Maharishi Balmiki Sanskrit University, Kaithal

Maharishi Valmiki Sanskrit University, Kaithal (Haryana)
Type Public
Established 15 March 2018
Budget INR
Chancellor Governor of Haryana
Vice-Chancellor Dr. Shreyansh Dwivedi
Location Kaithal district, Haryana, India
29°46′48″N 76°29′49″E / 29.7800782°N 76.4968371°E / 29.7800782; 76.4968371Coordinates: 29°46′48″N 76°29′49″E / 29.7800782°N 76.4968371°E / 29.7800782; 76.4968371
Campus Mundri
Nickname MVSU

Maharishi Valmiki Sanskrit University (MVSU) is a university established in 2018 by the Government of Haryana at Mundri village of Kaithal district of India Acc. To MAHARISHI VALMIKI SANSKRIT UNIVERSITY,KAITHAL ACT,2018(HARYANA ACT NO. 20 OF 2018).[1][2] It is 12 km east of Kaithal, 111 km from the state capital Chandigarh, 145 km from Hisar, and 164 km from the national capital New Delhi.

History

On 15 March 2018, the bill to establish this university was passed in Haryana Vidhan Sabha.[1] Though the idea for this university was first conceived by the Chief Minister, Manohar Lal Khattar, in 2015.[3][4] it is named after the Hindu sage, Balmiki,[4] the celebrated Sanskrit literature author of Ramayana (500 BC to 100 BC),[5][6][7][8][9] who was contemporary of Rama and revered as Ādi Kavi, the first poet, author of Ramayana, the first epic poem.

Haryana state has over 24 Sanskrit collages offering education equivalent to bachelors degree, additionally masters and doctoral level degrees are also offered by the Kurukshetra University and Maharshi Dayanand University.[10]

The university

Objectives

University is established as a teaching and affiliating university for research in Sanskrit and its revival, vedas, Indic languages, Indian culture and Indian philosophy.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Maharishi Valmiki Sanskrit University to be set up at Kaithal, Business Standard, 15 Mar 2018.
  2. ↑ -Haryana announces Sanskrit university, Jagranjosh.
  3. ↑ Sanskrit University to be set up in Kaithal: Manohar Lal Khattar, Times of India, 21 Feb 2017.
  4. 1 2 Khattar announces scholarships, Sanskrit university for SCs, The Hindu, 24 Oct 2015
  5. ↑ "All Indian life is here". The Guardian. 23 August 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2015. Read 5th Paragraph
  6. ↑ "Sri Aurobindo on the Indian Epic Ramayana" (PDF). uwf.edu. University of West Florida. p. 2. Retrieved 27 April 2015. read end paragraph of page 2
  7. ↑ Valmiki, Robert P. Goldman (1990). The Ramayana of Valmiki: An Epic of Ancient India. 1. Princeton University Press. pp. 14–15. ISBN 0-691-01485-X.
  8. ↑ "harking back : Myths and facts of the beginnings of Lahore".
  9. ↑ Goldman, Robert P., The Ramayana of Valmiki: An Epic of Ancient India pp. 23
  10. ↑ Haryana in Sanskrit Studies In India, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan.
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