J.B. Kripalani, Puroshottamdas Tandon, Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, Sampurnanand, Lal Bahadur Shastri, and Pandit Kamalapati Tripathi were closely associated with this library. It has a total collection of 2,34,701 volumes of books in humanities, social sciences, and science, and is developing as a centre of modern learning. Hostels Dr. Sampurnanand Research Hostel Acharya Narendradev Hostel Lal Bahadur Shastri Hostel J.K. Women's Hostel Bharat Mata Mandir It is a temple situated in university campus, of Bharat Mata. It is heritage place of Kashi. It is attraction of tourists. Temple is made up of marble. Other campuses Dr Vibhuti Narayan Singh Rural Medical Institute, Gangapur Campus, Varanasi Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, NTPC Campus, Shaktinagar Sonebhadra Bhairav Talab Campus, Birhanpur, Rajatalab, Mgkvp, Birhanpur, Varanasi. Alumni Alumni of Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith include: Naheed Abidi, scholar and writer Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian freedom fighter Ramakrishna Hegde, former chief minister of Karnataka B. V. Keskar, former Union Minister of India Kalraj Mishra, former governor of Rajasthan Rajaram, former national vice-president of BSP Anant Maral Shastri, freedom fighter, writer and scholar Bhola Paswan Shastri, former chief minister of Bihar Lal Bahadur Shastri, former prime minister of India Tribhuvan Narain Singh, former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Kamlapati Tripathi, former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Nivaan Sen, Indian Actor And Producer Gopi Sonkar, Indian field hockey player See also Banaras Hindu University