 Conceived as India's first rural university, the foundation stone was laid by India's first president, Dr. Rajendra Prasad GVM was moulded as a university and education started through its Basic Teacher's Training College in 1953, postgraduate studies in 1958 and the facility of Ph.D. in 1968.Thereafter, the IASE was formed under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Education in 1993.In 2002, the Government of India and UGC formally recognized the IASE as a Deemed University.