Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University is a university in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. This university was established August 1, 1987, as the University of Ajmer, and this name was changed to Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University in 1996 to commemorate Indian social leader and founder of the Arya Samaj, Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati. The university's campus is near the village of Ghooghra, seven kilometres from the city of Ajmer. There are 24 teaching departments: history, political science and public administration, economics, botany, zoology, pure and applied chemistry, environmental studies, remote sensing and geoInformatics, foods and nutrition, microbiology, computer applications, population studies, commerce and management studies, law, education, physical education, yoga and human consciousness, entrepreneurship & small business management, strategic studies and information sciences.