Shaheed Mahendra Karma Vishwavidyalaya - (formerly Bastar Vishwavidyalaya) (SMKV) or Bastar University , is a State university located in Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh, India. It is a teaching-cum-affiliating university which affiliates 30 college and has 10 University Teaching Departments (UTD). It was established and incorporated by Chhattisgarh Vishwavidyalaya Adhiniyam No. 18 of 2008 on September 2, 2008.
Its jurisdiction extends over 7 districts -Bastar, Bijapur, Dantewada, Kanker, Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Sukma .
The university has eleven teaching departments: