Purnea University, Purnia was carved out of Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University, Madhepura on the 18th March 2018 by an act of Bihar Assembly which was notified in Bihar Gazette (Ashadharan) on the 17th August 2016 under Bihar State University Act (BSU ACT 1976) amended under section 3(1) of Bihar Act 23, 1976 and called the Bihar State Universities Amendment Act 13, 2016.
Hon'ble Chancellor-cum-Governor of Bihar
