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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|A Deemed university in Bihar}}<br />
{{Distinguish|Nalanda University}}<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}<br />
{{Infobox University<br />
|name = Nava Nalanda Mahavihara<br />
|image = Nava Nalanda Mahavihara logo.png<br />
|motto = <br />
|established = 1951<br />
|type = [[Public university|Public]], [[Deemed university]]<br />
|endowment = <br />
|chairman = <br />
|vice_chancellor = Baidynath Labh<br />
|president = <br />
|city = [[Nalanda]]<br />
|state = [[Bihar]]<br />
|country = [[India]]<br />
|coor = {{coord|25.1282408|85.4455249|type:edu_source:google|display=inline}}<br />
|publictransit = <br />
|undergrad = <br />
|postgrad = <br />
|staff = <br />
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|website = {{url|nnm.ac.in}}<br />
|footnotes = <br />
|chancellor = [[Mahesh Sharma]], State Minister of Tourism & Culture<br />
}}<br />
''' Nava Nalanda Mahavihara''' ('''NNM''') is an institute [[deemed to be university]] located in [[Nalanda]], [[Bihar]], [[India]]. It was established in 1951 under [[Rajendra Prasad]] to revive the ancient seat of learning in [[Nalanda]].<br />
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==History==<br />
Nava Nalanda Mahavihara was founded to develop as a centre of higher studies in [[Pali]] and [[Buddhism]] along the lines of ancient [[Nalanda|Nalanda Mahavihara]]. From the beginning, the Institute functioned as a residential institution, with a limited number of Indian and foreign students.<ref>{{cite book|title=Nalanda, Past and Present: Silver Jubilee Souvenir|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EyduAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=19 July 2016|year=1977|publisher=Nava Nalanda Mahavihara|page=140}}</ref> It became a [[Deemed university ]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ugc.ac.in/deemeduniversitylist.aspx?id=4&Unitype=4 | title=Deemed University, Bihar | publisher=[[University Grants Commission (India)]] | accessdate=19 July 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Academics==<br />
NNM offers degree, certificate, diploma and research courses in the discipline of Pali, philosophy, ancient history, culture and archaeology, Tibetan studies, Hindi , Sanskrit and more.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nava Nalanda Mahavihara - [NNM], Nalanda|url=https://collegedunia.com/university/25418-nava-nalanda-mahavihara-nnm-nalanda|access-date=2021-01-02|website=Collegedunia|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Campus ==<br />
The present campus of the Mahavihara is some 100&nbsp;km from the metropolis of Patna, situated on the southern bank of the historical lake Indrapuskarani. Close to the northern bank lie the ruins of the ancient [[Nalanda|University of Nalanda]].<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{Official website|http://www.nnm.ac.in/}}<br />
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{{Universities in Bihar}}<br />
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[[Category:Education in Nalanda district]]<br />
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[[Category:Deemed universities in India]]<br />
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1951]]<br />
[[Category:1951 establishments in Bihar]]<br />
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