Sri Dev Suman Uttarakhand University came into existence vide State Government Notification No 270/XXXVI(3)/2012/ 48(1)/2012, Dated October 19, 2012, in continuation to the amendment of erstwhile Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Uttarakhand Vishwavidhyalaya Act. 2011 (Uttarakhand Act No 22 of 2011) to fulfill the demands of the people of Garhwal which was an expression of the quest for empowering their future generation for overcoming endemic economic and social backwardness, geographic and environmental constrains, re-assertion of the cultural identity of the local natural and human resources for development.