Jagadguru Kripalu University is a private university in Cuttack district, Odisha, created under the Jagadguru Kripalu University, Odisha Act, 2020. The university is located at Banara near Mundali and is guided by an educational vision associated with Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj. Its institutional model seeks to combine modern higher education, research and skills with ethics, character formation and elements of Indian knowledge and spiritual thought. The university's campus has been developed as a large green learning environment with academic buildings, student facilities and space for future centres of excellence. Academic planning emphasizes multidisciplinary education, skill-based learning, research, innovation and the integration of contemporary professional preparation with value-oriented development. The institution also presents its approach as a synthesis of international academic practices and Indian intellectual traditions. Although the university was created by legislation in 2020, its operational development continued over several years as campus, programmes and governance structures were prepared. The institution moved into a major public launch phase in 2026, including academic collaborations, student induction and the formal inauguration of the university by the President of India on 3 August 2026. JKU is therefore a new university with a statutory foundation older than its full public launch. Its history is best understood through the sequence of the 2020 Act, subsequent institution-building, academic collaboration and the 2026 inauguration of the Cuttack campus. The campus is planned around a 100-acre green environment in the Banara-Mundali area. The university explicitly connects employable skills and research with ethics, empathy and self-discipline. Established through the Jagadguru Kripalu University, Odisha Act, 2020. Located at Banara near Mundali in Cuttack district, Odisha. 2020 — The legislation created the statutory framework for the private university in Cuttack district. 25 May 2026 — JKU announced an academic collaboration initiative with the University of Texas at Dallas.