Amity University was formed byAshok chauhan, the founder of the Ritnand Balved Education Foundation. Amity Universityis India's first private university to implementreservations based on caste etc.for both faculty as well as students.[11]The school was started in 2003 with an enrollment of 120 students. In 2011, it had 80, 000 students in 240 programs. It now has more than 125, 000 students from all over the world