The university started operating from its permanent campus at the
Gulbarga-Waghdhari inter-state highway in
Aland taluka identified by the Karnataka State Government. The Central Universities Bill 2009 aimed at creating a new central university each in
Bihar,
Gujarat,
Haryana,
Himachal Pradesh,
Jammu and Kashmir,
Jharkhand,
Karnataka,
Kerala,
Orissa,
Punjab,
Rajasthan and
Tamil Nadu. It also sought to convert
Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya in
Chhattisgarh,
Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya in
Sagar (
Madhya Pradesh) and
Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University in
Uttarakhand into Central universities. ==Schools and Departments==