Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University (formerly known as Garhwal University) is a Central University located in Srinagar town in the Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand state in northern India.The university is residential cum affiliating with jurisdiction over Garhwal region. It is on the banks of the river Alaknanda in the mid-Himalayas. It is among the ten largest universities in India with three campuses and more than 161 affiliated colleges and institutes (State-run/aided and Self-financed) and examining approximately 1,50,000 students annually.