Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD) is a state university established by the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi through legislation enacted in 2007 and notified in 2008. The university became operational on 1 August 2008 with a distinctive academic mandate centred on humanities, social sciences and liberal education. It was designed as a unitary teaching and research university rather than a large affiliating institution, allowing its schools and centres to experiment with interdisciplinary curricula, critical inquiry and socially engaged scholarship. AUD’s early institutional development began from initial campus arrangements before major activity expanded to the historic Kashmere Gate campus. It later added Karampura and Lodhi Road as significant teaching locations. AUD’s core academic identity is rooted in humanities, social sciences and liberal education. The university is a state institution of the Government of the NCT of Delhi. Kashmere Gate is one of its major academic campuses. Karampura supports additional interdisciplinary and professional programmes. Lodhi Road hosts important education-related academic activity. Teaching is organized through interdisciplinary schools and centres. Programme areas include Development Studies, Human Ecology, Psychology, Education and Liberal Studies. Law, governance, culture, design and management have also formed part of the university’s evolving portfolio. Research frequently engages with equality, democracy, urban change, environment and social justice. A formal decennial review examined the university’s development after its first ten years. Its institutional record also includes the Delhi Legislature enacted the law establishing Ambedkar University Delhi. Its institutional record also includes the university was formally notified by the Government of the NCT of Delhi. Its institutional record also includes aUD became operational. Its institutional record also includes initial schools, centres and administrative divisions began taking shape. Its institutional record also includes the university expanded academic activity from its early campus arrangements. Delhi remains its public institutional setting.