Shri Jagannath Sanskrit Vishvavidyalaya ranks to be the third Sanskrit university in the entire country, India.
This was established by the Orissa Government, and is sited in Puri in the Orissa state.
This university has played a significant role in developing as well as in promoting Sanskrit within the state and also in the entire country.
This university provides an ambience that makes it to be for preserving and promoting research and studies in this language.
It is also a member of AIU, the Association of Indian Universities and is recognized by UGC, the University Grants Commission.
History
Shri Jagannath Sanskrit Vishvavidyalaya was instituted in the year 1981. Earlier, this university showed a tremendous growth in the courses offered as well as in its infrastructure developments. Hence, the university was shifted from a small room to its existing spacious campus sited in Puri.
Educational Streams
Shri Jagannath Sanskrit Vishvavidyalaya is constantly making tremendous efforts to enrich the old tradition of Sanskrit language as well as literature that was literally on the brim of disappearing.
This educational institution encourages research in association with the world’s oldest language, Sanskrit. This university is dedicated to its main cause of protecting the opulent ancient tradition of this beautiful and rich language. This institution offers many courses at multitude levels in numerous disciplines.
Facilities
This vishvavidyalaya offers individual hostel facilities for boys and girls in the name of ‘Vishvanath Kaviraj Chhatrabas' and 'Brahmi Chhatrabas'. These hostels are situated within the premises of this esteem university.
The structure of this magnificent university is good and its library has an extensive collection of journals and books. The library presents an enormous collection of twenty two thousand and seven hundred thirty one books. Apart from all these facilities, it also offers scholarship facilities to its students.
Faculties
The faculties of this Sanskrit institution include Vyakarna, Sahitya, Nyaya, Veda, Vedanta, Sarvadarshan and Dharmashastra. |
