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The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, commonly referred as M. S. University (MSU) is one of the premier universities of India located in the city of Vadodara, (Baroda) in Gujarat state. Originally known as the Baroda College of Science (established 1881), it became a university in 1949 after the independence of the country and later renamed after Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III, the former ruler of Baroda. It is a teaching and residential university. It is the only university in Gujarat whose medium of instruction is English for all its courses. India Today has ranked the university at Tenth Place in the List of India's Best Universities (India Today; Issue: August 15, 2011). History The University has its origins in the Baroda college established in 1881 by Baroda State. The main building which now houses the faculty of Arts was designed by Robert Fellowes Chisholm (1840–1915) in Indo-Saracenic architecture style, in a fusion of Indian and Byzantine arches and domes in brick and polychromed stone. The main dome on the convocation hall, was modelled after the great dome of the Gol Gumbaz in Bijapur.[1] Pratap Singh Gaekwad of Baroda (1908–1968), the last Maharaja of the erstwhile Baroda State founded the university in 1949 as per the wishes of his grandfather, Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III (1863–1939), and settled the "Sir Sayajirao Diamond Jubilee and Memorial Trust" which exists to date, and caters to the educational and other needs of the people of the former Baroda State.[2] It has its origins in the Baroda College of Science established in 1881. Chancellor Mrunalini Devi Pawar His Highness the Maharaja of Baroda is the ex-officio Chancellor of The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. The Present Chancellor is Dr. Mrunalini Devi Puar, The sister of the present Maharaja Ranjitsinh Gaekwad. Notable alumni Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, biologist and winner of 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Haku Shah, Gandhian and painter Justice Mohit Shah, Chief Justice, Bombay High Court Ajay Bhatt , co-inventor of USB for INTEL Tushar Chaudhary, MP from Bardoli Sam Pitroda, inventor, entrepreneur and policy-maker Source : Wikepedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharaja_Sayajirao_University_of_Baroda