RASHTRIYA SANSKRIT SANSTHAN(DEEMED UNIVERSITY)

ESTABLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE

MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT,

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

ANNUAL REPORT

2008-2009

RASHTRIYA SANSKRIT SANSTHAN(DEEMED UNIVERSITY)

56-57, INSTITUTIONAL AREA, JANAK PURI,

NEW DELHI-110058

Publisher :

Registrar,

Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan

(Deemed University)

56-57, Institutional Area, Janak Puri,

New Delhi-110058

EPABX: 28524993, 28521994,28524995

Gram: SAMSTHAN

E.Mail: rsks@nda.vsnl.net.in

website:www.sanskrit.nic.in

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CONTENTS

1. AN OVERVIEW 5-8

1.1 The Institution 5

1.2 Role and functions 5

1.3 Programmes and Activities 5

1.4 Teaching 6

1.5 Teachers' Training 6

1.6 Research 6

1.7 Internal Scholarship 6

1.8 Publications 8

1.9 T.V. Telecast 8

1.10 Review by the U.G.C. 8

2. ACHIEVEMENTS DURING THE YEAR 2008-2009 9

3. STRUCTURE AND ACTIVITIES 10-14

4. SECTIONS 15-26

4.1 Academic Section 15

4.2 Research and Publication Section 15

4.3 Correspondence Course & Non Formal Sanskrit Education Section 17

4.4 Examination Section 21

4.5 Administration Section 23

4.6 Finance Section 23

4.7 Scheme Section 24

4.8 Library & Sales Unit 26

5. CAMPUSES 27-47

5.1 Ganganath Jha Campus, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) 28

5.2 Shri Sadashiv Campus, Puri (Orissa) 31

5.3 Shri Ranbir Campus, Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) 32

5.4 Guruvayoor Campus, Trichur (Kerala) 33

5.5 Jaipur Campus, Jaipur (Rajasthan) 36

5.6 Lucknow Campus, Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) 37

5.7 Shri Rajiv Gandhi Campus, Sringeri (Karnataka) 39

5.8 Garli Campus, Garli (Himachal Pradesh) 43

5.9 Bhopal Campus, Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) 44

5.10 K.J. Somaiya Sanskrit Vidyapeetham Campus, Mumbai (Maharashtra) 45

6. SCHEMES 48-55

6.1 Financial Assistance to Voluntary Sanskrit Organisations, 48

Institutions and Pathashalas for Promotion of Sanskrit

6.2 All India Sanskrit Elocution Contest 50

6.3 Shastra Chudamani Scheme 50

6.4 Vocational Training Scheme 51

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6.5 Sanskrit Dictionary Project 51

6.6 Scheme of the Presidential Award of Certificate of Honour to 52

Sanskrit, Pali/Prakrit, Arabic and Persian Scholars

6.7 Scheme of Production of Sanskrit Literature 52

6.8 Scheme of Purchase of Books 53

6.9 Scheme for Financial Assistance to Institutions Recognised 53

as Adarsh Sanskrit Mahavidyalayas/Shodha Sansthans

6.10 Scheme for the Award of Research and Post Matric Scholarship 54

6.11 Scheme for granting Samman Rashi to eminent Sanskrit Pandits in 55

indigent circumstances

7. MAIN EVENTS OF THE YEAR 56-80

7.1 Investiture Ceremony 56

7.2 Shri Sankar Bhagvatpadajayanti Utsava 57

7.3 Sanskrit Saptahotsava 58

7.4 Hindi Pakhwara 60

7.5 Mahamahopadhyaya Gopinath Kaviraj Memorial Lecture 61

7.6 Mahamahopadhyaya Madhusudan Ojha Memorial Lecture 61

7.7 Sthapana Divas 61

7.8 Kaumudi Mahotsava 61

7.9 Youth Festival 67

7.10 All India Sanskrit Elocution Contest 73

7.11 Rashtriya Sanskrit Natyotsava—Rangaprayoga Mahotsava 75

7.12 Smriti Vyakhayan Mala 78

7.13 All India Sanskrit Kavi Samvaya 78

8. ANNEXURES 81-129

A. List of Members of Board of Management 81

B. List of Members of Finance Committee 82

C. Details of Campuswise members of Faculties 84

D. Details of Research Scholars awarded Vidyavaridhi (Ph.D.) Degree 90

E. Affiliated Institutions 94

F. Recognition grantor Governments to the Examinations 99

G. Recognition grantor Universities to the Examinations 101

H. Sectionwise Working Strength of the Staff in the Headquarters Office 106

I. Details of Statewise Number of Voluntary Sanskrit Organisations 107

sanctioned annual grant

J. Details of Publications Published with Financial Assistance 108

K. Details of Proposals Sanctioned for Publication Grant 109

L. Details of Adarsha Sanskrit Mahavidyalayas/Shodha Sansthans 110

in receipt of Annual Grant

M. Audit Report and Audited Annual Accounts for the year 2008-09 112

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1.1. The Institution

Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (hereafter termed

as Sansthan), was established in October, 1970 as

an autonomous organisation registered under the

Societies Registration Act, 1860 (Act XXI of 1860).

It is an autonomous organisation created for overall

development and promotion of Sanskrit in the

country. It is being fully funded by Government of

India since its inception. It functions as an apex body

for the propagation and development of Sanskrit and

assists the Ministry of Human Resource Development

in formulating and implementing various plans and

schemes for the development of Sanskrit studies.

It has assumed the role of a nodal agency for

the effective implementation of various

recommendations made by the Sanskrit Commission

set up by the Government of India, Ministry of

Education in 1956 concerning the preservation,

propagation and development of Sanskrit language

and education in all its aspects.

Considering Sansthan’s contribution in the field

of promotion and propagation of traditional Sanskrit

education its outstanding publications as well as

preservation and procurement of more than 50,000

rare Sanskrit manuscripts by this institution, the Govt.

of India accorded it the status of Deemed University

w.e.f. 7th May, 2002 vide Notification No. F.9-28/

2000-U.3 followed by U.G.C.’s Notification No.F.6-31/

2001(CPP-I) dated 13th June, 2002.

1.2 Role and functions

The major objectives of the Rashtriya Sanskrit

Sansthan as indicated in the Memorandum of

Association are to propagate, develop and

encourage Sanskrit learning and research and in

pursuance thereof;

1. AN OVERVIEW

(a) To undertake, aid, promote, coordinate

research in all branches of Sanskrit learning

including teachers training and manu-

scriptology, to bring out inter-linkage with the

out come of modern research in the

contextually relevant fields and to bring out

publications.

(b) To establish, take over and administer

eminent Sanskrit institutes as constituent

Campuses in the various parts of the country

and to associate with any other institutions

with similar objectives.

(c) To serve as a Central administrative

machinery for the management of all the

constituent Campuses established or taken

over by and to provide effective coordination

in their academic work in order to facilitate

the interchangeability and migration of staff,

students and research scholars and

centralised allotment of tasks among the

Campuses in specialized fields.

(d) To act as nodal agency for Govt. of India to

implement their policies and programmes for

the development of Sanskrit.

(e) To provide for instruction and training in such

branches of learning as it may deem fit.

(f) To provide for research and for the

advancement of/and dissemination of

knowledge.

(g) To undertake extra mural studies, extension

programmes and field outreach activities to

contribute to the development of society.

(h) To do all such other acts and things as may

be necessary or desirable to further the

objectives of the Institute.

(I) To promote Pali and Prakrit languages.

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1.3 Programmes and Activities

Realising its objectives, the Sansthan has

undertaken the following major programmes and

activities:-

- Establishment of Campuses in different

States of India.

- Conducting teaching of Sanskrit on

traditional lines at Secondary/ Under-

graduate, Graduate, Post-graduate and

Research at Doctorate levels.

- Conducting teachers’ training at graduate

level i.e. Shiksha Shastri (B. Ed.) and Post

graduate level i.e. Shiksha Acharya (M.Ed.).

- Conducting and Coordinating research work

in various disciplines of Sanskrit.

- Cooperating with other organisations in

sponsoring joint projects of common

interest.

- Establishment of Sanskrit l ibraries,

manuscripts collection centres and also

editing and publishing rare manuscripts and

books of importance.

- Conferment of degrees and granting of

diplomas/certificates to persons having

satisfactorily completed the approved

prescribed course of study/research and

passed prescribed examinations.

- Instituting and awarding visitorship,

fellowship, scholarships, stipends, prizes

and medals.

- Conducting distance education programmes.

- Implementation of schemes of the Ministry

of Human Resource Development for

promotion of Sanskrit, Pali and Prakrit.

1.4 Teaching

Teaching is conducted from Prak Shastri to

Acharya levels on the basis of syllabus drawn up

by the Sansthan in its ten Campuses. The affiliated

institutions carry out teaching from Prathama to

Acharya. The Sansthan follows C.B.S.E. syllabi as

far as English, Hindi and other modern subjects like

History, Sociology, Political Science, Home Science,

Mathematics etc. at school level are concerned. At

Shastri level, the syllabi of Delhi University is

followed for modern subjects like Hindi and English.

Sanskrit institutions managed by voluntary

organisations and affiliated to the Sansthan also

impart teaching with the same syllabus. In all the

Campuses, there is a two year buffer course of plus-

two level called Prak Shastri to facilitate students

of modern system of Sanskrit education to join

traditional stream in the Sansthan's campuses.

1.5 Teachers' Training

In the Campuses, teachers’ training course of

one academic year with emphasis on teaching

practice, is conducted leading to the award of

Shiksha Shastri Degree, which is equivalent to B.Ed..

In addition, Shiksha Acharya Degree course

equivalent to M.Ed. is conducted in Jaipur Campus.

1.6 Research

In all the Campuses of the Sansthan, students

are enrolled for carrying out research leading to the

award of degree of Vidyavaridhi, which is equivalent

to Ph.D..

However, Ganga Nath Jha Campus, Allahabad is

exclusively dedicated to research activities in

selected branches. The Library of the Campus is one

of the richest Sanskrit Libraries in the country. A

collection of over 56000 rare manuscripts are, also

preserved in the library.

1.7 Internal Scholarship

To encourage students not only to learn Sanskrit

but also to take up indepth study in different

disciplines of Sanskrit, Sansthan awards scholarships

to meritorious students of its Campuses of all

courses of study and research. Revised rates of

scholarships for students of Prak Shastri, Shastri,

Shiksha Shastri and Acharya courses are Rs. 300/-

Rs. 400/-, Rs. 400/- and Rs. 500/- per month

respectively. Scholars pursuing research for award

of Vidyavaridhi degree are granted monthly

scholarship amount of Rs. 1500/ in addition to annual

contingency grant of Rs. 2000/- for two years.

Following table shows statement of students

awarded scholarships during the year 2008-09:

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Total 181 177 300 259 265 395 348 284 39 13

Grand Total— 2261

Sl.No. Campus

1. Ganganath Jha Campus

Allahabad

2. Shri Sadashiv Campus

Puri

3. Shri Ranbir Campus

Jammu

4. Guruvayoor Campus

Trichur

5. Jaipur Campus

Jaipur

6. Lucknow Campus

Lucknow

7. Shri Rajiv Gandhi

Campus, Sringeri

8. Garli Campus

Garli

9. Bhopal Campus

Bhopal

10. K.J. Somaiya Sanskrit

Vidyapeetham Campus

Mumbai

I II I II III - I II - -

Prak Shastri ShastriShiksha

ShastriAcharya

Vidya-

Varidhi

CLASS

- - - - - - - - 04 -

30 27 50 49 49 50 126 86 13 -

24 06 27 05 06 63 19 23 - -

21 29 46 31 32 50 40 16 01 -

30 30 60 60 60 50 55 54 - 13

10 03 08 12 18 50 18 20 07 -

26 23 30 25 29 50 29 32 02 -

37 51 60 60 60 - 39 45 01 -

03 05 15 11 09 48 18 07 11 -

00 03 04 06 02 34 04 01 - -

Shiksha

Acharya

Classwise number of male & female students

and the students belonging to schedule caste,

schedule tribe and other backward class awarded

scholarship is as under :

Class Total Male Female SC ST OBC

Prak Shastri-I 181 122 59 10 05 09

Prak Shastri-II 177 100 77 22 03 18

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1.8 Publications

Research Journals

The Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan brings out two

research journals containing research based articles,

namely ‘Sanskrit Vimarshah and Journal of the

Ganganath Jha Campus, Allahabad’. While the first

journal is brought out by the Sansthan’s

Headquarters office, the other is published by

Ganganath Jha Campus, Allahabad. In addition, the

Campuses also publish annual literary magazines.

The Sansthan as well as the Campuses publish

high standard publications regularly.

1.9 T.V. Telecast

Sanskrit Learning programme through the

television has already been intruduced and it is

being telecast through Gyan Darshan Channel of

IGNOU daily. 732 episodes of the programme have

been produced. D.D. Bharati and D.D.India of the

Prasar Bharati also telecast the programme thrice

a week. It is attracting the people at large and the

Sansthan is receiving appreciations.

During the year of report, number of episodes

went on air through DDBharati and DD India is 156.

1.10 Review by the U.G.C.

The Sansthan was reviewed as a Deemed

University for further extension of Deemed University

status by the experts committee of the UGC. The

committee recommended the extension of Deemed

University status to the Sansthan for a further period

of five years. The UGC and subsequently the Ministry

of HRD have granted the status of a Deemed

University to Sansthan for the next five years. The

UGC Committee has praised the efforts of Sansthan

towards promotion of Sanskrit Education.

Class Total Male Female SC ST OBC

Shastri-I 300 172 128 22 06 48

Shastri-II 259 163 96 24 08 34

Shastri-III 265 175 90 10 04 45

Shiksha Shastri 395 282 113 26 09 48

Acharya-I 348 161 187 09 02 70

Acharya-II 284 147 137 08 08 27

Shiksha Acharya 13 11 02 - - 01

Vidyavaridhi 39 36 03 - - 03

Grand Total 2261 1369 892 131 45 303

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2. MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS DURING 2008-2009

ACTIVITIES AS A DEEMED UNIVERSITY

* Revised rules for research as per UGC guidelines adopted.

* Rules and syllabi for Choice Based Credit System, Internal Assessment and Semester

System adopted for introduction from next session. New courses have been designed.

* 9 new publications brought out.

* 3 reprint editions brought out.

* 13 Sanskrit Dramas staged during Kaumudi Mahotsava

* Three Special Memorial Lectures organised.

* Renowned theatre groups performed Sanskrit plays in All India Sanskrit Rangaprayoga

Mahotsava.

* First volume of Sanskrit Vimarshah (New Series) Research Journal released.

* Syllabi for all courses revised by holding meetings of respective Boards of Studies.

* 14385 students were enrolled for different course of studies.

* 36 students awarded Vidyavaridhi (Ph.D.) degree.

* 3566 students admitted in Sansthan’s campuses.

ACTIVITIES UNDER VARIOUS SCHEMES OF

MINISTRY OF HRD, GOVT. OF INDIA

* 20900 students awarded Scholarships for Research & Post-Matric students.

* 328 titles purchased under bulk Purchase of Sanskrit Books Scheme.

* 12 publications brought out by Publishers/Scholars under Production of Sanskrit

Literature Scheme.

* 746 institutions were provided financial assistance under Voluntary Sanskrit Organisations

Scheme.

* 1583 teachers were paid consolidated salary under Voluntary Sanskrit Organisations

Scheme.

* 8543 students were paid scholarships under Voluntary Sanskrit Organisations Scheme.

* 90 Institutions/Sanskrit Pathashalas were provided financial assistance for modern

teachers.

* 159 teachers were paid consolidated salary under the development of Sanskrit scheme

for modern Sanskrit Pathashalas.

* 2008-09 Shastra Shalaka Pariksha conducted as an event in All India Sanskrit Elocution

Contest.

* 29719 students trained in spoken Sanskrit under Non Formal Sanskrit Education

programme.

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Minister of Human Resource Development, Govt.

of India is the ex-officio Head of the Sansthan.

During the year, Hon’ble Shri Arjun Singh ji, Minister

of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India held

the position of the President of the Sansthan. The

Vice Chancellor is the principal executive officer. He

exercises general supervision and control over the

affairs of the Sansthan, executes policies and

programmes and implements the decisions of all its

authorities. During the year, Prof. V. Kutumba Sastry,

Dr. Anita Bhatnagar Jain and Prof. Radha Vallabh

Tripathi held the office of Vice Chancellor upto 11th

May, 2008, from 23rd May to 13th August, 2008 and

w.e.f. 14th August, 2008 onwards respectively.

Besides the President, following are the approved

authorities of the Sansthan:

1. Board of Management - Principal organ of the

management in the Sansthan. Empowered to

take policy decisions and to ensure

implementation of the decisions.

2. Academic Council - Principal academic body

3. STRUCTURE AND ACTIVITIES

responsible for maintenance of standards of

education, teaching, training, examinations and

research programme.

3. Planning and Monitoring Board- Principal

planning body responsible for monitoring of

development programme.

4. Finance Committee - Principal finance body

responsible for placing annual accounts and

financial estimates before the Board of

Management, fixing limits of total expenditure

and recommending creation of all types of posts.

Apart from the above; the Sansthan has also

other consituted bodies for making recommendations

with regard to their respective nature of functions

namly; Grant in Aid Committee, Publication

Committee, Scholarship Selection Committee,

Research Board and Examination Board.

The following table shows the numbers of

meetings held by the authorities/bodies of the

Sansthan during the year 2008-09:

Board/Council/Committee No. of Meetings

Board of Management 3

Finance Committee 3

Academic Council 1

Grant in Aid Committee 2

Examination Board 1

Research Board 1

Scholarship Selection Committee 1

Publication Committee 2

Planning and Monitoring Board —

Composition of the Board of Management and

Finance Committee are placed at Annexures A & B

respectively. Besides its rich library, the Rashtriya

Sanskrit Sansthan functions through following main

sections headed by Deputy / Assistant Registrar:

1. Academic Section

2. Reserach and Publication Section

3. Correspondence Course and Non Formal

Sanskrit Education Section.

