Maharishi Sandipani Rashtriya Ved Vidya Pratishthan

Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya Ved Vidya Pratishthan (MSRVVP), under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, for the preservation, conservation and development of Vedic Studies by establishing and supporting Ved Pathshalas.[1][2][3] It has around 450 institutes across India where students spend seven years memorising the Vedas as well as studying subjects like Sanskrit, English, Maths and Social Science.[4]

Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya Ved Vidya Pratishthan,Ujjain
TypeCentral government administered affiliating authority
Established1987
Location
Ujjain
,
Madhya Pradesh
,
India

23.1319998°N 75.7371491°E / 23.1319998; 75.7371491
AffiliationsMinistry of Human Resource Development
Websitemsrvvp.ac.in

It is named after Sandipani, guru of lord Krishna.

History

It was established in 1987 at Delhi under then Minister of HRD, P. V. Narasimha Rao,[4] and it was moved to Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh in 1993.[1][3]

Vedic education

Institutes under MSRVVP appoint professors and associate professors of Vedic studies from recognised universities.[4]

Current plans
Kund at Maharshi Sandipani Ashram at Ujjain

Based on the recommendation of Sanskrit experts and representatives of gurukuls and ved pathshalas, HRD Minister Smriti Irani announced in 2016 that there are plans to set up nation's first Vedic Education Board along the lines of CBSE under MSRVVP for teaching Vedas and Sanskrit along with modern subjects.[2][5][1] Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh] (RSS) and Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal have been pushing for the streamlining of nearly 5,000 gurukuls in the nation by creating an interchangeable system for enabling gurukul students to move to formal schooling, though some people have advocated it to a voluntary registration because the uniformity of curriculum would deprive gurukuls of their individual way of teaching.[3] The idea was originally mooted by Baba Ramdev, who offered to set up the private vedic education board under his organisation, which was rejected by the government.[3][5]

See also

References
  1. MHRD Autonomous Bodies.
  2. Smriti Irani plans to set up Vedic Education Board?, Newsx, 22 May 2016.
  3. RSS affiliates call for streamlining of Gurukuls.
  4. Guess who thought of a Vedic education board?, Newslaundry, 30 Jun 2016.
  5. HRD ministry plans Vedic education board on lines of CBSE, The Indian Express, 21 May 2016.
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