Nayanta University is a new private university in Pune, Maharashtra, created within the Maharashtra Private Universities framework and sponsored by the Nayanta Education Foundation. State legislation added Nayanta University to the schedule of permitted private universities in early 2025, identifying an interim campus at Bavdhan Khurd and a permanent campus site at Varale in Pune district. The sponsoring foundation is a nonprofit higher-education initiative formed to build a student-centred multidisciplinary university with strong links to industry and public leadership. The university's academic idea combines cultural literacy, technical literacy and real-world problem solving rather than organizing undergraduate education around narrowly isolated subjects. Its public materials emphasize majors and minors, interdisciplinary exploration, individualized learning, academic rigor, ethical leadership and practical engagement. The institution is also associated with a strategic relationship with the Confederation of Indian Industry, reflecting its intention to connect classroom study with industry, enterprise and wider social challenges. Nayanta's founding group includes experienced business and academic leaders, and its stated purpose focuses on developing curious, ethical and responsible leaders for an equitable and sustainable world. The Bavdhan interim campus was designed as a modern, environmentally conscious learning setting, while the planned permanent campus at Varale provides the longer-term institutional base. As a newly established university, its identity is defined less by legacy departments than by an integrated liberal, scientific and professional approach designed for a changing economy. Established within Maharashtra's private-university framework and added to the statutory schedule in 2025. Sponsored by Nayanta Education Foundation, a nonprofit education organization established in 2022. The interim campus is located at Bavdhan Khurd in Pune. A permanent campus site is identified at Varale in Khed taluka, Pune district. Industry engagement and real-world problem solving are built into its educational philosophy. The founding network includes senior leaders from business, technology, academia and public life.