Ramdeobaba University is a private university in Nagpur, Maharashtra, built on the four-decade legacy of Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management. The predecessor college was established in 1984 by Shri Ramdeobaba Sarvajanik Samiti, a registered charitable trust, and developed into a recognized engineering and management institution affiliated with Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University. It later secured UGC recognition, autonomy and strong quality credentials before the transition to university status. The institutional journey includes government approval and first affiliation in 1984, UGC recognition under Sections 2(f) and 12(B), and the grant of academic autonomy during the following decades. The university's own governance materials reference the Ramdeobaba University Act, 2019, while the institution is now covered by the Maharashtra Private Universities (Establishment and Regulation) Act, 2023, enacted as Maharashtra Act No. VIII of 2024. Its first statutes were approved by the state in 2025. Ramdeobaba University's academic profile remains strongly connected to engineering, computing, management, innovation and applied research while university status allows broader interdisciplinary development. The Nagpur campus also supports centers of excellence, incubation and industry collaboration that grew from the predecessor college. The result is a university whose legal status is recent but whose academic identity and infrastructure draw directly from an institution established in 1984. Institutional roots date to Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, established in 1984. The sponsoring body is Shri Ramdeobaba Sarvajanik Samiti. The institution developed as a leading engineering and management college in Nagpur. UGC recognition under Sections 2(f) and 12(B) preceded university status. Academic autonomy was granted before the transition to a private university. The university is now governed under Maharashtra's 2023 private-university framework enacted in 2024. First statutes were approved by the Maharashtra government in 2025. Centers of excellence and incubation continue the predecessor institution's innovation focus.