Which of the following is a private university?

Private university means a university duly established through an Act by a sponsoring body viz. a Society registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860.

Key Points

•  It comes under the law for the time being in force in a State or a Public Trust or a Company registered under Section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956. 
• The private university shall be established by a separate State Act and shall conform to the relevant provisions of the UGC Act, 1956. 
• A private university is a unitary university having adequate facilities for teaching, research, examination and extension services.
• BITS Pilani (Birla Institute of Technology and Science) is a private deemed to be a university in Pilani, India. 
• It largely focuses on engineering and scientific higher education and research.
• It established five campuses and 15 academic departments, it has become the first internationally recognised deemed university after expanding to campus in Dubai.

Therefore, BITS Pilani is a private deemed to be University. 

Additional Information

• Anna University was formed as a state-run public university as a unitary university on September 4, 1978.
• It provides higher education in Engineering, Technology, Architecture, and Applied Sciences that is relevant to society's current and future demands.
• Burdwan University is a public university in Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal, India.
• It was founded as a teaching and affiliating university by the West Bengal government on June 15, 1960, with six graduate departments and 30 undergraduate institutions scattered over three districts under the university's jurisdiction.
• The Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) are a group of 25 transdisciplinary technology-based engineering research institutions focusing on information technology in India.
• Five IIITS are funded by the Ministry of Education and the remaining 20 are built on a public-private partnership (PPP) basis.