4. Examination Section.

5. Administration Section.

6. Finance Section

7. Scheme Section.

1. ACADEMIC SECTION

This Unit is mainly responsible for laying down

standards for academic performance, preparation of

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calendar of the academic programme and designing

the syllabi for various courses.

2. RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION SECTION

This Unit is concerned with implementation of

various schemes of the Sansthan and coordination

of Research and Publication activities of the

constituent Campuses, Research and Publication

programmes and projects of the Sansthan. It also

deals with schemes such as financial assistance to

produce Sanskrit literature and bulk purchase of

books.

3. CORRESPONDENCE COURSE AND NON

FORMAL SANSKRIT EDUCATION SECTION

This Unit is responsible for the organisation of

Correspondence Courses. These courses are offered

at two levels. The section also organises Non Formal

Sanskrit Education Centres all over India, produces

study material for Non Formal Sanskrit Education.

Correspondence course offers :-

i) Introductory Course in Sanskrit

Ist year (Hindi & English Medium)

ii) Introductory Course in Sanskrit

2nd year (Hindi & English Medium)

Non Formal Sanskrit Education offers five level

study material begining from 'O' level as self study.

Any section of society who loves Sanskrit learning

can be benefitted by this programme. Besides, this

wing also undertook the programmes of Trainers'

Training, Sanskrit Swadhyaya Yojana and Distance

Education.

4. EXAMINATION SECTION

The Examination Section organises Annual and

Supplementary examinations for the following

courses:

Prathama (class VIII)

Purvamadhyama (class X)

Uttarmadhyama (class XII)

Park Shastri (class XII)

Shastri (B.A.)

Shiksha Shastri (B.Ed.)

Acharya (M.A.)

A competitive entrance test is being conducted

every year for admission to Shiksha Shastri course

by the Sansthan through Examination Section. It is

known as Pre-Shiksha Shastri Test (PSST). For

registration to Vidyavaridhi (Ph.D.) Programme, a

Pre Research Test is conducted.

It also arranges evaluation of thesis and viva-

voce examination for awarding research degree

Vidyavaridhi (Ph.D.) to the students of Campuses

and affiliated institutions.

5. ADMINISTRATION SECTION

The Administration Section deals with general

administration of the Sansthan and its constituent

Campuses. It also plans appointments, postings,

transfers and other establishment matters, including

overall supervision of administration of campuses.

6. FINANCE SECTION

This Section is concerned with the preparation

of budget, distribution of grants, financial

management and preparation of annual accounts

etc.. It also manages provident funds and arranges

for disbursement of scholarships awarded under the

scheme of the scholarships.

7. SCHEME SECTION

This Section is responsible for proper

implementation of different schemes like financial

assistance to voluntary Sanskrit organisations,

appointments of shastra chudamani scholars,

financial assistance for organising vocational courses

in different Sanskrit Pathashalas/Vidyalayas/

Voluntary Sanskrit Organisations/Universities,

financial assistance to traditional as well as Govt.

Schools for providing teachers in Sanskrit and

modern subjects and to Universities/N.G.O.'s for

various projects under the scheme of development

of Sanskrit, monetary grant to awardees of

Certificate of Honour of the President of India,

financial assistance to Adarsh Sanskrit

Mahavidyalayas/Shodh Sansthans, Sanskrit Dictionary

Project and grant of Samman Rashi to Sanskrit

Pandits in indigent circumstances. The section is also

responsible to organise All India Elocution Contest

of traditional Sanskrit students.

8. CAMPUSES

The following Campuses at different parts of the

country are being run by Rashtriya Sanskrit

Sansthan (Deemed University) :

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S.No. Name of the Campuses Location

1. Shri Ganga Nath Jha Campus Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh

2. Shri Sadashiv Campus Puri, Orissa

3. Shri Ranbir Campus Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir

4. Guruvayoor Campus Trichur, Kerala

5. Jaipur Campus Jaipur, Rajasthan

6. Lucknow Campus Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

7. Shri Rajiv Gandhi Campus Sringeri, Karnataka

8. Garli Campus Garli, Himachal Pradesh

9. Bhopal Campus Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

10. K.J. Somaiya Sanskrit Vidyapeetham Campus Mumbai, Maharashtra

S.No. Course Equivalent to

1. Uttar Madhyama/Prak Shastri Sr. Secondary

2. Shastri B.A. (Hons.)

3. Acharya M.A. in Sanskrit

4. Shiksha Shastri B.Ed.

5. Shiksha Acharya M.Ed.

6. Vidyavaridhi Ph.D.

B.Ed. programme is conducted in the Campuses

at Puri, Jammu, Jaipur, Lucknow, Sringeri, Bhopal,

Guruvayoor and Mumbai. M.Ed. Programme is

conducted in Jaipur campus. The academic session

begins in July every year with admissions of the

students to different classes.

Following table shows classwise admissions in

the campuses during 2008-09 :

Sl.No. Campus

1. Shri Ganganath Jha

Campus, Allahabad

2. Shri Sadashiv Campus

Puri

3. Shri Ranbir Campus

Jammu

4. Guruvayoor Campus

Trichur

5. Jaipur Campus

Jaipur

6. Lucknow Campus

Lucknow

I II I II III - I II -

Prak

ShastriShastri

Shiksha

Shastri Acharya

Vidya-

Varidhi

CLASS

- - - - - - - - 18 -

60 52 62 57 49 98 167 143 - -

42 46 69 36 45 121 30 26 03 -

22 36 46 40 32 94 40 30 04 -

39 36 139 112 82 100 107 107 - 25

12 08 18 20 23 99 22 25 07 -

All these Campuses have well equipped libraries,

laboratories, rooms, staff-quarters and hostels. They

impart instructions for the following courses except

Allahabad where research programme is

undertaken–

Shiksha

Acharya

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Sl.No. Campus

7. Shri Rajiv Gandhi

Campus, Sringeri

8. Garli Campus

Garli

9. Bhopal Campus

Bhopal

10. K.J. Somaiya Sanskrit

Vidyapeetham Campus

Mumbai

Total

Grand Total— 3566

275 272 520 388 352 776 470 435 53 25

I II I II III I II

Prak

ShastriShastri

Shiksha

Shastri AcharyaVidya-

Varidhi

CLASS

35 25 42 26 30 100 31 32 04 -

37 51 74 70 69 - 39 56 04 -

28 12 65 21 20 94 29 13 11 -

00 06 05 06 02 70 05 03 02 -

Shiksha

Acharya

Class Total Male Female SC ST OBC

Prak Shastri-I 275 198 77 12 06 22

Prak Shastri-II 272 172 100 23 05 32

Shastri-I 520 361 159 29 22 71

Shastri-II 388 248 140 24 09 47

Shastri-III 352 248 104 11 08 50

Shiksha Shastri 776 584 192 65 26 98

Acharya-I 470 257 213 26 06 83

Acharya-II 435 238 197 12 12 56

Shiksha Acharya 25 20 05 01 02 13

Vidyavaridhi 53 47 06 - - 03

Grand Total 3566 2374 1192 203 96 475

Number of male, female, and categories of

schedule caste, schedule tribe & other backward

class students admitted in different classes is as

under :

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Students of the Campuses performed well in the

annual examinations 2008-09.

The following graph depicts classwise per-

centage of result :

The Campuses have trained and well versed

teaching faculties. However, part time teachers were

also engaged in the subjects in which full time

teachers were not available. Details of Campus wise

members of faculties are given at Annexure-C.

100

90

80

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

0

91% 92.2%

97.52%

84.21%

99.32%

89.05% 89.27%

100%

Pass Percentage

Prak Shastri

Uttar Madhyama II

Shastri

I II III

Shiksha Shastri Acharya

I II

Shiksha Acharya

Classes

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The important responsibilities of the section

are:-

To organise the academic activities of the

Sansthan and frame syllabi for various courses.

To constitute subject committees to frame

syllabi of different subjects from Prathama to

Acharya.

To coordinate convening of Academic Council

meeting and meeting of the Board of Studies and

take follow up action.

4. SECTIONS

4.1 ACADEMIC SECTION

This section is also responsible for laying down

standard for academic performance and preparation

of calendar of academic programme.

During the year under report; meetings of

syallabus committee at different levels for various

subjects were held. The Board of Studies for various

departments were constituted and their meetings

were also held in order to review the syllabus of

different classes. The meeting of Academic Council

was held in the month of March, 2009 and important

decisions were taken.

4.2 RESEARCH & PUBLICATION SECTION

Important responsibilities of the section are : co-

ordination of Research and Publication work of the

Headquarters Office and the Campuses and

implementation of the schemes transferred by the

Ministry which are:

1. Production of Sanskrit literature including

News Papers and Journals.

2. Purchase of Sanskrit books including reprint

of out of print rare books.

3. Purchase and publication of manuscripts.

The section also coordinates the Grants in Aid

Committee’s meetings.

During the year 2008-09, meeting of the Grants-

in-Aid committee of Sansthan was convened twice

on 16th October, 2008 and 18th February, 2009, in

which several important proposals were approved

under different schemes. A total amount of Rs.

61,70,079 was released for the above publication

schemes to meet out the expenses for their

execution.

Under the scheme of Production of Sanskrit

Litureture, 12 books were published by different

authors with financial assistance of the Sansthan.

In addition to it, 18 Sanskrit Journals/News

Papers were also granted annual publication grant.

Details of Scheme of purchase of books, during

the period of report are as follows :–

No. of Applicants 153

No. of Titles Submitted 673

No. of Titles Purchased in Bulk 328

The following three reprint editions were

brought out under the scheme of reprinting of rare

out of print books:—

1. Kamasutra Jayamangalasahita

2. Pratyaksha Shariram

3. Sushruta Samhita

Besides the above, the Sansthan published the

following works under its series of publication:-

1. Brihad Samhita

2. Mukoramagirirbhutva

3. Ayatih

4. Kavyamanjari

5. Mahabharatasya Ayurvedadristaya

Adhyayanam

6. Vyutapattivadah Ramarudri Vyakhya Sahitah

7. Beesveen Shadabdi ke Sanskrit Laghu Katha

Sahitya.

8. Path of Liberation.

9. Pramukha Upanishadon ke Paaribhashik

Shabda-Advaita Vedanta Ke Vishesh

Sandarbh Mein.

In addition, Diary of the Sansthan and Sanskrit

Varta bulletine were also brought out.

Newly constituted Sansthan's Central Research

Board met on 5th November 2008. Registration of

87 research students were approved for registration

in different Campuses for Vidyavaridhi research

degree course. For the benefit of research scholars,

a 21 day workshop on Research Methodology and

Manuscriptology was conducted at Dr. Hari Singh

Gaur University, Sagar, M.P. in association with their

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department of Sanskrit. The Sansthan also

recontituted its Publication Committee which

approved the following important titles among

others:-

1. Ramachandra Gajananakaramalkara Granthavali.

2. Lokanath Shastri Granthavali.

3. Kalidasakrita Laghustuti with two commentaries.

4. Taddhita Kosha and Kridanta Kosha by

Prof. Pushpa Dikshit.

5. Education System in Ancient India.

6. Alivilasisanlapah

Publication work of these works is in progress.

RESEARCH & POST MATRIC SCHOLARSHIPS

This section executes the disbursement of

scholarships nationwide. The scholarships are of two

types :

1. Research Scholarships for students of traditional

Pathashalas;

2. Post Matric Scholarships for pursuing Inter, B.A.,

M.A. and Ph.D. including equivalent traditional

courses.

The following is the break-up of award of

sanctioned scholarship during the year 2008-09 :-

Sl.No. Class No. of Students Total No. of Students x Financial

(Gen.) (S.C.) (S.T.) amount of scholarship Involvement

per Student

01. Up-Shastri-I 51 -- -- 51x2500 127,500.00

02. Up-Shastri-II 24 5 3 32x2500 80,000.00

03. Purva-Madhyama-I 1412 -- -- 1412x2500 3,530,000.00

04. Purva-Madhyama-II 43 -- 1 44x2500 110,000.00

05. Uttar-Madhyama-II 965 3 2 970x3000 2,910,000.00

06. Uttar-Madhyama-II 188 1 -- 189x3000 567,000.00

07. Prak-Shastri-I 46 1 -- 47x3000 141,000.00

08. Prak-Shastri-II 43 -- 1 44x3000 132,000.00

09. Shastri-I 4244 18 8 4270x4000 17,080,000.00

10. Shastri-II 391 22 16 429x4000 1,716,000.00

11. Shastri-III 116 17 6 139x4000 556,000.00

12. Acharya-I 915 3 1 919x5000 4,595,000.00

13. Acharya-II 265 2 1 268x5000 1,340,000.00

14. 11th 1719 185 36 1940x3000 5,820,000.00

15. 12th 6342 199 105 6646x3000 19,938,000.00

16. B.A.-I 1706 45 16 1767x4000 7,068,000.00

17. B.A.-II 693 28 12 733x4000 2932,000.00

18. B.A.-III 577 18 14 609x4000 2,436,000.00

19. M.A.-I 197 6 3 206x5000 1,030,000.00

20. M.A.-II 109 3 2 114x5000 570,000.00

21. Ph.D. 36 -- -- 36x20000 720,000.00

22. Vidyavaridhi 3 -- -- 3x20000 60,000.00

23. M.Phil 30 1 1 32x1500x12 5,76,000.00

Total : 20115 557 228 20900 7,40,34,500.00

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4.3 CORRESPONDENCE COURSE & NON FORMAL

SANSKRIT EDUCATION SECTION

Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan conducted the

following programmes through this department

during the year 2008-09 :

1. Non Formal Sanskrit Education.

2. Sanskrit Swadhyaya Yojana

3. Training Programmes :-

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(ii) Sanskrit Teachers' Training Programme

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4. Distance Education

5. Correspondence Course

1. NON FORMAL SANSKRIT EDUCATION

Two cycles of Prathama and Dwitiya Deeksha

were conducted under Non-Formal Sanskrit

Education programme. A total of about 29719

participants took part in the programme in 1105

centres throughout the country.

Statewise details of number of such centres is

as under :

Sl.No. STATE Ist CYCLE IInd CYCLE

01. Andhra Pradesh 03 20

02. Bihar+Jharkhand 08 08

03. Delhi 09 09

04. Gujarat 11 12

05. Haryana 20 20

06. Jammu & Kashmir 09 10

07. Karnataka 39 39

08. Kerala 03 03

09. Maharashtra+Goa - 01

10. Madhya Pradesh+Chhatisgarh 68 68

11. Orissa 64 64

12. Punjab 03 03

13. Himachal Pradesh 09 11

14. Rajasthan 30 30

15. Uttarakhand - 20

16. Uttar Pradesh 127 127

17. West Bengal 22 25

02 W.A. 02 W.A.

18. North East States 103 103

TOTAL 530 575

GRAND TOTAL 1105

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Learners at these centres exhibited greatenthusiasm. Students, teachers, professors, doctors,engineers, bankers, industrialists, officers, lawyers,scientists, farmers and housewives etc. were thebeneficiaries of the programmes.

As a result of opening of N.F.S.E. centresthroughout the country, people have become familiarwith Sanskrit and cultural heritage of India. Peoplefrom all walks of the society evinced great zeal forlearning Sanskrit. Grand inauguration and valedictoryfunctions were organized at various centres. Studymaterials of Dwitiya Deeksha prepared by RashtriyaSanskrit Sansthan were the main base of teachingSanskrit at their respective centres. The studymaterials were rated as excellent by the learners.Certificates of participation were awarded at the endof the Dwitiya Deeksha.

These Non-Formal Sanskrit Education Centres

were not only conducted in cities and metropolitancities of the country, but they were also conducted inremote small villages, small towns, difficultaccessibility areas of Jammu & Kashmir and NorthEast states. Sanskrit teachers had to come from faroff places also. The centres were at Universities,Degree Colleges, Inter Colleges, High and HigherSecondary Schools, Junior High Schools, PublicSchools, Madarsas and Voluntary Organisationsthroughout the country. The results are veryencouraging.

For the proper functioning of these centres, StateCoordinators were nominated in the States on receiptof proposals regarding centres, centre coordinatorsand teachers from respective States. Approval forcentres was also accorded by the Sansthan on directproposals received from Institutions of repute /importance.

STATE COORDINATORS (N.F.S.E.)

S.No. States Name & Address of Coordinator

1. Andhra Pradesh Dr. Dorbal Prabhakar Sharma, Retd. Principal, S.V.J.V. SanskritCollege H.No. 10-12-12, Kovvur – 534 350 Dist. West Godavari,Andhra Pradesh

2. Bihar + Jharkhand Dr. Shreeprakash Pandey, Lecturer, B.R. Ambedkar UniversityQ.No. -23, University Campus, Muzaffarpur -1, Bihar

3. Delhi Dr. Pankaja Ghai, Lecturer, Deptt. Of Sanskrit, Lady ShriramCollege, Lajpat Nagar – IV, Delhi – 110 024

4. Gujarat Dr. H.M. Pandey,Non Formal Sanskrit Education Centre15, Kalyan Bagh, Junador Bazar, Kankaria, Ahmedabad – 380028

5. Haryana Dr. Chittaranjan Dayal Singh Kaushal, Kurukshetra UniversityD-13, University Campus, Kurukshetra – 136 119

6. Himachal Pradesh Dr. Bhaktvatsal Sharma, Principal, Sanatan Dharm Adarsh& Punjab Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya, Dohgi, Dist. Una, Himachal Pradesh – 174 307

7. Jammu & Kashmir Prof. Vishwamurthy Shastri, Principal, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan(D.U.),Vill & PO Kot, Near District Jail,Teh. & District Jammu–181122

8. Karnataka Prof. A.P. Sachhidanand, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, Rajiv GandhiCampus, Sringeri – 577 139, Dist. Chikamanglur, Karnataka

9. Kerala Dr. Padmamitra Srinivas, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (DeemedUniversity), Guruvayoor Campus, PO Puranattukara – 680 551Dist. – Trichur (Kerala)

10. Maharashtra Prof. Pankaj Chande, Vice Chancellor, Kavi Kulaguru Kalidas(Vidarbha) Sanskrit University, Ram Tek, Dist. Nagpur, Maharashtra

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11. Maharashtra Dr. Shripad Bhatt, Deptt of Sanskrit,Tilak Maharashtra VidyapeethVidyapeetha Bhawan, Gultekri, Pune – 411 037

12. M.P.+ Chhattisgarh Prof P.N. Shastri, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (DeemedUniversity), Bhopal Campus, E-7/62,Arera Colony, Near Sain Board,Bhopal – 462 016 M.P.

