Mangalayatan University has been created by Uttar Pradesh State Legislature under the “Mangalayatan University, Uttar Pradesh Act” and notified by the Government of Uttar Pradesh as Act No. 32 of 2006, notified by its Gazette No. 362/VII-V-1-1(Ka)-12/2006 dated October 30, 2006. Mangalayatan University is a fully Government recognized University with the right to confer degrees under section 2f and 22(1) of the UGC Act. The University has derived the name Mangalayatan by the combination of two words; Mangal and Ayatan, which refers to the Home (Place) that endows bliss (contentment) and positive vibrations.