Maharishi Valmiki Sanskrit University

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Maharshi Valmiki Sanskrit University, Kaithal (Haryana)
TypePublic
Established15 March 2018
BudgetINR
ChancellorGovernor of Haryana
Vice-ChancellorProf. R.C. Bhardwaj
Location
Kaithal district[1]
,
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
CampusMundri
NicknameMVSU
Websitemvsu.ac.in

Maharshi Valmiki Sanskrit University (MVSU) is a university established in 2018 by the Government of Haryana at Mundri village of Kaithal district of India. It is 12 km east of Kaithal, 111 km from the state capital Chandigarh, 145 km from Hisar, and 164 km from the NCR New Delhi.

History[edit]

On 15 March 2018, the bill to establish this university was passed in Haryana Vidhan Sabha.[2] Though the idea for this university was first conceived by the Chief Minister, Manohar Lal Khattar, in 2015.[3][4] It was established through the Haryana Act No. 20 OF 2018.[2][5] It is named after the Hindu sage, Valmiki,[4] the celebrated Sanskrit literature author of Ramayana (500 BC to 100 BC),[6][7][8][9][10] 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 colleges offering education equivalent to bachelor's degree, additionally masters and doctoral level degrees are also offered by the Kurukshetra University and Maharshi Dayanand University.[11]

The university[edit]

Objectives[edit]

The university is established as a teaching and affiliating university for research in Sanskrit and its revival, vedas, Indic languages, Indian culture and Indian philosophy.[2]

Campus[edit]

The university currently operates from its temporary campus at BR Ambedkar Government College, Kaithal while its campus is being constructed at Mundri village.[12]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Maharishi Valmiki Sanskrit University, Mundri, Kaithal". Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Maharishi Valmiki Sanskrit University to be set up at Kaithal, Business Standard, 15 Mar 2018.
  3. ↑ Sanskrit University to be set up in Kaithal: Manohar Lal Khattar, The Times of India, 21 Feb 2017.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Khattar announces scholarships, Sanskrit university for SCs, The Hindu, 24 Oct 2015
  5. ↑ -Haryana announces Sanskrit university, Jagranjosh.
  6. ↑ "All Indian life is here". The Guardian. 23 August 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2015. Read 5th Paragraph
  7. ↑ "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
  8. ↑ Valmiki, Robert P. Goldman (1990). The Ramayana of Valmiki: An Epic of Ancient India. Vol. 1. Princeton University Press. pp. 14–15. ISBN 0-691-01485-X.
  9. ↑ "harking back : Myths and facts of the beginnings of Lahore".
  10. ↑ Goldman, Robert P., The Ramayana of Valmiki: An Epic of Ancient India pp. 23
  11. ↑ Haryana in Sanskrit Studies In India, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan.
  12. ↑ Sanskrit University set up in Kaithal, Uni India, Aug 2018.

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