13. North East Dr. Nripendra Sharma, North East Region, Panchjanya, Laxmi

Nagar, Radha Govind Barua Marg, Guwahati, Assam – 781 005

14. Orissa Dr. Sukant Kumar Senapati, Reader, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan(Deemed University), Sri Sadashiva Campus, Puri -752 001 (Orissa)for IInd cycle.

15 Rajasthan Dr. Sudesh Kumar Sharma, Rashtriya Sanskrit SansthanJaipur Campus, Triveni Nagar, Gopalpura By Pass, Jaipur – 302 018(Rajasthan)

16. Tamilnadu Dr. R. Ramachandran, Department of Sanskrit, RamakrishnaMission, Vivekananda College, Mylapore, Chennai-4

17. Uttarakhand Dr. Buddhadev Sharma, Secretary, Sanskrit Academy, Ranipur Jhal,National Highway, Haridwar, Uttrakhand

18. Uttar Pradesh Dr. M. Chandrashekhar, Reader, Rashtriya Sanskrit SansthanLucknow Campus, Vishal Khand – 4, Gomati Nagar, Lucknow–226010

19. West Bengal Shri Tanmay Bhattacharya, Rama Krishna Mission Instituteof Culture, Research Deptt., Golpark, Kolkata – 700 029

Dr. Ratna Mohan Jha, Lecturer, Rashtriya SanskritSansthan, New Delhi has been assigned theresponsibility to coordinate the programme at All IndiaLevel as National Coordinator.

Workshop

A workshop was conducted in Head Quarters ofthe Sansthan from 3rd to 5th December 2008 to designthe structure of a special book of Prathama Dikshalevel which would be brought out to teach in NFSEcentres. The Scholars Late Dr.Hind Kesari, Prof. R.Devanathan, Dr.Janardan Hegde, Dr. Lalit KumarTripathi, Dr. Chand Kiran Saluja, Shri K.VenkateshMurthy, Shri T.Mahendra and Dr. Ratna Mohan Jhaparticipated in this workshop.

2. SANSKRIT SWADHYAYA YOJANA

Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan has undertakenSanskrit Swadhyaya Yojana to bring out Self-studymaterial of Sanskrit to meet the needs of peopleinterested in Sanskrit Learning. The progress achievedin the production of Swadhyaya materials during thereporting year is as following:-

Published Work:

1. Jhen~Hkxon~xhrklaxzg% (vol-3) - Published

Works in Progress:

1. Hkr̀Zgfjuhfr'krde~ (vol-1) - Review of the prepared

study material by experts conducted.

2. Hkr̀Zgfjuhfr'krde~ (vol-2) - Review of the prepared

study material by experts conducted.

3. Jhen~Hkxon~xhrklaxzg% (vol-2) - Composing and

reviewing works are in progress.

4. j?kqoa'ke~ (vol-1) - Composing and reviewing works

are in progress.

5. j?kqoa'ke~ (vol-3) - Editing work is being reviewed.

6. j?kqoa'ke~ (vol-4) - Editing work is at final stage.

7. fl¼kUr&T;kSfr"k ifjp; ikB~;ozQe(Introductory Course on Siddhant Jyotisha) -Editing work is in progress.

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3. TRAINING PROGRAMMES

(i) TRAINERS' TRAINING PROGRAMME

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A Trainers' Training Programme was conductedfrom 05.05.2008 to 10.05.2008 in Sri Rajiv GandhiCampus, Sringeri. 64 members from all over Indiawere trained in the programme. The resource personsDr. D. Prabhakar Sharma, Dr. Mahabaleswar Bhat,Prof. R. Devanathan, Shri Janardan Hegde, Dr. H. R.Vishwas, Dr. Vasu Vaza, Shri Vishnu Namboodri,

Shri Nand Kumar, Dr. Nagaratna Hegde, Dr. Shantala,Smt.Sucheta and Dr. Ratna Mohan Jha guided thetrainers. Discussion on various skills of teachingthrough Deeksha texts within prescribed time limitwas also held.

(ii) SANSKRIT TEACHERS’ TRAININGPROGRAMME

21 days' residential Teachers' Training campswere conducted in various places. Details are givenbelow:

Place Period No.of Resource personsparticipants

Poornaprajna Samsodhana 12.05.08 to 01.06.08 20 Dr.Ramesh Jha,Mandiram, Bangaluru Vidwan Sudhish O,(Karnataka) Sh.K.V. Murthy,

Shri Rama KrishnaPejathaya,K. Giridhar Rao,Dr. Nagarathna Hegde,Dr. Janardan Hegde,Vidushi Sucheta, VidwanG. Mahabaleshwar Bhat,Prof. A. Haridasa Bhat,Sh. K.V. Moorthy.

Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan 19.05.08 to 08.06.08 60 Dr. Y.S. Ramesh,(Deemed University), Jaipur Dr. V. Subramanyam,Campus, Jaipur (Rajasthan) Dr. Raghuvir Prasad,

Shri Tagsingh Rajpurohit,Late Dr. Hind Kesari,Prof. Ch.L.N.Sarma,Dr. Sudesh Kumar Sharma,Dr. Vijay Pal Shastri,Shri Kuldeep Sharma,Shri Nagendra.

Dakshineswar Adyapeeth Anand 26.05.08 to 15.06.08 61 Dr. S.K.Senapati, Dr.Vidya Mandir, Dakshineswar Vishu Narayan Tiwari,Kolkata (West Bengal) Smt. Rama Devi,

Shri Neeraj Kumar,Dr. Khagen Bhandary,Dr. Kruttibash Mishra,Dr. Tanmay KumarBhattacharya,Dr. Ratna Mohan Jha.

Rishi Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya 05.06.08 to 25.06.08 110 Dr. Buddhadeo Sharma,Nirdhana Niketan, Kharkari, Dr. Jokhan Pandey,Haridwar (Uttarakhand) Dr. Yogesh Mishra,

Dr. Prakash Chandra Pant,Dr. Roshan GourDr. Raghav Kumar JhaDr. Ratna Mohan Jha.

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4. DISTANCE EDUCATION :

In order to offer various Sanskrit courses throughDistance mode; the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthanhas been preparing Self Learning Materials. In thisprocess three workshops were conducted at variousplaces.

WORKSHOPS:(Workshops on Self-Learning Material)

Following two separate workshops wereconducted to design the course structure of SelfLearning Materials (S.L.M.) under the guidance ofSTRIDE & IGNOU. Prof.C.R.K. Murthy and Dr. SanjayKumar Mishra were the resource persons in theseworkshops.

S.No. Place of workshop Period Related course/Class No. of Scholars participated

1. NATRAS, New Delhi 14-20.Feb.09 Prak Shastri and 25Shastri IInd year (Vyakarana)

2. Rashtriya Sanskrit 09-13.Feb.09 Certificate course in Sanskrit 09Sansthan (D.U.), LinguisticsNew Delhi

5. CORRESPONDENCE COURSE

Sansthan conducts the correspondence courses

of two year duration for learning Sanskrit language

through Hindi and English medium for general

learners of Sanskrit in India and abroad at following

two levels of one year each (a) Introductory course

in Sanskrit Ist year and (b) Introductory course in

Sanskrit IInd year. During the year 2008-09, 261

fresh students were registered for learning Sanskrit

through correspondence course.

4.4 EXAMINATION SECTION

The section is mainly responsible for conducting

various examinations and the evaluation of

examination papers of the Sansthan. The

examinations, such as Prathama to Acharya, Shiksha

Shastri, Shiksha Acharya and Vidyavaridhi are

conducted by the Sansthan. In these examinations,

students from the constituent Campuses as well as

from the affiliated institutions are admitted. These

examinations are conducted in accordance with the

guidelines laid down by the Academic Council and

the syllabi prescribed for the purpose.

The number of students who passed various

examinations conducted centrally during the year

2008-09 is as under:-

S.No. Class No. of Students Passed

appeared

1. Prathama III 270 217

2. Purva Madhyama II 961 810

3. Uttar Madhyama II 685 633

4. Prak Shastri II 1170 1055

5. Shastri I 1656 1524

6. Shastri II 1454 1418

7. Shastri III 1045 880

8. Acharya I 1261 1123

9. Acharya II 932 832

10. Shiksha Shastri 745 740

11. Shiksha-Acharya 24 24

Total 10203 9256

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Sl.No. Roll No. Student's Name Class/Subject Campus/Institute

01 32704 Priya Vrat Mishra Acharya (N. Vyakarana) Sringeri

02 32997 Shyam Sundar Sharma Acharya (Sahitya) Jaipur

03 33126 Dayanidhi Kumar Mishra Acharya (S. Jyotisha) Rani Padmavati T.Y.T.A.S.M.

Varanasi

04 31403 Rajeev Bhardwaj Acharya (Phalita Jyotihsa) Garli

05 31292 Sauki Nayak Acharya (Sarva Darshana) Mahavir V.V., Pashim Vihar,

New Delhi

06 31807 Shiv Prasad Tripathi Acharya (Dharma Shastra) Puri

07 32974 Vishnu Priya Shatapathi Acharya (Puranetihasa) Puri

08 33100 Madhu Mishra Acharya (Pracheen Vyakarana) Lucknow

09 35529 Pravesh Kumar Jha Acharya (S. Yajurveda) J.N.B. Lagma, Bihar

10 33097 Vandana Gupta Acharya (B. Darshana) Lucknow

11 32892 Subhashri Mahapatra Acharya (Sankhya Yoga) Puri

12 33263 Ipsita Pal Acharya (Navya Nyaya) Sita Ram V.A.S.M., Kolkata

13 32711 Vinayak Bhatt Acharya (Mimamsa) Sringeri

14 32702 Kuchisri Samiraja Acharya (Advaita Vedanta) Sringeri

15 150 Supriya Gaur Shiksha Acharya Jaipur

16 10262 Manju Nath Bhatt Shiksha Shastri Sringeri

17 22603 Madhusudan Mishra Shastri Rani Padmavati T.Y.T.A.S.M.

Varanasi

18 12330 Saumyajit Sen Uttar Madhayma Ram Krishna M.V.V., Howrah

19 17208 Vinita Akoijam Prak Shastri Manipur Skt. Mahavidyalaya

20 5937 Ganesh Tudu Purva Madhyama Ram Krishna M.V.V., Howrah

21 1588 Lalita Prathama Lajjaram S.M., Jind, Haryana

36 Students were awarded Vidya Varidhi degree

during the year under report. Details of such

research students is placed at Annexure-D.

From the academic session 2008-09, home

examination for first year of Purva Madhyama, Uttar

Madhyama and Prak Shastri was arranged. A total

number of 14385 students were enrolled in the

campuses and affiliated institutions in different

classes during the year 2008-09.

The Sansthan conducted Pre Shiksha Shastri

Test for admission to Shiksha Shastri/B.Ed. course.

For this entrance test 5733 students were

registered. Out of them, 5248 students appeared in

the test and 1254 students were declared successful

for admission in different eight campuses. Admission

of 800 students was made for the succeeding

academic year amongst the successful candidates.

Students as detailed below topped coursewise

annual examinations 2009 :

Affiliation to Institutions

The Sansthan had started with a few Campuses

but later some privately managed institutions were

affiliated. The list of institutions affiliated to the

Sansthan is given at Annexure E. Details of the

Governments and Universities which have given

recognition to the Sansthan’s examinations are

placed at Annexures F and G respectively.

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The Administration section in the Headquarters

Office of the Sansthan is performing its functions

of house keeping in accordance with rules,

regulations and procedure. It also provides necessary

establishment support to the various constituent

Campuses of the Sansthan for their effective and

efficient functioning. This branch mainly deals with

general administration, establishment matters,

services and supplies, acquisition of land & building,

establishment of new campuses and conducting

meetings of Board of Management and Finance

Committee.

The construction work of the building of Bhopal

Campus is in progress. An Amount of Rs. 300.00

lakh has been released for this purpose. The work

of construction of boundary wall of the acquired land

for Garli Campus is nearing completion. However,

the CPWD has been approached to prepare plan and

estimate for construction of building at Garli. An

amount of Rs. 60 lakh and Rs. 298 lakh has already

4.5 ADMINISTRATION SECTIONbeen released for construction work of building of

Sringeri and Mumbai Campuses respectively. In

Mumbai, the CPWD has submitted plan and

estimates for construction of building on the land

transferred by Somaiya Trust, Vidya Vihar. Rs. 39

lakh as the last installment has been released for

construction of Hostel building and boundary wall of

Girls Hostel for Jammu Campus. In Puri Campus,

Rs. 19.84 lakh has been released for construction

work of Scooter, Motor Cycle and Car Stand which

is in progress. Likewise in Guruvayoor Campus, Rs.

8.55 lakh has been released for construction of

Watchman Cabin and roofing of classes. The work

is also progressing.

In addition to above, Rs. 2.52 lakh has been

released to Jaipur Campus for construction of fixing

grill on the Hostel building.

Sectionwise working strength of the staff in

Headquarters office of the Sansthan during the year

under report is placed at Annexure-H.

4.6 FINANCE SECTION

Important responsibilities of this section during

the reporting year are as under :-

Budget (2008-09)

An unspent balance of Rs. 788.54 lakh kept for

salary of March 2007 and disbursement of amount

of honorarium under Presidents awards was carried

over from the year 2007-08 to the financial year

2008-09. A total budget of Rs. 7012.55 lakh

(including the previous unspent balance) was

sanctioned by the Ministry. The amount was further

allocated among the constituent units in the

following manner:-

(Figures in lakh of Rupees)

Sl.No. Name of the Unit Plan Non Plan Total

1. Headquarter 2807.93 1084.68 3892.61

2. Puri Campus 19.84 425.12 444.96

3. Jammu Campus 47.48 285.66 333.14

4. Allahabad Campus --- 203.99 203.99

5. Guruvayoor Campus 8.55 298.34 306.89

6. Jaipur Campus 2.52 337.54 340.06

7. Lucknow Campus --- 286.53 286.53

8. Sringeri Campus 222.75 --- 222.75

9. Garli Campus 130.28 --- 130.28

10. Bhopal Campus 458.37 --- 458.37

11. Mumbai Campus 392.97 --- 392.97

Total : 4090.69 2921.86 7012.55

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These funds were utilised during the year on

pay and allowances, scholarships, President's award

to eminent Sanskrit scholars and other maintenance

items of expenditure. An amount of Rs. 352.62 lakh

(Plan 182.94 lakh and Non-Plan Rs. 169.68 lakh)

remained unspent at the close of the financial year.

Accounts

The wing is responsible for consolidation of

accounts received from various units of the Sansthan

and submission to DGACR for audit. Audit report and

audited annual accounts for the year 2008-09 are

placed at Annexure-M.

Maintenance of Provident Fund Accounts

The section maintains pay and provident fund

accounts for officers and members of the staff of

the Headquarters’ Office. Every member has been

supplied with the annual provident fund account

statement immediately after the close of the

financial year.

Pursuit of Audit Objections

Concerted efforts were made during the year

to get the audit objections settled. For this purpose,

the individual campuses were directed to take

necessary corrective measures and replies of

compliance were sent to the audit authorities with

the result that a number of audit objections were

settled during the year.

The wing has also been entrusted with the

work relating to Adarsh Sanskrit Mahavidyalayas and

release of Monetary grant to Scholars who are

awarded certificate of honour by the President of

India for their outstanding contribution to Sanskrit,

Pali, Prakrit, Arabic and Persian. In addition, it has

also been entrusted with the scheme of extending

financial assistance to Sanskrit Pandits all over the

country who are living in indigent circumstances.

4.7 SCHEME SECTION

The section is responsible for implementing

following schemes transferred from the Ministry of

Human Resource Development, Government of India

for promotion and propagation of Sanskrit language

and literature:

(i) Financial Assistance to Voluntary

Sanskrit Organisations

Under this scheme, selected organisations are

sanctioned financial assistance in shape of salary to

Sanskrit teachers, scholarship to students, Library

grants and for construction of the institution building.

An amount of Rs. 10,27,57,000.00 appx. was

utilised under this scheme by the Sansthan. During

the year, financial assistance was provided to 746

institutions.

(ii) All India Sanskrit Elocution Contest

The Sansthan organizes an all India Sanskrit

Elocution contest every year in different parts of the

country to encourage traditional Sanskrit students in

extempore speech in Shastriac Sanskrit Language.

All India Sanskrit Elocution Contest was held at

Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (Deemed University),

Puri Campus, Puri (Orissa) during 23 to 25

December, 2008. 114 students alongwith 16 teachers

took part in eight Shastriac subjects of Vyakarana,

Mimamsa, Sahitya, Vedanta, Nyaya Vaishashika,

Sankhyayoga, Dharma Shastra, Jyotisha followed by

Antyakshari and Samsyapurti. Each State Govt. Union

Territory Govt. is requested to send the names of

eight participants along with one teacher for the

contest in eight Shastriac subjects. The contestants

in every event are awarded a certificate along with

position wise cash prizes of Rs. 2000/-, Rs. 1500/-

& Rs. 1000/- respectively. In addition to these

prizes, medals are also awarded to the winners. The

prize money for SHLOKANTYAKSHARI has been

revised to Rs. 7,000/- Rs. 5000/- and Rs. 3000/-

as Ist, IInd and IIIrd prize respectively.

In addition to existing ten events, the ‘‘Shastra

Shalaka Pariksha’’ was also organised on the

following three texts.

1. Vyakarana—Bhattojidikshitakrita Vaiyakarana-

siddhantakaumudyam Uttarardhe Atmanepada-

prakaranamarabhya Granthasamaptiparyantam

(Vedic Prakriyam Varjayitva).

2. Nyaya—Keshavamishrakrita Tarkabhasha

Sampoorna.

3. Sahitya—Bhojarajakrita Champuramayanam

(Balayodhyasundarakandani).

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The nature of contest is taken from ancient

tradition of Shastra Shikshan Paddhati of India

where students have the whole text with its

commentary in his memory and is expected to

narrate and explain from the point revealed by a

"Rajat Shalaka". The aim of this contest is to revive

the traditional Shastra as well as to sharpen

memory of student.

During the year under report, an amount of

Rs. 10,93,285/- was utilised for the purpose.

The following eight texts have been announced

for Shalaka Pariksha for the participants of Shalakha

to be organized next year 2009-10 at the venue of

the competition:

1. Kosha–Amar Kosha (Prathma Kandam) (for Prak

Shastri/Madhyama Students)

2. Kavya–Raghuvansham 1-5 Sarga (for Prak

Shastri/Madhyama Students).

3. Sahitya Shastra–Kavya Prakash 1-5 Ullasa (for

Shastri/Acharya Students)

4. Nyaya Darshana–Nyayasiddhanta Muktavali-

Pratyaksham (for Shastri/Acharya Students)

5. Vyakarana–Mahabhasyam-Paspashahinikam (for

Shastri/Acharya Students)

6. Siddhanta Jyotisha–Suryasiddhanta-Triprasnadhi-

karaparyantam (for Shastri/Acharya Students)

7. Vedanta–Brahmasutra Shankarabhasyam-Chatuh

Sutri (for Shastri/Acharya Students)

8. Puranetihasa–Srimad Bhagavatam-1-5 Skandha,

Valmiki Ramayanam–1-3 Kanda, Mahabharatam–

Adi Parva 1-3 Kanda. (for Shastri/Acharya

Students)

(iii) Shastra Chudamani Scheme

Under this Scheme, the services of retired

eminent Sanskrit scholars are utilised in Adarsh

Sanskrit Pathashalas and other State Government

run Sanskrit Colleges/ Universities and voluntary

organisations.

The object of the Scheme is to preserve the

indepth studies of different Shastras at the various

centres where Sanskrit education is imparted to the

Sanskrit students of traditional system. As per the

scheme, the traditional scholars are appointed in

different organisations. The scholars are being paid

Rs.6000/- p.m. for a period of two years. The

appointment so made can be extended for another

one year on the recommendation of the Grants in

Aid Committee.

In addition to the existing appointed scholars,

38 more Shastra Chudamani Scholars were selected

during 2008-09. A sum of Rs. 29,13,400/- was

utilised under the scheme.

(iv) Vocational Training Scheme

Under this scheme, selected organisations are

sanctioned financial assistance to organise the

workshop and to conduct Prayogik Prashikshan in

vocational disciplines like Jyotisha, Karmakanda,

Paleography, Cataloguing, Manuscriptology, Sanskrit

Shorthand and Typing etc.. An amount of

Rs. 2,86,500/- was utilised under this scheme during

2008-09.

(v) Financial assistance to recognised

Adarsh Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya/Shodh

Sansthan

Under this scheme, 23 institutions are being run

at various parts of the country with the financial

assistance of Govt. of India through the Sansthan

and major portion of the finance for this scheme is

being released by the Sansthan. Such institutions

are provided 95% of the grant on recurring and

75% of grant on non-reccuring items of expenditure.

An amount of Rs. 519.40 lakh under plan and

Rs. 336.30 lakh under non-plan was provided by the

Sansthan to these institutions during the period

under report.

(vi) Sanskrit Dictionary Project

The project for preparation of Encyclopaedic

Sanskrit Dictionary on Historical Principles is

undertaken by the Deccan College, Post Graduate

and Research Institute, Pune. The main source of

the expenditure of this Project is made available by

the Govt. of India through Rashtriya Sanskrit

Sansthan (Deemed University). This Project was

conceived in the year 1948 and after collection of

relevant material, editing work started in 1973. So

far, eight volumes consisting of 24 parts have been

edited and published covering over one lakh words.

An amount of Rs 40 Lakh was allocated for this

Project during the year under report.

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(vii) Monetary grant to Scholars

awarded CERTIFICATE OF HONOUR by

the President of India

The Sansthan is releasing monetary grant to the

tune of Rs. 50,000/- p.a. to the Scholars who have

been awarded Certificate of Honour by the President

of India.

A sum of Rs. 152.13 lakh was incurred on this

account during the year under report.

(viii) Promotion of Sanskrit Language in

North East Region

During the year 2008-09, the Sansthan incurred

an expenditure of Rs.42.80 lakh for learning,

propagation and promotion of Sanskrit language in

North East Region of the country.

(ix) Financial Assitance for teachers for

Modern subjects in traditional Sanskrit

Pathashalas/Mahavidyalayas:-

Under this Scheme of development of Sanskrit,

the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan is providing financial

assistance to teachers for modern subjects in

Traditional Sanskrit Pathashalas/Mahavidyalayas @

Rs. 6000/- p.m. per subject. As per the scheme,

the financial assistance is restricted to three teachers

in modern subjects in each Institution.

An amount of Rs. 60,48,360/- was incurred

under this scheme by the Sansthan in the year

2008-09. The financial assistance was provided to

90 Institutions.

(ix) Financial Assitance for Sanskrit teachers

of different States in different

Government Schools:-

Under the Scheme of development of Sanskrit

the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan is providing financial

assistance to Sanskrit teachers of Government

Schools in different states. This assistance is

extended towards salary of one Sanskrit teacher.

During the year 2008-09, a total of 103 Govt.

Schools were the beneficiaries and an amount of

Rs. 6,90,994/- was utilised under this scheme.

(xi) Financial Assitance to NGO's, Sanskrit

Universities, Institutions on various

projects:-

Under this scheme, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan

meets cent per cent approved expenditure on

different projects and programmes for development

and propagation of Sanskrit undertaken by NGO's/

Deemed Sanskrit Universities/Universities/Institutions.

During the year 2008-09 the Sansthan incurred

an expenditure of Rs. 50,31,922/- for various

projects.

4.8 LIBRARY & SALES UNIT

Library :

1. Books Purchased Rs. 330.00

2. Books received as Gift Rs. 2,92,189.00

Sales :

1. Reprinted Rare Books Rs. 3,84,000.00

2. Sansthan’s Publications Rs. 23,00,000.00

Total Rs. 26,84,000.00

In addition to very rich libraries in its ten

Campuses the head quarter office of the Sansthan

also has a library having more than 22000 titles of

Sanskrit books to facilitate academic activities of the

Sansthan and visiting scholars. The wing is headed

by the Project Officer who also looks after the work

of Sales & Computers. Net working of all libraries

under the Sansthan has been started during

2008-09. One third of the titles were covered.

The wing has already provided computers to the

campuses. The details of amount on acquisition of

books and the sale proceeds during the year under

report are as under:

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CAMPUSES AT A GLANCE

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5. CAMPUSES

5.1 Shri Ganganath Jha Campus, Allahabad (U.P.)

Formerly Shri Ganganath Jha Research Institute

situated at Allahabad was taken over by the

Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan on Ist April, 1971 as

its constituent Vidyapeetha named Shri Ganganath

Jha Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha; which was later

renamed as Shri Ganganath Jha Campus, Allahabad

of the Deemed University. This campus is a

recognized research centre exclusively devoted to

research work on various disciplines of Sanskrit

Literature. A number of research scholars are

registered to carry out research work for the award

of Vidyavaridhi (Ph.D.) degree of the Rashtriya

Sanskrit Sansthan (Deemed University). The

scholars, thus enrolled, work under the guidance of

one of the faculties of the campus by utilizing the

facilities available in its rich Library and Manuscripts

Section. The use of the Library and Manuscripts

Section is not only limited to the staff and registered

scholars of the campus but also open to all scholars

as reference library. It invites scholars and

researchers interested in Sanskrit and ancient Indian

culture from all walks of life to make use of its

library subject to its capacity.

All the members of academic staff, besides

guiding research work of the enrolled students,

pursue their own research work assigned to them

by the Sansthan. The research projects of the

campus are carried out not only individually but also

as team work.

Besides its publication programmes, the campus

has also undertaken the Project of "Vedabhasya

Kosha".

General Activities

The faculty has carried on the following

programmes in this Campus during 2008-09 :

i. Preparation of Data-sheets of manuscripts.

ii. Preparation of Catalogue of manuscripts.

iii. Editing of manucripts.

Lectures Organised

The campus organised Lecture Series on 6th

June, 08 and 12th February, 09 when following main

lectures were delivered respectively.

(a) Samanya Swasthya : Samsyayen Evam

Unka Ayurvedic Upachar by Prof. G.S. Tomar.

(b) Dharmashastra Evam Smritiyon Mein

Nirupita Nyaya Vyavastha by Dr. Vachaspati Tripathi.

Activities

i. Sanskrit Divas was celebrated for three days

from 4th September to 6th September,

2008.

ii. Hindi Divas was celebrated on 14th

September 2008.

iii. Shiksha Divas was celebrated on 11th Nov.

2008.

iv. On the Occasion of Kaumudi Mahotsava

organised by Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan

(Deemed University), the campus staged the

Sanskrit drama Gauri Digambar Prahasanam.

v. Two teachers of this campus participated in

All India Sanskrit Natyotsava held in Bhopal

Campus.

Activities of Faculty Members

1. Dr. Shail Kumari Mishra (Reader)

a. Seven research students were awarded

Vidyavaridhi degree. Five research students

submitted their theses and six are doing

research under her guidance.

b. Undertook the editing on Ayurvedic works

namely, Parad Kalpa and Chikitsa Raja -

lakhma.

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c. Worked as Chief Editor of the journals titled

Ushati and Journal of Ganganath Jha

campus.

2. Dr. V.N. Giri (Reader)

a. Nine research students were awarded Vidya

Varidhi degree, five have submitted their

theses and ten are doing research under his

guidance.

b. Co-edited the campus research journal 'The

journal of Ganganath Jha'.

c. Edited Brihattrayee as literary project under

the scheme Content Generation with a view

to develop E.Data Bank, E-Learning,

E-Sources of text.

Other assignments undertaken:

i. Inspection of data sheet for National

Manuscripts Mission.

ii. Carried out administrative responsibilities of

campus from time to time.

iii. Survey of regional Non Formal Sanskrit

Education centres.

iv. Presentation of programmes on Sanskrit on

All India Radio.

3. Dr. Banmali Biswal (Reader)

i. Six research papers in different research

journals and Sanskrit poems in Sanskrit

Kavyamritam of Delhi Sanskrit Academy

published.

ii. Undertook editing work of the review

magazine, Drik, Sanskrit journal Kathasarit

and Campus research journal.

iii. Delivered six lectures in the workshop on

Manuscriptology and Paleography organised

by B.H.U., Varanasi under National

Manuscript Mission.

iv. Participated and presented papers in All

India Oriental Conference at Kurukshetra

University and seminars held at Balasore,

Jaipur Campus, Pune University, M.S.

University of Baroda and Rashtriya Sanskrit

Vidyapeetha, Tirupati.

v. Attended three workshops organised for

correspondence course and Content

Generation Project by Rashtriya Sanskrit

Sansthan.

vi. Took part in dialogue on Sanskrit literature

in Allahabad Doordarshan programme and

recited Sanskrit prose and poems through

All India Radio, Allahabad.

vii. Participated in Sanskrit Kavi Sammelan at

New Delhi, Ujjain and Allahabad.

viii. Co-ordinated two cycles of Non Formal

Sanskrit Education.

ix. Edited Vaiyakaranabhushana and

Vaiyakarana Siddhantamanjusha under

Content Generation Project.

x. Critically edited Paribhashartha Manjari,

Vaiyakaranabhushana and Manasijasutram in

the campus.

xi. Guided six research students of whom, one

submitted his thesis.

4. Dr. Lalit Kumar Tripathi (Reader)

i. Undertook editing work of Shabdamritam-

Vols. V, VI, VII, VIII; Gangalokhari of

Narayan Tirath (Pertaining to Vedanta);

Shabda Bodha Paddhati and Shabdabodha

Prakriya.

ii. Reviewed 12 Research Papers read in

"Third International Sanskrit Computer

Linguistics Symposium" and participation

therein along with chairmanship of one

session.

iii. Contributed to journals of the campus and

reviewed Data Sheet.

iv. Took part in National Seminar and

presented a paper at Allahabad University.

v. Delivered 12 lectures in Mahabhasya

Vishistha Patha Satra organised by Kalidas

Academy, Ujjain.

vi. Participated in the workshops of Sanskrit

Computer and Hindi Urdu Tree Bank

organised by the Rashtriya Sanskrit

Sansthan and IIIT, Hyderabad respectively.

v. Research guidance to students.

5. Dr. Janardan Prasad Pandey Mani (Reader)

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i. Edited the works 'Nripavilasah' and annual

magazine 'Ushati'.

ii. Guided eight research students.

iii. Co-ordinated Sanskrit Divasa Samaroha,

Hindi Divasa Samaroha and cultural

programmes. Participated in Sanskrit

Natyashala and directed Sanskrit drama

'Gauridigramabara Prahasanam' staged

during Kaumudi Mahotsava.

iv. Reviewed Data Sheet in the Campus.

v. Prepared four lessons for Distance Sanskrit

Teaching Programme and lessons for

correspondence course.

vi. Delivered lecture on 'Sanskrit Rangamanch

: Parampara Evam Sambhavanayen' at

Bhopal.

vii. Participated in Sanskrit Kavi Sammelan

organised by the Rashtriya Sanskrit

Sansthan and other seven at different

places.

viii. Participated and presented papers in six

national seminars and published research

papers in four journals.

ix. Participated in dialogue on Sanskrit

literature conducted by Allahabad Door-

Darshan and recited Sanskrit poems through

All India Radio, Allahabad.

x. Worked as examiner of different

Universities.

6. Dr. Pradeep Kumar Pandey (Lecturer)

i. Completed editing work of Maniprabha

Commentary on Paribhashendushekhara and

Siddhanta Chandrika Mangalaslokavicharah.

Also prepared 400 cards of Rigveda Bhashya

(Vyanjana Bhaga)

ii. Participated and presented papers in All

India Oriental Conference held at

Kurukshetra University.

iii. Attended the workshop conducted for

preparation of lessons for Distance

Education.

iv. Reviewed Data Sheet in the campus.

v. Undertook editing work of Purvasiddham

and the essay on Shabdashastriya Upadesha

Padarthavicharah.

vi. Assisted in directing the Sanskrit drama

staged during Kaumudi Mahotsava and led

the group of students for participation in

Yuva Mahotsava.

vii. Participated in the workshop on

Bharatanatyam and Theatre at Bhopal.

7. Dr. Aparajita Mishra (Lecturer)

i. Undertook editing work of Dhruva Charitam

of Jayakrishna and Ramavilasa Kavyam (4

cantos) of Vishvanath Ranade.

ii. Contributed to the magazines Ushati and

Drik of the campus.

iii. Published research paper in Surya Vimarsha

a publication of Hindustani Akademi, Prayag.

iv. Participated and presented research paper

in national seminar held at Allahabad.

vi. Reviewed Data Sheet and inspected centres

of N.F.S.E. at Allahabad.

8. Dr. Shailja Pandey (Research Assistant)

i. Press copy of manuscript 'Satyopakhyan' is

ready.

ii. Rigveda Bhasya Kosha (vowels Part) in

press under supervision.

iii. Six research papers published in different

journals.

iv. Delivered literary lectures and participated

in radio-talk.

v. Inspected N.F.S.E. centres.

9. Shri Suresh Pandey (Research Assistant)

Undertook the microfilming reel work from

Sharda to Devanagari and editing work of

'Laghupasargadipika'.

10. Shri Ram Chandra (Research Assistant)

i. Undertook editing work of 'Visveshwari' and

edited 'Vishnubhakti Kalpalata'.

ii. Reviewed Data Sheet in the campus.

11. Smt. Beena Mishra (Curator)

i. Undertook preservation work of about 6000

manuscripts.

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ii. Reviewed Data Sheets.

iii. Edited small manuscripts for contributing to

the journals.

12. Dr. Ram Kishore Jha (Copyist)

i. Prepared Data Sheets of manuscripts in

Maithili.

ii. Undertook translation of the commentary in

Maithili on Geeta Govinda into Devanagari.

iii. Assisted in physical verification of manu-

scripts.

5.2 Shri Sadashiva Campus, Puri (Orissa)

The erstwhile Sadashiva Sanskrit College, Puri

functioning under the State Govt. of Orissa and

known for its long association with the study of

Sanskrit in traditional system was taken over by the

Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi on 15th

August, 1971. Consequent upon transfer of

management, the old Sadashiva Sanskrit College

was renamed as Shri Sadashiva Kendriya Sanskrit

Vidyapeetha. As a result of grant of the status of

Deemed University to the Rashtriya Sanskrit

Sansthan, it is now known as Rashtriya Sanskrit

Sansthan (Deemed University), Shri Sadashiva

Campus, Puri.

