Uttar Pradesh Technical University (UPTU) is a public university set up by the Government of Uttar Pradesh on May 8, 2000. It was bifurcated into separate universities: Gautam Buddha Technical University and Mahamaya Technical University from May 1, 2010. This was done to reduce the workload and to ensure proper management during the BSP regime of Mayawati government then. But in 2013 the change of government combined Gautam Buddha Technical University and Mahamaya Technical University on January 5, 2013. Though the bifurcated universities still retain their names and the presence of their websites shows that it maybe still in process of combining as of July 2014. According to the university's website, it is the biggest technical university in Asia.