Makhanlal Chaturvedi Rashtriya Patrakarita Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal , was set up by Act Number 15 of 1990 of the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh. The University is named after Makhanlal Chaturvedi, a renowned Freedom Fighter, Poet and Journalist. This University was formally inaugurated by Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, the then Vice President of India, on 16th January, 1991.The University is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities and the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).It is not an Open University providing Distance Education.
National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD) is a premier Institute devoted to promotion of voluntary action, research, training and documentation in the overall domain of Women and Child Development. Established in the year 1966 as an autonomous Institution under the Societies Registration Act 1860, the Institute functions under the aegis of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India, with its Headquarter in New Delhi.