Academic activities of the campus have started

functioning in its newly constructed building on a

piece of land of 4.78 acres. The campus has a very

rich library containing about 50000 books on

different subjects, manuscripts and journals for the

readers. It has at present the facility of hostel for

100 girl students within the campus. 100 boy

students are also provided with hostel facility outside

the campus free of cost.

The campus imparts teaching from Prak Shastri

to Acharya in various departments as Sahitya, Navya

Vyakarana, Dharma Shastra, Puranetihasa,

Siddhanta Jyotisha, Phalita Jyotisha, Advaita

Vedanta, Sankhya Yoga, Navya Nyaya and

Sarvadarshana. The Campus also offers research

programme leading to the degree of Vidyavaridhi

(Ph.D.).

Besides the above subjects, some modern

subjects like Hindi, English, Oriya, History,

Mathematics and Computer Education are being

taught in Shastri and Prak Shastri classes according

to the syllabi of the Sansthan. Knowledge of

envirinmental studies is also imparted in these

classes. A Sanskrit Teachers Training course called

Shiksha Shastri as equivalent to B.Ed. is offered as

well.

During the year under report; total number of

enrolled students from Prak Shastri to Vidyavaridhi

were 688. Out of these students 432 were female

students. 189 students were provided with hostel

facility.

Activities of the Campus during the year

(i) The campus is one of centres of Non Formal

Sanskrit Education-an educational programme

undertaken by the Rashtriya Sanskrit

Sansthan (Deemed University), New Delhi.

During the year 2008-09, the centre was

inaugurated by Dr. Trilochan Baral, Chief

Medical Officer, Puri. In the first cycle of

programme, 34 participants from all walks

of life took part successfully. It was

conducted under the able guidance of Dr. G.

Ganganna, Principal, Dr. Mahesh Jha and Shri

Dayanand Panigrahi. Resourse person of the

programme was Dr. Sukant Kumar Senapati,

State co-ordinator of Orissa.

(ii) An introductory course on Jyotisha for the

students was also conducted in coordination

of Dr. Prabhat Kumar Mahapatra.

(iii) The campus introduced Vanivilasa Parishad

under which various literary competitions on

different shastras were held. The students

took part with enthusiasm. Sarvashri

Prabhanjan Kumar Tripathi and Sushant

Kumar Dwivedi bagged first place for senior

and Junior group respectively in these

competitions.

(iv) Sanskrit week celebration was organised from

13th to 19th August, 2008. Different Shastra

speech competitions were held during the

occasion. The function was inaugurated by

Justice Shatrughan Pujahari, District and

Sessions Judge. Prof. Hare-krishna

Shatapathi, Vice-chancellor, Rashtriya Sanskrit

Vidyapeetha, Tirupati was the guest of

honour. Shri D.K. Sharma, North East Region

Council, N.C.E.R.T., Bhubaneshwar was the

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chief guest and Prof. Bikau Jha, Dharma

Samaj Govt. Sanskrit College was the guest

of honour during the valedictory function.

(v) Hindi Divasa Samaroh was celebrated on 14th

September, 2008. The students took part in

Hindi Speech and Poem competitions.

(vi) Under instructions of Govt. of India, Shiksha

Divasa was celebrated on 11th November

2008.

(vii) A seminar for the Shiksha Shastra

Department was organised on 23rd July,

2008 when Prof. Subhash Tiwari, H.O.D.,

Shiksha Shastra, Sampoornanand Sanskrit

University, Varanasi delivered the main

lecture. There was satisfactory participation

of teachers and students.

(viii) Under the guidance of Dr. Suryamani Rath

and Dr. Raghavendra Pathak, 18 students

took part in Kaumudi Mahotsava organised

at New Delhi in November, 2008. The

students staged the Sanskrit drama

'Uttararama- charitam' during the function.

(ix) Inter Campus Yuva Mahotsava was organised

by the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (Deemed

University) New Delhi in this campus from

20th to 22nd December, 2008 in which about

550 students of all the campuses of the

Sansthan participated in the competitions on

different disciplines. 21 students of this

campus took part in competions of 11

disciplines. In addition, All India Elocution

Contest was also held from 23rd December

to 25th December, 2008. Five students of

this campus participated in this contest.

(x) The Campus organised Scouts and Guide

Camp from 5th December to 14th December,

2008. It was inaugurated by the Principal of

the campus. The Inspector of Schools, Puri

Region was the chief guest during closing

function. 98 teachers and students took part

in the camp.

(xi) First Aid Training Camp was organised for the

students of Shiksha Shastri in September,

2008 in which 99 teachers and students

participated for their benefit.

(xii) Eductional tour was also organised from 5th

to 11th January, 2009. The students along

with teachers visited Tirupati, Kanchipuram

and Pondicherry during this tour.

(xiii) Dr. Minati Rath, Reader in Puranetihasa

department was awarded the title Vidushi-

vidwattama' by Sriram Nama Seva Sharma

Nyasa, Ujjain, M.P. on her research paper

along with a cash prize of Rs. 21000/- Dr.

P.K. Mahapatra, Dr. Brundaban Patra, Dr.

(Smt.) N. Panigrahi, Dr. S.G. Pandey and Dr.

V.P. Kachhwah, senior lecturers of the

campus successfully attended refresher

course.

5.3 Shri Ranbir Campus, Jammu (Jammu & Kashmir)

The erstwhile Shri Raghunath Sanskrit

Mahavidyalaya established by the former Ruler of

the Jammu & Kashmir was taken over as one of

the constituent Vidyapeetha by the Sansthan on Ist

April, 1971 and was named as Shri Ranbir Kendriya

Sanskrit Vidyapeetha. On declaration of the Sansthan

as Deemed University, the Vidyapeetha was

renamed as Shri Ranbir Campus. It functions with

six departments of Vyakarana, Jyotisha (Phalita &

Siddhanta), Sahitya, Darshana, Shiksha Shastra and

Kashmir Shaiva Darshana Kosha Project. Education

is imparted by well versed teachers of different

disciplines to the students of Prak Shastri to Acharya

level. Shiksha Shastri (B.Ed.) course was started in

1979 for the training of Sanskrit teachers. Modern

subjects like Hindi, Dogri, English, Political Science

and History are taught along with traditional subjects

upto Shastri level. There is also good arrangement

of computer education, study of environment, music

classes and Yoga training for the students. Besides

it, the campus also offers research programme

leading to the award of Vidyavaridhi (Ph.D.) degree.

About 100 research students have been awarded

the research degree from this centre so far. The

campus has undertaken an important project of

Kashmir Shaiva Darshana Kosha with the object of

compiling a dictionary of Kashmir Shaiva Darshana.

It has a rich library and 19 published works as yet

to its credit.

The Campus has started functioning in its own

building on a piece of land measuring 84 canals

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alloted by the Govt. of Jammu & Kashmir at Kot

Bhalwal, Jammu.

During the year 2008-09, total number of

students admitted to different classes during the year

were 418 of whom, 55 were girl students.

Scholarship was awarded to 176 students. 18 girl

students were provided with hostel facility.

Extra Curricular Activities of the campus

The campus organised Extension Lecture Series

which was graced by the presence and lectures of

the following renowned scholars:-

1. Prof. Ram Pratap Vedalankar, Former H.O.D.

Sanskrit, Jammu University, Jammu.

2. Prof. Priyatam Chandra Shastri, Former

Principal, Jammu Campus.

3. Prof. Surendra Mohan Mishra, H.O.D.

Sanskrit, Kurukshetra University.

4. Prof. Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra, Former Vice-

Chancellor, Sampoornanand Sanskrit

University, Varanasi.

Sanskrit Divas Samaroh was organised with a

week long celebration. Local scholars and

distinguished personalities of the area were invited

on the occasion. Besides, Hindi Pakhawara was

celebrated and valedictory function took place on

26th September, 2008. Prof. Raj Kumar, former Head

of Department of Hindi, Jammu University and a

renowned poet, writer & critics was the chief guest.

Shri Ramesh Mehta, former Secretary, Cultural and

Language Academy, Jammu & Kashmir who is also

famous as a poet, painter and editor was the guest

of honour. During the occasion, different literary

competitions were arranged. Prizes were given

away to the winner students at the function. In

addition Independance Day, Teachers Day, Shiksha

Divasa, Republic Day and Vasanta Panchami were

celebrated in the campus. For the students of

Shiksha Shastra the following programmes were

arranged--

i. First Aid Training—From 16th September to

25th September, 2008.

ii. Teaching Practice—From 22nd October to

12th December, 2008.

iii. Scouts and Guides Training—From 15th

January to 24th January, 2009.

iv. Educational Tour—From 23rd March to 28th

March, 2009.

Besides, weekly Vagvardhini Sabha and Sanskrit

Language Communications Skills classes were

conducted regularly on Friday and Wednesday

respectively:

The teaching faculty participated in the following

programmes with their contributions during the

year:—

1. Dr. D.K. Singhdeo—Attended Seminar at

Jaipur Campus.

2. Dr. Jay Prakash Narayan—Attended seminar

at Kalidas Academy of Sanskrit, Music and Fine Arts.

3. Dr. N.N. Jha—Attended All India Oriental

Conference at Kurukshetra University.

4. Dr. V.N. Jha—Attended seminar at

Sampoornanand Sanskrit University.

5. Shri Ramesh Singh—Attended All India

Oriental Conference at Kurukshetra University.

Dr. Vidyanand Jha and Dr. D.K. Singhdeo also

attended the workshop organised by the Rashtriya

Sanskrit Sansthan (Deemed University), New Delhi.

Students of the campus participated in Yuva

Mahotsava comprised national level literary

competitions and sports meet held at Puri Campus.

Sixteen students won prizes in different

competitions. The campus undertook the project

work of Sahitya and Automation of Library books by

E-Granthalaya software.

5.4 Guruvayoor Campus, Purnattukara, Trichur (Kerala)

Formerly Guruvayoor Sahitya Deepika Sanskrit

Vidyapeetha was taken over by the Rashtriya

Sanskrit Sansthan on 16th July, 1979. As a result,

it was made known by the name Kendriya Sanskrit

Vidyapeetha, Guruvayoor, a constituent unit of the

Sansthan. On grant of the status of Deemed

University to the Sansthan, it has been renamed as

Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (Deemed University),

Guruvayoor Campus. The main campus is situated

in an education complex area surrounded by other

prestigious institutes and beautiful landscape at

Puranattukara. It is built up within the allotted land

of fourteen acres falling at a distance of 11 K.M.

from Trichur Railway Station on way to Guruvayoor

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Temple and 61 Kms. from Nedumabassery

International Airport. It has a spacious building built

up at a cost of Rs. 2.20 crores by the C.P.W.D. in

first phase. The Deemed University with the help

of the Ministry of H.R.D., Govt. of India also

sanctioned plan and estimates for second phase of

construction amounting to Rs. 6.31 crores. As a

result, the main building comprises Academic block,

Administrative block, Auditorium, Play ground,

Semifunctional building, Library, Guest House, Boys

and Girls Hostels and minimum number of

residential quarters. In addition, the campus has

also another centre at Pavaratty built on a land to

the extent of 50 cents. It is 15 kms. away from the

main centre. It is in a single storied building having

two big halls, one administrative room and ten class

rooms with all modern amenities. It is being utilised

for Non Formal Sanskrit Education, Correspondence

Course for learning Sanskrit and Centre of

Manuscript Collection. It is renamed as

P.T.Kuriakkose Smriti Bhavan, after the name of

founder of erstwhile Guruvayoor Sahitya Deepika

Sanskrit Vidypeetha.

The campus is pursuing research work leading

to the degree of Vidyavaridhi (Ph.D.) and is

imparting education in Sahitya, Vyakarana, Advaita

Vedanta, Nyaya, Jyotisha at Acharya and Shastri

level, Shiksha Shastri (B.Ed.) at Shastri level and

school education called Prak Shastri. Computer

Education and teaching of other modern subjects

facility is also available for the students of under

graduate classes.

During the academic year under report, a total

of 344 students were enrolled in different courses

of studies i.e. Prak Shastri to Vidyavaridhi. Hostel

facility was provided to 72 boys and 55 girls

students. 266 students were awarded scholarship.

Besides, welfare department of State Govt. also

awarded scholarship to 21 S.C., 2 S.T. and 2 O.B.C.

category of students.

Activities of the Campus during the year

Extension Lecture Series

A series of extension lecture was organised

when inter disciplinary nature lectures in traditional

as well as modern subjects were delivered by

eminent personalities like Prof V.N. Jha, Prof.

K.Maheswaran Nair. Prof. P.N. Shastri and Prof. R.

Devanathan. Prof. V.N. Jha delivered the opening

lecture on the topic Ontology of Relations on 20-1-

09. Simultaneously, a 10 day Nyaya course was also

successfully conducted from 19-1-09 to 28-1-09 with

participation of 64 students. Prof. R. Devanathan,

Principal, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (Deemed

University), Shri Rajiv Gandhi Campus, Sringeri was

the Chief Guest at the closing ceremony on 28-1-

09. Prof. Mithila Prasad Tripathi, Director, Kalidasa

Academy, Ujjain inaugurated other Residential

Textual Navya Nyaya Language and Methodology

course and National level Extension Lecture series

in different topics of the Shastras. Other

contributors to the programme were Prof. Ujjawla

Jha, Pune, Prof. K. Sukumaran Nair, veteran

educationist, Prof. K.T. Madhwan and Dr. P.G.

Sreenivasan.

Seminar

Departments of the campus conducted national

seminars on different occasions. The department of

Sahitya arranged two seminars. The first was held

on 13-11-08 on the subject National Interaction on

Narratology. It was inaugurated by Prof. C.

Rajendran, Dean of Languages, University of Calicut,

who also gave the key note address.

The second was conducted on 10-1-2009 on

Anti Villianism and Rasoh Vai Sah. Dr. P.C.

Muralimadhvan, Prof. & H.O.D. of Sahitya, Sree

Sankaracharya Sanskrit University, Kalady was the

resource person during the occasion. Prof. P.G.

Premakumari, H.O.D., Sanskrit, Sree Kerala Varma

College, Trichur inaugurated the national seminar

organised by Department of Vyakarana on 14-11-

2008. The topic of discussion was Panini and

Sanskrit. Dr. A.Girija, H.O.D., Vyakarana, Sree

Sankaracharya Sanskrit University, Kalady offered

presentation on significance of Paninian Grammar in

Sanskrit Language with special reference to Karakas.

Department of Vedanta of the Campus conducted

national seminar on 17-11-2008 which was

inaugurated by Prof. C.Chidambram, Prof. & H.O.D.,

Vedanta, Shree Shankaracharya Sanskrit University,

Kalady with his key note address. Prof. K.P. Babudas,

Retd. Professor of Vedanta, Sree Sankara College,

Kalady presented the paper on Advaitasya

Sarvakalikatvam. The subject of national seminar

organised by the Nyaya Department on 2-12-2008

was Impact and Benefits of Nyaya in Ayurveda and

Research Methdology. Dr. K.V. Vasudevan, Sree

Krishna College, Guruvayoor inaugurated the

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seminar and addressed on the topic 'The Impact of

Nyaya in Ayurveda'. Dr. K.K. Ambikadevi, Sree

Shankaracharya Sanskrit University, Kalady lectured

on 'Benefits of Nyaya in Research Methodology.'

Likewise, the General Department arranged

national seminars on modern subjects Malayalam,

Hindi and English during 21-1-2009 to 23-1-2009.

Daywise topics of discussion were "Nandan Pattukal,

Desa Charithram, Swami Vivekananda and Bharatiya

Darshna", "Akhyana Kalaki Oru Aamugham, Adhunik

Hindi Katha Kavyon Ki Parampra Aur Samsai Ki Rath"

and "Literature in Language Curriculam." Main

contributors to this three day seminars were Dr. E.H.

Devi, Retd. Principal, Govt College, Pullut,

Dr. C.Suma Narayan, Principal, S.N. College, Nattika,

Dr. Jayalakshmi, Sl. Gr. Lecturer in Malyalam, M.E.S.

College, Vemballur, Dr. Harini Menon, H.O.D. Hindi,

Sreekrishna College, Guruvayoor, Shri K.L.

Sebastian, Retd. Sr. Lecturer in English, Guruvayoor

Campus and Dr. Pious, Reader, Department of

English, St. Aloysious College, Elthuruth.

Other Activities

The Campus organised Vagvardhini Sabha for

making weekly interaction between the teachers and

the taught with a view of overall development of

academic excellence and talent of the students. It

took place since 28-7-2008 onwards during the

session. In addition, the campus also managed

Vakyartha Parishad to train the students for

performing Vyakartha in traditional way.

Prof. Radha Vallabh Tripathi, Vice Chancellor

inaugurated the Manuscript Collection Drive

Campaign taken up by the Campus on 16-09-2008.

Prof. Srinivas Rath, a famous Sanskrit poet was

honoured by Swami Prasantananda of Sree

Ramakrishna Math. Prof. Gangadhar Panda,

Sampoornanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi and

Prof. K.G. Paulose, Vice Chancellor, Kerala

Kalamandalam addressed on the occasion. Fine Arts

and Literary Day celebrations were held on 12th and

13th January, 2009. Shri Purushan Kadalundi,

Secretary, Kerala Sahitya Academy and Shri

Nelliyodu Vasudevan, a famous Kathakali artist

graced the occasion. The campus also celebrated

Sports Day, Vivekananda Jayanthi and took part in

Blood Donation Camp and Casualty & First Aid drive.

