Dr. Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University  Dr. Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University (abbreviated DSMNRU) is a state university located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. The first university of its kind, which also provides accessible and quality higher education to challenged students, in a completely barrier-free environment. The university's mandate is primarily to serve the differently-abled segment (challenged students) of the society for which a horizontal reservation of 50% seats in all courses has been provided, in addition to the normal reservation policy. The university proactively brings together under one umbrella-the academia and social responsibility. The potent synergies of this blending open up huge possibilities for translating ideas into action, taking science to soil, and lab to land. Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University established by the Government of Uttar Pradesh came up by an Ordinance dated August 29, 2008, later replaced by U.P. Act No. 1 of 2009, dated February 19, 2009 and U.P. Act No. 24 of 2011, dated November 28, 2011. The impressive and modern university campus is spread over 131 acres of land in Lucknow - the state capital of Uttar Pradesh. The university has Wi-Fi equipped campus with barrier-free infrastructural and educational environment; technology friendly modern audio-visual education aids like Computers, CCTV etc.; Multimedia educational approach; well equipped computer lab with JAWS (Job Access with Speech); and green eco-friendly campus-all combine to offer the student a world-class educational experience for all-round development. The Library in the university caters to the students with a rich collection of international and national books, journals, reports and reading material on a wide range of subjects. There are ramps for challenged students. It has separate boy's and girls' hostels. It also has a separate placement cell, computer lab, medical facilities, ATM, and postal facilities on campus. The university has following faculties & respective departments: