Babu Banarasi Das University

{{Short description|Private university in Lucknow, India}}

{{Use Indian English|date=August 2014}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox university

| name = Babu Banarasi Das University

| other_name = BBD University

| image = BBDU Main Building.jpg

| image_size = 180px

| image_alt =

| caption = Main building of BBD University

| motto =

| campus_type = Urban

| campus_size = {{cvt|100|acre}}

| type = Private

| established = {{start date and age|2010}}

| founder = Akhilesh Das

| chancellor = Alka Das

| vice_chancellor = Arun Kumar Mittal

| city = BBD City, Lucknow

| state = Uttar Pradesh, India

| academic_staff =

| administrative_staff =

| students = 20000+

| undergrad =

| postgrad =

| doctoral =

| colours = {{color box|Red}}{{color box|Blue}} Red and blue

| coordinates = {{Coord|26.887902|81.056627|type:edu|display=inline,title}}

| affiliations = UGC

| logo =

| logo_size = 180px

| website = {{URL|https://bbdu.ac.in}}

}}

Babu Banarasi Das University (also known as BBD University){{cite web|url=http://www.bbdu.ac.in |title=Babu Banarasi Das University}} is a private university with its main campus in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, established by Akhilesh Das in 2010 and named after his father Babu Banarasi Das, the former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. On 17 February 2011 the state legislature of Uttar Pradesh empowered it to award degrees.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}