During Kaumudi Mahotsava organised by

Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (Deemed University) in

November 2008, students of the campus staged the

Sanskrit drama 'Panchakalyani' and won the first

prize. 11 students participated in All India Elocution

Contest organised at Puri Campus from 23rd to

25th December, 2008. Km. Jeeshma Gunasingh of

Acharya IInd year got second prize in Shalaka on

Nyaya.

A group of 72 members consisting of 66

students and 6 teachers of the campus was deputed

to take part in Yuva Mahotsava-an Inter Campuses

Sports and Cultural Competitions. The students won

7 prizes in Fine arts and 6 prizes in sports.

The campus celebrated Hindi Saptahik Karya-

karma in September, 2008. Various competitions

were held. Dr. C.K. Thomas, Assistant Director,

Doordarshan Kendra, Thrissur was the chief guest.

The main speech was delivered by Prof. K.G.

Prabhakaran, Hindi Department, Sree Shankara-

charya Sanskrit University, Kalady. Prof. K.T. Madhvan

presided over the function. Prizes were given away

to the winners. Annual Day of the campus was

celebrated on 2-2-2009. The function was

inaugurated by Shri K.R. Viswambharan, I.A.S.,

Kerala Agriculture University, Thrissur and Shri M.P.

Surendran, Deputy Editor, Mathrubhumi, Thrissur.

The Principal presented the annual report. Students

performed cultural programmes.

Students Welfare Association and Parent

Teacher Association

Inauguration of Students Welfare Association

constituted with students representatives from all

classes selected on merit cum willingness basis was

held on 16-8-2008 when Dr. Alexander Jacob,

Inspector General & Director, Kerala Police Academy,

Thrissur was the chief guest. Mr. Priyanandana, Film

Director also graced the occasion. Under the able

Chairmanship of Sh. K.N. Thyagarajan Master,

Parent Teacher Association came into being on

8-8-2008. The most note worthy activity of this

Association was to conduct class meetings when

Teachers, Students and Parents came forward to

evolve plans for best acamedic pursuits.

Endowment Prizes

(a) Hari Krishana M. top scorer in Acharya Sahitya

II examination was awarded Prof.

S.Venkitakrishnan Memorial Endowment

instituted by Prof. K.T. Madhavan.

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(b) Nidheesh M.G. and Km. Shima TM - top scorers

in Acharya Sahitya Ist year and Shastri IIIrd

year Malyalam respectively were awarded

Sh. P.K. Jose Master Endowment prize instituted

by the staff of the campus.

(c) Prasad V. - Top ranker in Acharya IInd year

Vedanta received Sri Ram Janaki Puraskara of

Rs. 101/- constituted by Dr. R.N. Das.

(d) Hari Krishana M. - Top scorer in Acharya-II

Sahitya examination got Prof. P.C. Vasudevan

Elayath Memorial Endowment prize of Rs.250/-

constituted by his son Dr. P.C. Muralimadhavan.

(e) Prasad V. - Top scorer in Acharya-II examination

was awarded Prof. P.T. Kuriakose Master

Memorial Endowment cash prize of Rs. 501/-

instituted by Sri K.L. Sebastian, Retd. Sr. Grade

Lecturer.

(f) Anju M.R. - Top scorer in Acharya II Vyakarana

examination was awarded Hanumanth Award

constituted by Dr. R.N. Das.

5.5 Jaipur Campus, Jaipur (Rajasthan)

At the request of the then Chief Minister of

Rajasthan made to the then Education Minister, Govt.

of India and on the recommendations of Rajasthan

Sanskrit Academy, the Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha

was established at Jaipur in May, 1983 which is now

renamed as the Jaipur campus of Rashtriya Sanskrit

Sansthan, (Deemed University). The campus has

acquired a piece of land measuring 7.27 acres from

Jaipur Development Authority at Triveni Nagar,

Gopalpura By Pass, Jaipur at a distance of about 12

K.M. from Jaipur Railway Station. The construction

of main building of the campus including hostels for

boys and girls and nine staff quarters has been

completed at a cost of Rs. 6.00 crores.

The campus offers research programme leading

to the degree of Vidyavaridhi (Ph.D.) and imparting

education in the branches Sahitya, Jyotisha,

Vyakarana, Dharma Shastra, Jain Darshana at

Shastri & Acharya level, Shiksha Shastri (B.Ed.) at

Shastri level and Prak Shastri at Senior Secondary

level. The campus also offers the programme of

Shiksha Acharya (M.Ed.). Apart from it, students are

also offered computer education facility.

During the year under report, a total number

of 747 students were enrolled in different classes.

235 students were provided with hostel facility.

Co-curricular and Extra Curricular Activities

The Campus organised annual day function on

25.2.09 in which Dr. Radha Vallabh Tripathi, Vice

Chancellor of Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan was the

Chief Guest. On the occassion, prizes to the winner

students in sports and literary events were given

away.

i. The campus celebrated Hindi Divas &

Sanskrit Divas. During Sanskrit Divas

programme, Dr. Hariram Acharya, Sh.

Kalanath Shastri & faculty members of the

campus delivered lectures. The students

took part in different competitions.

ii. A special lecture on Jyotisha was delivered

by Dr. Ram Chandra Pandey, Varanasi.

iii. Workshop on Sanskrit Theatre was

organised in which Prof. Kamal Vashistha,

scholar from Gwalior was invited. Prof. Devi

Prasad from Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashriya

Sanskrit Vidyapeetha delivered the special

lecture on Vastu Shastra.

iv. Pt. Madhusudan Ojha Lecture Series was

arranged under the chairmanship of Prof.

Radha Vallabh Tripathi, Vice Chancellor in

which Dr. Gaya Charan Tripathi delivered

special lecture on Rigvede Kavya Shastriyam

Chintanam. A national seminar on Modern

Sanskrit Literature was organised in the

campus in which distinguished scholars like

Dr. Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra, Prof. Prabhu

Nath Dwivedi, Dr. Kalanath Shastri & Dr.

Hariram Acharya took part. Dr. R.K. Sharma,

founder Director, Rashtriya Sanskrit

Sansthan & Prof Radha Vallabh Tripathi

were also present in the valedictory

function.

Under the guidance of Dr. Pushpa Dixit, a 21 day

workshop on Vyakarana in the name Panini Patha

Vijnanam was conducted in which 134 teachers &

Students participated. Vedanta workshop was

arranged in which Prof. Parasnath Dwivedi threw

light on Vedanta Paribhasha. More than 100 teachers

( 37 )

& students took part in the workshop. On the

occasion of Silver Jubilee Function of the campus,

Prof. Radha Vallabh Tripathi, Vice Chancellor, Prof.

Ram Karan Sharma and

Dr. Mithilesh Tripathi were present who honoured

the retired as well as founder members of the

campus.

The campus organised a ten day First Aid

Training Camp for the students of Shiksha Shastri.

Likewise, 10 days and 7 days Scouts and Guides

Camp for boys and girls students respectively was

organised. The students visited Bhritrihari and

Sariska Santuary in district Alwar during their

educational tour. The campus also organised Sanskrit

Week Celebrations. The students enthusiastically took

part in academic as well as sports competitions.

Rameshwar Sharma, Acharya IInd year won first

prize in debate competition organised by Rashtriya

Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati. The students won

third prize in All India Elocution contest and Shalaka

held at Puri Campus. They also won prizes in other

literary competitions arranged during the occasion.

On the occasion of Yuva Mahotsava organised at Puri

Campus, girls as well as boys students of the

campus performed well and won prizes in different

meets. Volunteers of National Service Scheme

planted 120 trees in the campus with inspiration of

Dr. Hind Kesari and Dr. Om Prakash Bhadana. The

volunteers extended voluntary service in cleaning the

campus and a nearby slum. They also arranged

blood donation camp in association of Santokaba

Durlabhji Hospital.

Activities of the Faculty Members

Besides their teaching work, following members

of faculty took part in related activities—

1. Dr. Hind Kesari—Taught Vakyapadeeya in

refresher course organised by Kalidas

Sanskrit Academy, Ujjain.

2. Dr. Arka Nath Choudhary—Delivered

lectures and also taught in U.G.C.

sponsored refresher course and on other

occasions at Ujjain and Jaipur. Also

contributed in preparation of lessons in

Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (Deemed

University), New Delhi for Distance

Education.

3. Dr. Ramakant Pandey—Attended seminar

at B.H.U., Varanasi.

4. Dr. Vishnu Kant Pandey—Attended

refresher course.

5. Dr. Uma Kant Chaturvedi—Attended

refresher course.

6. Dr. Y.S. Ramesh—Taught in U.G.C.

sponsored refresher course at Jaipur.

The faculty members also published their eight

works.

5.6 Lucknow Campus, Lucknow (U.P.)

Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan established one of

its constituent Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha at

Lucknow in the year 1986 which has now been

renamed as the Lucknow Campus of the Sansthan

after having the Status of Deemed University. The

campus is in possession of 10 acres of plot of land

at Vishal Khand, Gomati Nagar, Lucknow allotted by

the Lucknow Development Authority. The location is

about 12 K.M.. away from Lucknow Railway Station.

Construction of the main building has already been

completed by C.P.W.D. at a cost of Rs. 2.76 crores

and activities of the Campus have started functioning

there. The second phase construction work for Girls

& Boys hostels and construction of minimum number

of staff quarters is completed.

It offers research programme leading to the

degree of Vidyavaridhi (Ph.D.) and is imparting

education in Sahitya, Vyakarana, Jyotisha, Baudha

Darshana at Acharya and Shastri level, Shiksha

Shastri (B.Ed.) at Shastri level and Prak Shastri at

Intermediate level. Modern subjects like Hindi,

English, Political Science, Economics and Computer

Education are taught along with the traditional

subjects upto Shastri level. There is a spacious play

ground for sports and Yoga activities. It has also a

rich library for the teachers as well as the students.

Shiksha Shastra Department laboratory is equipped

with modern psychological and educational technique

tools for the benefit of under trainee students.

During the session 2008-09, total number of

( 38 )

admitted students during the year in different classes

was 234. Out of them 57 were girl students. 136

students availed of the hostel facility. Seven students

were registered for Vidyavaridhi research degree.

Activities

Under the chairmanship of Prof. Radha Vallabh

Tripathi, Vice Chancellor, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan

(Deemed University), a lecture series in memory of

Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Gopinath Kaviraj was

organised. Opening session was addressed by

Prof. Kamlesh Dutt Tripathi. Prof. Vachaspati

Upadhyaya, Vice Chancellor, Lal Bahadur Shastri

Rashtirya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, New Delhi and Prof.

Ram Chandra Pandey, Varanasi graced the occasion

with their presence. In addition, Prof. Gangadhar

Panda, Prof. Ram Chandra Pandey, Prof. Ram Yatna

Shukla and Prof. Sri Nivasacharya delivered lectures

on the subjects Shiksha Shastra, Jyotisha,

Vyakarana and Baudha Darshana respectively.

With the inspiration of the Vice Chancellor, the

campus undertook the scheme of computerisation

of Sanskrit works in Jyotisha, Vyakarana, Bauddha

Darshana and Shiksha Shastra branches under the

co-ordination of Dr. Sarva Narayan Jha, Dr. Shiv

Kumar Chaturvedi, Dr. Vijay Kumar Jain and

Dr. Lokamanya Mishra. As a result shastric texts will

be available on internet for all. The centre for Non

Formal Sanskrit Education and regular meetings of

Vagavardhini Sabha were also arranged. For the

students of Shiksha Shastra, the Campus arranged

First Aid Training Camp from 2nd to 12th September,

2008, Scouts and Guides Camp from 7th January

to 26th January, 2009 along with Educational tour

to Haridwar and Rishikesh.

Three students of the campus participated in

Akhil Bharatiya Sanskrit Vidyarthi Pratibha Samaroha

held at Tirupati and four students attended two

workshops on drama training organised at Sagar.

Besides, the students staged three Sanskrit dramas

namely, 'Chanda Kaushikam' at Indore on 22nd July,

2008, also at Valmiki Rangashala, Lucknow under

directions of Dr. Ram Lakhan Pandey, Dr. Dhanindra

Jha and Dr. Kavita Visariya and 'Vivaha Vidambanam'

during Kaumudi Mahotsava at New Delhi under the

directions of Dr. Batohi Jha, Dr. Shyam Dev Mishra

and Dr. Laxmi Nivas Pandey. Two students

participated in Purvaranga under the direction of

Dr. Ram Lakhan Pandey. The campus also arranged

Sanskrit Speech Competition from 18th August to

20th August, 2008 and celebrated Shiksha Divasa

and Hindi Saptaha. During Yuva Mahotsava organised

by the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (Deemed

University) at Puri Campus, students of the campus

took part with great enthusiasm and won prizes in

different competitions. The students Rohitash, Anuj,

Navin Kumar, Rajbir Singh, Dhiraj Upadhyaya and

Kabaddi Team bagged Ist Prize. Meera Yadav, Usha

Prajapati won second prize and Vikas Bharati,

Manish Kumar, Sachin Kumar stood at third position.

Their coach was Dr. Gajendra Sharma. A team of

five students of the campus represented the

Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (Deemed University) for

the first time in Inter Universities Bad Minton

Competition held at Jallandhar. The students took

part in All India Elocution Contest held at Puri and

Sandeep Kumar & Dinesh Kumar won prizes in

Sahitya and Vyakarana Shalaka respectively.

Other Activities of the Faculty Members

Dr. Sarva Narayan Jha

i. Published papers in the journals

Parishilanam and Gomati.

ii. Participated in the workshop on Digital

Content Generation.

Dr. Shyam Dev Mishra

i. Prepared three chapters on Beejaganita for

Distance Education Programme.

ii. Took part and presented papers in All India

Conferences organised by B.H.U. and

Uttaranchal Sanskrit Academy.

iii. Attended U.G.C. Orientation course

conducted by Lucknow University.

Dr. Batohi Jha

i. Participated and delivered lectures in

Oriental Conference held at Kurukshetra.

ii. Kavya Patha aired by All India Radio.

iii. Delivered lectures at K.S.D. Sanskrit

University, Darbhanga, Kalidasa Academy's

programme held at Dhar and on other

occasions.

iv. Published paper in the journal Ajarsa.

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Dr. Ram Lakhan Pandey

i. Took part in preparation of Acharya Ist.

year paper for Distance Education

Programme.

ii. Participated and presented paper in the

seminar held at Jaipur.

iii. Took over charge of Editor of the journal

Parishilanam.

Dr. Gajala Ansari

i. Obtained doctorate degree from Allahabad

University.

ii. Attended U.G.C. Orientation Course

organised by Lucknow University.

Dr. Pawan Kumar

Published seven research papers in journals.

Dr. Vijay Kumar Jain

i. Undertook computerisation of the works

Pramanavaritika and Nyayabindu.

ii. Attended seminars and presented papers.

iii. Published six articles.

iv. Honoured by Shruta Samvardhan Sansthan,

Meerut and Digambar Jain Shastri Parishad.

Dr. Laxmi Nivas Pandey

i. Participated and presented papers in All

India Oriental Conference, Kurukshetra and

at Vidisha.

ii. Poem recitation at U.P. Sanskrit Sansthan.

Dr. Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi

Attended U.G.C. Refresher course organised

by Lucknow University.

Dr. Shiv Kumar Chaturvedi

Guiding the programmes of computerisation

of Sanskrit works.

Dr. Surendra Kumar Pathak

Published an article in Jnanayani.

Dr. Dhanindra Jha

Participated in workshop on computerisation

of works at New Delhi and assisted in

cultural programme.

Dr. Bharat Bhushan Tripathi

Guided the students for different literary

competitions.

5.7 Shri Rajiv Gandhi Campus, Sringeri (Karnataka)

The Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan established

Rajiv Gandhi Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha as its

constituent unit at Sringeri on 13th January, 1992.

It was inaugurated by His Excellency Sh. R.

Venkataraman, the then President of India on the

auspicious day of March 5th, 1992 in presence of

the Minister of Human Resource Development, Govt.

of India. It has now been renamed as Rajiv Gandhi

campus of Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (Deemed

University). The State Govt. of Karnataka has allotted

a piece of land measuring 10 acres at Sringeri in

Chikmangloor district which is far 110 K.M. from

Mangalore, 450 K.M. from Bangalore, 70 K.M. from

Udupi and 60 K.M. from Shimoga. Shimoga is linked

with rail route from Bangalore. The C.P.W.D. has

completed construction work of main building of the

campus at an expenditure of Rs. 1.63 crore. The

completion of second phase construction work for

girls and boys hostels and minimum number of staff

quarters at a cost of Rs. 4.17 crores is in the offing.

The campus has been imparting education in

the disciplines of Sahitya, Vyakarana, Advaita

Vedanta, Mimamsa and Navya Nyaya at Acharya and

Shastri level, Shiksha Shastri (B.Ed.) at Shastri level

and Prak Shastri at Intermediate level. It also offers

research programme leading to the degree of

Vidyavaridhi (Ph.D.). Modern subjects and computer

education are also taught.

During the academic year 2008-09, 325 students

have taken admission in various courses offered in

the campus. This includes 13 SC, 14 ST students

and 98 girl students. Hostel facility was made

available to 40 boys and 23 girls students. With the

blessings of Jagadguru Sri Sri Bharati Teertha

Mahaswamiji, chief pontiff of Sringeri Sri Sharada

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Peetha, a free meal for the campus students is

provided twice a day.

Extra Curricular Activities

A series of Extension Lectures under the banner

of Sri Sharada Visista Vyakhyanamala for the

benefit of the students and the faculty were held

during the year. Dr. Subray V. Bhat Reader and

H.O.D. of Mimamsa and Dr. Chandra Kala Kondi,

Lecturer in Sahitya were the co-ordinators of the

programme. Extension lectuers in seven Shastras

taught in the campus were arranged this year and

renowned scholars were invited for the purpose.

