Sadhu Ramchand Murmu University of Jhargram is a public state university in Jhargram, West Bengal, created to expand postgraduate teaching, research and higher-education access in the Jungle Mahal region. The institution was initially established as Jhargram University under the Jhargram University Act, 2017. The Governor's assent to the Act was published in January 2018, and the foundation stone was laid on 9 August 2018, a date observed internationally as a day devoted to indigenous peoples. In 2021 the university was renamed in honour of Sadhu Ramchand Murmu, the noted Santali poet, giving the institution a strong cultural association with the indigenous communities of western West Bengal. The first Vice-Chancellor joined in May 2021, and academic activities began in the 2021-22 session from Jhargram Raj College's Girls' Wing before the university moved to its own campus. Its first postgraduate offerings included English, Santali, Mathematics and Journalism and Mass Communication, establishing an interdisciplinary base spanning humanities, language studies, science and professional education. The university received enlistment under Section 2(f) of the UGC Act in July 2021 and later expanded its departments to include subjects such as Bengali, History, Geography, Philosophy, Political Science, Library and Information Science, music and public-health-related study. Several departments reflect the linguistic and cultural context of the region, including Santali-medium teaching and study connected with Santali and Kudmali language and culture. In September 2022 the university shifted to its own Jitusol campus, where the administrative and academic building provided a permanent base for institutional development. The university's academic identity combines conventional postgraduate disciplines with a clear regional commitment to indigenous knowledge, language and cultural studies. Its location in Jhargram makes it an important public higher-education institution for a district where access, cultural representation and locally relevant scholarship are closely connected. The combination of a new public university structure, a permanent Jitusol campus and.