Established on 18 September 1997 in
Ramtek, Maharashtra, India, the university name pays tribute to the poet
Kalidas. The former
Prime Minister of India,
P. V. Narasimha Rao, wished for an independent Sanskrit university in Maharashtra.
Sudhakarrao Naik, the then
Chief Minister of Maharashtra, appointed
Dr. Shrikant Jichkar to establish a university. == Academics ==