The details of the programme are given below.

a. Dr. Lokmanya Mishra, H.O.D. of Education

Faculty of Mumbai campus delivered his

speech on University Education Commission on

19-07-08.

b. Prof. Murali Madhavan, H.O.D. of Sahitya Faculty

of Sri Sankarachary Sanskrit University Kalady,

delivered his speech on Alankar Sastra Vimarsa

on 29-08-08.

c. Prof. S. Sudarsana Sarma, Vice Chancellor of

Vedic University, Tirupati delivered his speech on

the method of scientific approach in the field of

Sanskrit on 19-09-08.

d. Prof. Krishna Murthy G.K., delivered his speech

on Aupanishadam Brahman on 22-09-08.

e. Prof. K.E. Devanathan, Dean of Darsana Faculty

of R.S. Vidyapeetha, Tirupati delivered his

speech on Nyaya Kusumanjali Kartrudayanaa-

charyaanam sookshmekshik vishayaha on 21-10-

08.

f. Sri Mani Dravid Sastri, Senior Lecturer of

Chennai Sanskrit college who was also

honoured by the President of India delivered his

speech on Sastrantareshu Mimamsa Nyayana-

mupaygaha on 17-11-08.

g. Prof. J.Ramakrishna, H.O.D. of Vyakarana Faculty,

R.S. Vidyapeetha, Tirupati delivered his speech

on Panineeyam Subhashitam on 11-12-08.

Vakyartha Parishad

In the past the Vakyartha Parishad was

introduced by the Campus in which faculty members

of the campus have to perform their respective

Shastriac Vakyartha for the benifit of the students

of the Campus and lecturers. The programme was

organised in this manner—

1. Inaugural function and first sitting : Dr. Lakshmi

Narayana Bhatt, Scholar of Sanskrit Mahapatha-

shala, Udipi graced the function and inaugurated

it by lamping the light on 22-07-08. On this day,

Dr. C.S.S.N. Murthy H.O.D. of Vyakarana, Dr.

E.M. Rajan H.O.D. of Sahitya delivered their

speeches on Pratyahara and Sancharibhava

respectively.

2. Prof. A.P. Sachidananda, H.O.D. of Shiksha

Shastra, Dr. Mahabaleshavar P.Bhat, H.O.D. of

Vedanta, Dr. E.P. Sridevi, Senior Lecturer in

Sahitya and Dr. Somanath Sahu, Lecturer in

Shiksha Shastra delivered their speeches on

Moolyaadhaarita Shiksha, Janmaadyadhikara-

nam, Abhivyaktivada and Anubhavavada

respectively on the second session of Vakyartha

Parishad on 26-08-08.

3. In the third Session of Vakyartha Parishad held

on 23-09-08, Dr. Chandra Kala R. Kondi,

Lecturer in Sahitya, Dr. Ganesh. T. Pandit,

Lecturer in Shiksha Shastra and Shri. Shankar

M.Hebbar had their lectures on

Rasavadalankara, Simulas Theory and Somaha

respectively.

4. Dr. Subray V Bhat, Reader and H.O.D. of

Mimamsa, Dr. Raghavendra Bhat, Lecturer in

Sahitya, Dr. Giridhara Rao K., Lecturer in

Education delivered their speeches on

Shabdartha Vichara, Kavya Swaroopam and

Sarjanatmakatha respectively on 21-10-2008.

5. Dr. Naveen Holla, H.O.D. of Nyaya, Dr. Bhagban

Samantray, Lecturer in A.Vedanta, Sri

Madhukeshwara Bhat, Lecturer in Vyakarana,

Sri. Anantha Krishna, Lecturer in Nyaya made

their discussions on Anyathakhyathi,

Avyaktashabdavichara, Taparastatkalasya and

Vyutpattivade Trutiyarthavicharaha on

25-11-2008 respectively.

6. Dr. Ramachandrula Balaji, Sr. Lecturer in Shiksha

Shastra, Dr. Ramakantha Mishra, Sr. Lecturer in

Shiksha Shastra, Dr. Chandrashekhara Bhat,

Lecturer in Vyakarana, Dr. Suryanarayana Bhat,

Lecturer in Mimamsa and Sri Shyamasundara

Bhat, Lecturer in Nyaya delivered their

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Vakyarthas on Tatvashastram, Vacahamano-

vaijnanika Adharaha, Mukhanasika

Vachanonunasikaha, Karatvartha Purushartha

Vicharaha and Pravruttikaranatha Vicharaha

respectively on 12-12-2008.

7. Dr. Ganesh Ishwar Bhat, Lecturer in Vedanta,

Ch K. Padmanabham, Lecturer in Vyakarana

discussed on Ekavijnane Sarva Vijnanam and

Karma kartru Prakriya respectively on 27-01-09.

The valedictory function was also held on the

same day.

National Seminar on Education:

A National Seminar was conducted by the

campus on 11-11-08 on the occasion of Maulana

Abul Kalam Azad Jayanti Celebration.

Dr. Mahabaleshwara Rao, Principal of MA Pai College

of Education, Udupi and Prof. S. Ramakrishna,

H.O.D. of JCBM College, Sringeri were the sessional

Presidents of programme. More than 25 scholars

attended the seminar from different parts of the

country. Prof. A.P. Sachidananda, H.O.D. of Education,

Dr. Ramakanth Mishra, Sr. Lecturer Shiksha Shastra

co-ordinated the entire programme under the

guidance of Principal of the campus.

Sanskrit Speaking and Orientation

Programme:

To enhance Sanskrit speaking skills, the

campus conducted a 10 day speaking course for the

beginners besides orientation course for elders in

three phases, i.e., Prak Shastri I year, Prak Shastri

II year and Shastri I year. Dr. Venkataramana Bhat,

Sri Shankar M Hebbar, Dr. Chandrashekhara Bhat,

Dr. Ganesh Ishwar Bhat, Dr. Ganesh Pandit, Dr. K.

Giridhar Rao co-ordinated the programmes under

the guidance of the Principal.

Vagvardhini Parishad

In the co-ordination of Dr. Raghavendra Bhat

and Dr. Somanath Sahu, the Vagvardhini Parishad

brought fruitful results under the noble guidance of

the Campus' Principal. Mr. Subrahmanya Bhat and

Kum. Kumada Rao were unanimously selected as

Secretaries of the Parishad, besides each

representation from the classes. The Parishad was

inaugurated by Sri Chamu Krishna Shastri, National

Minister of Samskruta Bharati. Seventeen sessions

were held, both in higher and lower levels.

Valedictory Function of Vagvardhini

A three day Vagvardhini Mahotsava was held in

the campus from 29 to 31st Jan 2009 in a festive

fervour. Padmashree V.R. Gowrishankar,

Administrator, Sri Mutt, Sringeri was invited as Chief

Guest. Geethavadhanam, Ashtavadhanam were

presented by Sri A Sachidananda Murthy and Sri

Venkataramana Bhat. Several cultural programmes

were held in the evening. In grand valedictory

function, Principal of the campus Prof. Ramanuja

Devenathan explained the gradual developments in

the students by the regular observation of

vagvardhini sabhas.

Sanskritotsava:

Sanskrita Mahotsava was observed in the

campus in a colourful way. His Holiness Sri Sri

Bharati Teertha Mahaswamiji graced the

inauguration with Anugraha Bhashana. Several

recitation competitions on slokas were conducted for

the high school students around Sringeri. Campus

Principal Prof. Ramanuja Devanathan took oath by

the students for having only sanskrit conversation

in campus. Campus Students played Urubhanga

Drama in Sanskrit. Prof. A.P. Sachidananda,

Dr. C.S.S.N. Murthy and Dr. Suryanarayana Bhat co-

ordinated the 3 day programme.

NFSE:

In the co-ordination of Dr. Bhagban Samantray,

Sri T.R. Krishnamurthy trained the learners as a part

of NFSE in Sringeri. The campus Principal

inaugurated the NFSE centre on 6-9-08.

Activities of Faculty Members during the

year

1. Prof. A.P. Sachidananda : Visited as

Visiting Professor to Jagannatha Sanskrit University

and had a live interaction with the students and

faculty on Jyotisha from 23rd to 31st March 2009

on the invitation of the SJSU.

Attended as Chief Guest in GBS Training College

at Balehonnur and delivered lecture on Ethics on

Education besides an open interaction with the

students and teachers of D.Ed.

2. Dr. E.M. Rajan : Participated in seminar

held at Thrissur conducted by Trishivapurabrahma-

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svamatha, Attended Oriental Conference held at

Kurukshetra. Attended as a resource person at

Shankaracharya University, Koilandi Campus, Kalady.

3. Dr. Mahabaleshwar P Bhat: Delivered a

speech on Vedanta at Swarnavalli Mutt, Sirsi. Took

part at Vedanta Ghoshti held at Bangalore by

Vedanta Bharati. Attended the seminar at Mangalore

on the subject Ananda Mimamsa in Nov., 2008. One

research student obtained Ph.D. Degree in his

guidance.

4. Dr. Subray V Bhat : Delivered his

Vakyartha in the Mahaganapathi Vakyartha Sabha of

Sringeri Sri Mutt. One research student was

awarded Ph.D. Degree in his guidance.

5. Dr. Ramakanth Mishra : Attended three

day Sanskrit Sammelan held at Delhi conducted by

Delhi Sanskrit Academy. Presented a paper on

Samkrita Shikshana Navacharaha at Jagadguru

Ramanandacharya Sanskrit University Jaipur.

Participated at National Workshop at Tirupati.

Attended the Refresher Course from 18th Nov. to

8th Dec. 2009 held at Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha,

Tirupati. Co-ordinated the National Seminar

conducted by the campus.

6. E.P. Sridevi: Participated in seminar held at

Thrissur conducted by Trishivapurabrahmasvamatha.

Kutiyattakala book written by her was released by

the Principal of the campus.

7. Dr. Ramachandrula Balaji : Attended

workshop on Evolving Effective Evaluation Techniques

in Education at Tirupati. Attended a seminar on

Modern Trends in Sanskrit Teaching held at

Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Sanskrit University,

Jaipur.

8. Dr. C.S.S. Narasimha Murthy : Attended

a seminar on Bhushanasara held at Jagadguru

Ramanandacharya Sanskrit University, Jaipur.

Attended Oriental Conference held at Kurukshetra.

Participated in Mahaganapathi Vakyartha Sabha held

at Sri Mutt, Sringeri.

9. Dr. Naveen Holla : Attended Orientation

Course held at Mysore University. Participated in

Mahaganapathi Vakyartha Sabha held at Sri Mutt,

Sringeri.

10. Dr. Chandrashekhara Bhat : Attended a

seminar on Bhushanasara held at Jagadguru

Ramanandacharya Sanskrit University, Jaipur.

Participated in Vakyartha Sabha held at Swarnavalli

Mutt, Sirsi.

11. Sri Ch. K Padmanabham : Attended a

seminar on Bhushanasara held at Jagadguru

Ramanandacharya Sanskrit University, Jaipur.

Participated in Mahaganapathi Vakyartha Sabha held

at Sri Mutt, Sringeri. Attended the Refresher Course

from 18th Nov. to 8th Dec. 2008 held at Rashtriya

Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati.

12. Dr. Ganesh Ishwar Bhat : Participated in

Vakyartha Sabha held at Swarnavalli Mutt, Sirsi.

Attended Oriental Conference held at Kurukshetra.

Took part at Vedanta Gosthi held at Bangalore by

Vedanta Bharati. Attended the Refresher Course

from 18th Nov. to 8th Dec. 2008 held at Rashtriya

Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati.

13. Dr. Bhagban Samantray : Attended the

seminar held at Sri Chandrashekharendra Saraswati

Sanskrit University, Tiruvannamalai. Attended the

national seminar conducted by the Rajiv Gandhi

Campus, Sringeri.

14. Dr. Somanath Sahu : Attended the

seminar held at Sri Chandrashekharendra Saraswati

Sanskrit University, Tiruvannamalai. Participated in

the seminar held at Mudubidre on New Vistas in the

teaching-learning of communicative English. Attended

the national seminar conducted by the Rajiv Gandhi

Campus, Sringeri. Obtained second Ph.D. Degree

under the guidance of Prof. R. Devanathan on

Vruttisantruptehe Adhyayanam on 4th Nov. 2009.

15. Dr. Chandrakala R Kondi : Delivered a

speech on Puraneshu Purushartha at Karnataka

University, Dharwad. Delivered a speech on Geetha

Sandesha at Lokapur.

16. Dr. Suryanarayana Bhat : Delivered a

speech at Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati.

Participated in Vakyartha Sabha held at Swarnavalli

Mutt, Sirsi. Delivered a speech on Ayurveda

Samskritam at Santu Muktabai University, Pune.

Attennded the national seminar conducted by the

Rajiv Gandhi Campus, Sringeri.

17. Dr. Ganesh T Pandit : Attended the

national seminar conducted by the Rajiv Gandhi

Campus, Sringeri. Awarded Ph.D Degree from

Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati.

18. Dr. K Giridhar Rao : Attended the

programme to teach the students of NFSE from 4th

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May to 10th May 2008 conducted by Rajiv Gandhi

Campus, Sringeri. Participated as a teacher in the

Teachers' Training camp held at Poorna Prajna

Vidyapeetha, Bangalore. Awarded Ph.D. Degree from

Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati. Attended

the national seminar conducted by the Rajiv Gandhi

Campus, Sringeri.

19. Sri Madhukeshwara Bhat : Attended the

national seminar conducted by the Rajiv Gandhi

Campus, Sringeri.

20. Sri Shankar M Hebbar : Attended the

national seminar conducted by the Rajiv Gandhi

Campus, Sringeri.

21. Sri Shyamasundara Bhat : Participated

in Mahaganapathi Vakyartha Sabha held at Sri Mutt,

Sringeri.

22. Sri M.S. Vinay : Participated in the

seminar held at Mudubidre on New Vistas in the

teaching-learning of communicative English.

The Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan organised All

India Elocution Contest based on different Shastras

and Yuva Mahotsava representing inter campus

sports meet, literary and cultural programmes at

Puri Campus. Students of this campus took part in

these programmes. Fifteen students won prizes in

cultural and literary events. Scouts and Guides camp

for the students was organised from 3rd to 11th

January, 2009. Education tour was arranged on 6th

and 7th March, 2009. Similarly, a 10 day First Aid

Training Camp was also organised from 25th March,

2009.

Annual Day Function :

The annual function of the year 2008-09 was

observed on 17-12-08 in the auspicious presence of

His Holiness Sri Sri. Bharati Teertha Mahaswamiji.

Prof. Radhavallabha Tripathi, Vice Chancellor,

Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan graced the function.

Students were distributed prizes by the Vice

Chancellor in the morning session. His Holiness

blessed the function with Anugraha Bhashana.

Addressing the gathering, the Vice Chancellor

greeted best performers of the campus in various

competitions which were held at various places of

the country. Principal of the campus Prof. Ramanuja

Devanathan narrated the progress of the campus

from the beginning. Several cultural programmes

were exhibited by the students. Prof. A.P.

Sachidananda proposed the Vote of Thanks.

5.8 Garli Campus, Garli (Himachal Pradesh)

During the golden jubilee year of India’s

Independence, the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan

established Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha at Garli

in the State of Himachal Pradesh. It was

inaugurated by the then Minister of State for

Education, Govt. of India in the presence of the Chief

Minister of Himachal Pradesh on the auspicious day

of 16th September, 1997. It has now been renamed

as the Garli campus of Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan

(Deemed University). The campus is running in a

rented building at present. However, the Govt. of

Himachal Pradesh has allotted suitable piece of land

measuring 2-63-18 Hectare at village Balahar, near

Pragpur, Tehsil-Dehra, District- Kangra.

Students from all walks of life are imparted

education of Prak Shastri at Intermediate level and

in the disciplines of Sahitya, Jyotisha and Vyakarana

at Shastri and Acharya levels. Research programme

leading to the degree of Vidyavaridhi (Ph.D.) is also

offered to research students. Modern subjects like

Computer Education, Environmental Studies, Hindi,

English and History are also taught as a part of the

syllabus.

During the academic session 2008-09, a total

number of 400 students were admitted to the

classes from Prak Shastri to Acharya. Out of them,

195 were girl students. Academic activities started

in the month of July, 2008.

Extra Curricular Activities

The campus organised Sanskrit week

celebrations from 13th to 19th August, 2008. The

programme started with the worship of goddess

Saraswati. Dr. Uma Raman Jha, former Principal of

Lucknow Campus was the chief guest in the

valedictory funcion. The programme was presided

over by Principal of the campus. Likewise, Hindi

Divas was celebrated on 23rd and 24th September,

2008. On the occasion, speech competition among

the students was conducted under the guidance of

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Shri Sandeep Kumar. Besides the Principal Incharge

Prof. Ram Narayan Das, Shri Kishore Kumar Dalai

and Dr. Ashok Chandra Gaur also contributed to the

function. Prizes were given away to the winner

students. Followed by it, programme of Saraswati

Parishad was arranged on 25th September, 2008 in

which the students delivered their speeches on

Jyotisha, Vyakarana and Sahitya. Eight students of

the campus were selected for taking part in All India

Sanskrit Elocution Contest held at Puri. They

represented the State of Himachal Pradesh. Yogesh

Attri, a student of Acharya IInd year won third prize

in Nyaya. Shiksha Divas was celebrated on 11th

November, 2008 under co-ordination of Dr. Madan

Mohan Pathak. For students of the campus, annual

literary competitions were organised from Ist to 5th

December, 2008 during which, the students took part

in more than 12 events with enthusiasm.

