The Chhattisgarh Viswavidyalaya ( Amendament) Act, 2011 and came in to its existance in June, 2012. The jurisdiction of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Vishwavidyalaya is extended to 04 districts namely:- revenue districts of Bilaspur, Mungeli , Korba, Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi.

The University is situated on In Front of Koni Police Thana ,Bilaspur- Ratanpur Road,Koni ,Bilaspur (C.G) 495009. There are nearly 95 Govt. and private colleges affiliated in the 04 districts of Chhattisgarh State which together constitute the jurisdiction of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Vishwavidyalaya. The colleges carry out undergraduate and postgraduate studies in different streams of Science, Arts, Commerce, Law and Education and Centres of research.

The University plans to develop strategy for enhancing the range of pedagogic approaches and the use of technology. As a part of this approach, the University plans to start classrooms into state of the art ones, enabling teachers to teach using wide variety of media.