Governance As with every central university in India, the Visitor is the
President of India and the chief rector is the state Governor, in this case the
Governor of Manipur. The
Chancellor presides over the University Court but holds a largely ceremonial role; since 2024 the post has been held by Professor T. Tirupati Rao. Day-to-day administration runs through the
Vice-Chancellor, a post left vacant for almost two years before Professor Naorem Lokendra Singh was appointed in July 2021 in a single batch of central-university appointments that filled twelve such vacancies at once. A pro vice-chancellor, registrar, finance officer, controller of examinations and dean of students' welfare make up the rest of the senior team. Statutory bodies set up under the 2005 Act include the Court, the Executive Council, the Academic Council, the Finance Committee and the various Boards of Studies.
Centres of studies Beyond the schools, seven specialised centres handle interdisciplinary teaching and research. The oldest and best known is the Centre for Manipur Studies, a UGC-sponsored area-studies centre that focuses on the history, culture and languages of the region; it has produced more than twenty-five published research works to date. The Centre for Myanmar Studies, an autonomous unit also funded by the UGC, runs six-month certificate courses in the
Myanmarese language in two intakes a year, an obvious consequence of Manipur's location on the
India–Myanmar border. Other centres include the Centre for Developmental Studies, which has from time to time offered intensive certificate and diploma courses in
Japanese; an Educational Multimedia Research Centre; a Computer Centre that handles both administrative and student computing; and, most recently, a Centre for
Indian Knowledge Systems, which the vice-chancellor inaugurated on 26 March 2026.
Affiliated and constituent colleges For most college-going students in the state, the university's reach is felt less through its own departments than through its affiliating role. As of 2024 it has 119 affiliated colleges and a single constituent, the Manipur Institute of Technology, which sits within the School of Engineering. The university's own classification splits the affiliates into four broad groups: roughly forty-six government colleges, around seventeen government-aided ones, and a larger number of privately managed colleges holding either permanent or temporary affiliation. Following is a list with some of affiliated colleges: • Biramangol College •
Chanambam Ibomcha College, Bishnupur • Churachandpur College • Churachandpur Medical College •
Don Bosco College, Maram •
Hill College, Tadubi •
Ideal Girls' College, Imphal • Imphal College •
Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences,
Imphal East • Jiri College, Jiribam •
Kha-Manipur College •
Kamakhya Pemton College •
Liberal College, Imphal •
Lilong Haoreibi College • The Maharaja Bodhachandra College, Imphal •
Manipur College •
Manipur Institute of Technology •
Mayai Lambi College •
Modern College, Imphal • Moirang College • Nongmeikapam Gopal College, Imphal • Nambol L. Sanoi College • Oriental College, Imphal • Pettigrew College • Presidency College, Motbung • Rayburn College •
Regional Institute of Medical Sciences,
Imphal West •
Shija Academy of Health Sciences • Standard College, Kongba • Tamenglong College • Thoubal College • United College, Lambung •
Yangambam Kumar College, Wangjing •
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