Krishnaguru Adhyatmik Visvavidyalaya is a private university in Assam located in the rural setting of Nasatra in Barpeta district. It was established in 2017 after legislation was passed by the Assam Assembly. The university's institutional roots are connected with the spiritual and educational work of Krishnaguru Prabhu, who established a Sewashram at Nasatra in 1974 and later created Krishnaguru Siksha Parishad to develop organized educational activity. The university presents value-based education and spiritualism as central elements of its mission while also operating within a modern multidisciplinary higher-education framework. Its academic development grew from earlier institutions created by Krishnaguru Siksha Parishad, including a College of Science and Technology established in 2009. The university subsequently expanded into undergraduate, postgraduate, diploma and doctoral education, using its rural campus as a setting for teaching, research and community-oriented learning. KAV's profile differs from conventional private universities because the institution explicitly connects academic education with a spiritual movement and rural social mission. The 1974 Sewashram, the creation of the education organization, the 2009 college and the 2017 university Act form the main stages of its development. The university today combines formal university governance and research with its founding emphasis on values and service. Its history therefore reflects a gradual progression from a spiritual and community institution to a structured educational organization and finally to a recognized private university in Assam. The university's rural Barpeta setting is integral to its stated objective of combining education, values and service. Its institutional lineage is unusually direct, connecting the 1974 Sewashram, Krishnaguru Siksha Parishad and the later university. Its institutional roots trace to a Sewashram established by Krishnaguru Prabhu in 1974 at Nasatra. Krishnaguru Siksha Parishad was created to organize and expand educational activity. The Assam Assembly passed legislation establishing Krishnaguru Adhyatmik Visvavidyalaya in 2017.