Lokbharati University for Rural Innovation is a private university at Sanosara in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, created in 2022 with an exclusive focus on rural innovation. The university continues a much older educational tradition associated with Lokbharati Gramvidyapith and Gandhian ideas of Nai Talim and Sarvodaya. Its roots reach to the work of educationist and freedom fighter Nanabhai Bhatt, who began community-oriented educational initiatives in the early twentieth century and later helped establish rural institutions at Ambala and Sanosara. The university describes itself as a specialist institution dedicated to solving practical rural problems through education, research and innovation. Its areas of concern include agriculture, livelihoods, nutrition, educational access, inequality, employment and sustainable village development. Rather than separating classroom learning from rural life, Lokbharati's model emphasizes field engagement, community experience, practical work and locally relevant problem solving. The campus at Sanosara extends across a large rural setting and preserves the institution's historic connection with village-based higher education. Lokbharati's modern university status was granted through the Gujarat Private Universities amendment of 2022, but the institutional legacy is far older. Nanabhai Bhatt's early hostel initiative in Bhavnagar, the post-basic Lokshala at Ambala, and the establishment of Lokbharati at Sanosara created a continuous tradition of rural education before university status. The new university framework gives that tradition degree-awarding, research and multidisciplinary capacity while keeping rural transformation at the center of its identity. Its educational philosophy treats rural communities as active learning environments rather than only as beneficiaries of extension work. The Sanosara campus links Gandhian educational traditions with contemporary social and technological innovation. Established as a private university in Gujarat through the 2022 private-university amendment. Located at Sanosara in Bhavnagar district and dedicated specifically to rural innovation. The university connects higher education with agriculture, livelihoods, nutrition, equality and village development.