The students of the campus took part in the

local cultural programmes organised at Pragpur and

won prizes in single and group song competitions.

Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan New Delhi

organised Kaumudi Mahotsava at New Delhi.

Students of this campus participated in staging of

drama during competitions. The students also

participated in the workshop organised at

Dr. Hari Singh Gaur Sanskrit Vishwa Vidyalaya, Sagar

(M.P.)

Annual Sports Competition

Annual Sports Competitions were arranged in

the campus. In these competition Race, High Jump,

Long Jump, Bad Minton, Kabaddi, Volly Ball were the

main events.

Yuva Mahotsava

The Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi

organised Yuva Mahotsava at Shri Sadashiv Campus,

Puri in December, 2008. The students of the campus

participated in the events and won prizes in different

competitions.

All India Elocution Contest was also organised

by the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi at

Puri in which students of the campus participated

and won the prizes. Students of the campus

participated and won the prizes in All India Sanskrit

Vak Spardha organised by Rashtriya Sanskrit

Vidyapeetha at Tirupati.

Vishishta Vyakhayan Mala was organised in the

Campus in Vyakarana, Sahitya & Jyotisha subjects

when following Scholars expressed thier views:

1. Prof. Jaykant Singh, Vyakarana

2. Prof. Brij Bihari Chaube, Sahitya

3. Prof. Ram Dev Jha, Jyotisha

Dr. Prakash Pandey joined as Principal of the

campus w.e.f. 21-2-2008.

Annual Function

The annual function was organised in the

campus on 21-2-2009. Prof. K.K. Mishra, former

Director of the Sansthan was the chief guest and

Prof. Ram Dev Jha, New Delhi was the guest of

honour.

Activities of the Faculty Members

Prof. R.N. Das, Dr. Ram Kumar Verma,

Dr. Subodh Sharma and Dr. Ashok Chandra Gaur

attended orientation course. Dr. Madan Mohan Pathak

attended the workshop on content generation with

a view to develop E-Data Bank, E-Sources of

Sanskrit text. Dr. Ram Kumar Sharma and Dr. S.K.

Tripathi contributed in the All India Sanskrit

Natyotsava held at Bhopal.

5.9 Bhopal Campus, Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)

During the year 2001-02, the Rashtriya Sanskrit

Sansthan established Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha

at Bhopal and its academic activities started from

the academic session 2002-03. It has now been

renamed as Bhopal campus of Rashtriya Sanskrit

Sansthan (Deemed University). The State Govt. of

Madhya Pradesh has allotted a piece of land

measuring 10 acres near Barkatullah University,

Bhopal. Boundary wall of the campus has already

been constructed by C.P.W.D.. Hon’ble Sh. Arjun

Singh Ji, the then Minister of Human Resource

Development, Govt. of India was kind enough to lay

foundation stone of main building on 19th

September, 2005. Until its own building is

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constructed, activities are functioning in rented

premises.

The campus imparts education in the branches

Sahitya, Vyakarana and Jyotisha at Shastri and

Acharya level, Shiksha Shastri (B.Ed.) at Shastri level

and Prak Shastri at Intermediate level. It also offers

research programme for research scholars leading

to the degree of Vidyavaridhi (Ph.D.). Proper facility

for teaching modern subjects like Hindi, English,

Political Science and Computer Education is also

available. The campus provides hostel facility to the

needy students.

During the academic session 2008-09, a total

number of 293 students were enrolled in different

classes. Out of them, 26 were female students. 130

students got hostel facility. 127 students of different

classes were awarded scholarship. Besides attending

to their teaching work, the following members of

the faculty took participation in various seminars/

refresher course etc. mentioned against each :

1. Prof. Azad Mishra

i. All India Oriental Seminar, Kurukshetra

University, Kurukshetra.

ii. Sanskrit Sadhna Shivir, Mohad, Narsinghpur,

Kalidas Sanskrit Academy, Ujjain.

iii. Akhil Bharatiya Sanskrit Samaroh, Bhopal,

Maharishi Patanjali, Sanskrit Sansthan.

iv. Akhil Bhartiya Sanskrit Sammelan, Maharishi

Panini Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Ujjain.

2. Prof. P.N. Shastri

i. All India Kalidas Samaroh, Ujjain.

ii. Shankar Samaroh, Ujjain.

3. Dr. Bodh Kumar Jha

All India Oriental Conference, Kurukshetra

University, Kurukshetra.

4. Dr. Archana Dubey

All India Oriental Conference, Kurukshetra

University, Kurukshetra.

5. Dr. Brajbhushan Ojha

i. All India Oriental Conference, Kurukshetra

University, Kurukshetra.

ii. Orientation Programme U.G.C., Academic

Staff College, Lucknow.

6. Dr. Sugyan Kumar Mohanty

i. All India Oriental Conference, Kurukshetra

University, Kurukshetra.

ii. Orientation Programme-Academic Staff

College, S.V. University, Tirupati.

7. Dr. Amit Kumar Shukla

Orientation Programme U.G.C., Academic

Staff College, Lucknow.

8. Dr. Ramchandra Joisa

Orientation Programme U.G.C., Academic

Staff College, University of Mysore,

Karnataka.

Extra Curricular Activities

1. Sanskrit Day Function was held from 13th

August to 19th August, 2008.

2. Hindi Divas was celebrated on 14th

September, 2008.

3. Annual function of the campus was

organised on 11th December, 2008.

4. A National Seminar on Management in

Sanskrit was organised on 23rd March,

2009.

The students of the campus participated in

National Elocution Contest and Yuva Mahotsava

organised by the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan

(Deemed University) at Puri campus and won

various prizes.

5.10 K.J. Somaiya Sanskrit Vidyapeetham Campus, Mumbai (Maharashtra)

Consequent upon submission of the proposal by

K.J. Somaiya Trust, Vidya Vihar, Mumbai for

establishing a Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha at its

campus with the offer of allotting one acre of piece

of land for construction of the building and with

recommendations of the Govt. of State of

Maharashtra, a committee appointed by the

Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan carried out an

inspection and recommended establishing its

constituent Vidyapeetha there. The Ministry of

Human Resource Development, Deptt. of Education,

Language Division, Govt. of India was kind enough

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to concure in the recommendations of the committee

vide the decision taken on 31-3-2002. The K.J.

Somaiya Trust agreed to utilize the space at their

existing built up structure for the classes unto

construction of building of the Vidyapeetham. The

Sansthan has taken possession of the allotted land

of one acre from the lessor Somaiya Trust. On the

auspicious day of 16th May, 2002, the then Hon’ble

Minister of Human Resource Development, Govt. of

India inaugurated the K.J. Somaiya Kendriya Sanskrit

Vidyapeetham Campus, Mumbai. The Mumbai

Campus situates at a distance of about half Km.

away from east side of Vidya Vihar Local Central

Railway Station at Somaiya College Campus near

K.J. Somaiya Arts and Commerce College, Vidya

Vihar (East) Mumbai-77.

Academic activities started there during the year

2002-03 with first Deeksha Course of Non Formal

Sanskrit Teaching. Pursnant to getting the status of

Deemed University by the Rashtriya Sanskrit

Sansthan it was renamed as Rashtriya Sanskrit

Sansthan (Deemed University), K.J. Somaiya Sanskrit

Vidyapeetham Campus, Mumbai in 2003. Regular

teaching work started in the campus from the

session 2003-04.

The campus imparts teaching for the courses

Prak Shastri equivalent to Intermediate, Shastri

equivalent to B.A., Acharya equivalent to M.A.

(Sanskrit) and Vidyavaridhi equivulent to Ph.D.

(Sanskrit Shastras) in the disciplines Sahitya,

Vyakarana and Jyotisha. Besides the traditional

subjects, modern subjects are also taught according

to the syllabi of the Sansthan. The N.C.T.E.

approved Shiksha Shastri Course equivalent to B.Ed.

and consequently, this course was also introduced

in the campus since 2006-07. The present approved

intake in this course is 100.

During the year, teaching faculty in the campus

consisted of 11 from Lecturer to Professor Grade,

seven part time teachers and one Shastra

Chudamani Scholar. Although there is no hostel

facility in the campus on its won by now, yet

arrangements were made for hostel facility to ten

students in K.J. Somaiya Polytechnic Hostel on

payment of fee basis. Fifty four students of different

classes were awarded scholarship.

Curricular and Extra Curricular activities

The campus organised curricular and extra

curricular activities at proper occassions. Sanskrit

Week Celebration was organised in August, 2008.

The function was inaugurated by Dr. S.K. Bhavani

when Dr. Gauri Madhulekar was the Chief guest.

Dr. (Smt.) Kala Acharya, Director, Sanskrit Peetham

witnessed the programme. Prof. Shukla presided

over the Kavi Sammelan organised during

celebration. Dr. Bhankande was the chief guest

during the concluding session.

Hindi Divas was celebrated on 14th September,

2008. Prof. Kamini Gupta from K.J. Somaiya College

of Arts and Commerce was the Chief guest on the

occasion. Prof. Dubey and Dr. Pande, Hindi Language

Instructors were the invitees.

Extension Lecture series was conducted in

October, 2008. Dr. Kushidevi Shastry delivered the

lecture on Social Awareness and Education in

Maharashtra during Renaissance Period. The

teaching faculty and students of Shiksha Shastri

made the discussions and interaction effectively. Prof.

Mallar Kulkarni from IIT Powai delivered a lecture

on Fundamentals of Grammar for the benefit of

teachers as well as students of Vyakarana on 13th

March, 2009.

As part of centenary birth celebrations of the

first Education Minister of Govt. of India, Dr. Abdul

Kalam Azad, National Education Day was celebrated

on 11th November, 2008. Prof. Pranitha Deshpande

inaugurated the function. Dr. Surindra Pathak was

among the main speakers. A personality

development session was also conducted.

The Campus organised a two day seminar on

Science in Sanskrit literature. It was held on 16th

and 17th January, 2009. The inaugural function was

presided over by Dr. Chandra Gupta Varanicar from

WIPRO. Dr. Sudyuman Acharya, a distinguished

author and philosopher spoke on the occasion.

Dr. Holay also delivered the lecture. The concluding

session was graced by Prof. Radha Vallabh Tripathi,

Vice Chancellor, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan

(Deemed University) with his valediction.

Subsequently, a Sanskrit Vigyan Seminar was

organised on 26th February, 2009 when Dr. Vijay

Didholkar and Dr. Sachin presented their views.

Dr. Batti Lal Meena, Senior Lecturer in Pedagogy

wing attended refresher Course at Jaipur University.

Sh. Devadatta Sarode and Sh. Hari Prasad, both

lecturers of this department were awarded their

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Ph.D. degrees by the Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha,

Tirupati.

On the occasion of Kaumudi Mahotsava held at

New Delhi during 22nd and 23rd November, 2008,

20 students of the campus took part in the drama.

They were accomparied by the faculty members

namely, Dr. Swarg Kumar Mishra, Dr. Sushant Kumar

Raj and Dr. Geeta Devi Dubey.

The Department of Shiksha-Shastra took up

various activities during the, year. It mainly started

with celebration of Teachers Day on 5th September,

2008. During November and December, 2008,

teaching practice was conducted. Educational tour

for the students to Lonawala was conducted on 25th

February, 2009. The students underwent practical

examinations from 16th to 21st February, 2009.

First Aid training was arranged during first week of

March, 2009. Scouts and Guides Camp was held at

Pune from Ist February to 10th February, 2009. A

special class on Values of Life was held on 13th

March, 2009 which was chaired by Sh. Pagare,

State Training Commissioner, Scouts and Guides,

Maharashtra.

The Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (Deemed

University) organised Yuva Mahotsava—a National

Level Sports Meet and Cultural Competitions at Puri

Campus on 23rd and 24th December, 2008 for all

the students of its ten campuses. 35 students visited

Puri to participate in different events. They were

guided by Dr. K.C. Yogi, Dr. Sushant Kumar Raj and

Dr. Swarga Kumar Mishra. The programme was a

great success which opened the door of healthy

interaction among the students of all the ten

campuses of the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan

(Deemed University). The campus published its

annual hand book.

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The Sanskrit Commission appointed by the

Government of India in 1956, have recommended

that help and patronage should be extended to

important active private academies and bodies which

are working for the popularisation of Sanskrit in their

respective regions.

In pursuance thereof, the Govt. of India has

introduced different schemes for the promotion of

Sanskrit by way of extending financial assistance to

the applicants falling under respective schemes.

These schemes were previously undertaken by the

Ministry of H.R.D., Govt. of India but in the past,

these have been transferred to the Sansthan for

their execution and implementation on the

recommendations of duly constituted Grants in Aid

Committee. These schemes are described

hereunder:

6.1 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO VOLUNTARY

SANSKRIT ORGANISATIONS,

INSTITUTIONS AND PATHASHALAS FOR

PROMOTION OF SANSKRIT

Scope

Under this scheme financial assistance is given

to the organisations/institutions/individuals to

continue and/or to expand their activities or break

fresh grounds in the field of propagation and

development of Sanskrit. Such activities may relate

to any one or more of the following purposes:-

(a) To set up new institutions/pathashalas and

/or to maintain, develop institutions/

pathashalas;

(b) Running Sanskrit teaching classes;

(c) Training and appointing Sanskrit teachers/

pracharkas;

(d) Setting up, running or strengthening of

Sanskrit libraries and reading rooms;

(e) Purchase of propaganda equipment for

propagating Sanskrit;

(f) Organising lectures of prominent Sanskrit

scholars, Sanskrit elocution contests,

Sanskrit debates, Sanskrit dramas etc.;

(g) Preparing Bilingual Dictionaries with Sanskrit

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as one of the languages;

(h) Preparation and publication of Sanskrit

manuscripts;

(i) Preparation, publication & maintaining the

standard and improvements of contents and

quality of Sanskrit journals and magazines;

(j) Institution of prizes for students studying

Sanskrit;

(k) Construction of building, repairs of building

or expansion of building; (l imited

assistance)

(l) Organising approved Sanskrit Conventions;

(m) Research in Sanskrit;

(n) Any other activity which may be found

conducive to the enrichment, propagation

and development of Sanskrit.

EXTENT OF ASSISTANCE

All requests for financial assistance are

entertained (except in the case of publication

projects) through the state Governments on the

prescribed application form meant for the purpose.

Requests for grants from organisations of All India

character may be received directly by the Rashtriya

Sanskrit Sansthan. It will, however, be open to the

Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan to entertain applications

directly in special cases. All requests for financial

assistance are considered on merit and grant is

sanctioned for approved items of work only. In cases

of applications from organisations/ institutions other

than those of All India character received direct, the

views of State Governments can be invited whenever

considered necessary.

Grants may be made in instalments depending

on the nature of the project to be undertaken and

the progress of the work.

Procedure for submission of applications

The State Government concerned will have to

scrutinise the request of the organisation and in

making its recommendations indicate that:-

(a) The organisation is of established

competence and ability;

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(b) The scheme recommended will enrich/

propagate/ promote Sanskrit (details to be

given);

(c) The estimates have been checked and found

reasonable;

(d) The specific amount which the State

Government recommends to the Rashtriya

Sanskrit Sansthan/ Central Government for

giving to the organisations/ institutions/

individuals; and

(e) The body to which the grant-in aid has been

recommended is free from any corrupt

practices and measures (including audit)

devised to enforce the condition;

(f) Any other useful information which the State

Government may like to give on the request

of Organisation/Institution/ Individual.

Before recommending any application the State

Governments should satisfy themselves about the

bonafides of the organisations etc., and the

usefulness and necessity of work for which grant

has been asked for. Each application requesting the

grant should be supported by necessary information

and documents.

Conditions for Grants

The grants sanctioned to Voluntary Sanskrit

Oraganisations/Institutions for propagation and

development of Sanskrit will be subject to the

following conditions:-

1. Any organisation in receipt of financial

assistance shall be open to inspection by an

officer of the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan

or the State Education Department, or an

Officer of the Indian Audit and Accounts

Department. Where the grants given by the

Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan are more than

Rs. 25,000/-; physical inspection of the

organisation may be made.

2. The organisation shall have to give an

undertaking before the drawal of the grant

that the work to be undertaken with the

assistance will be completed within a

reasonable time to be fixed by Government/

Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan and that the

grant shall only be utilised for the purpose

for which it has been sanctioned. Failure to

do so will render the organisation liable to

refund to the Government grant in full with

such interest thereon as the Central

Government/Sansthan may decide.

3. No subsequent instalment of the grant,

payable in instalments, will be paid unless

at least a major portion of the previous

instalment has been utilised and an

authenticated statement of accounts together

with a report on the work done with the

help of the previous instalment is furnished

along with the request for the release of

next instalment. Subsequent instalment(s)

will be released only after the Govt./

Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan have satisfied

themselves about the satisfactory progress

of the work.

4. In the case of grants for building/

publication, a reasonable period of time

may be specified during which the

organisation must complete the building/

publication, unless extension is granted by

the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan for the

same period.

5. Properties of the organisation receiving

grants from the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan

should not be transferred to any person/

institution/organisation without the

concurrence of the Rashtriya Sanskrit

Sansthan. Should the organisation cease to

exist at any time, property built or

equipment purchased out of the Central

Government/Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan

grant will revert to the Government of India/

Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan.

6. The accounts of the organisation should be

maintained properly and submitted as and

when required. These shall always be open

to a check by Comptroller and Auditor

General of India at his discretion.

7. When the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan/

Government have reason to believe that the

affairs of the organisation are not being

properly managed or that the sanctioned

money is not being utilised for approved

purposes, the payment of the grant may be

stopped.

8. The organisation must be open to all

citizens of India without distinction of caste,

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creed or race. No capitation or any other

fees should be charged from people

belonging to State other than the one in

which the organisation is situated.

9. It will be binding on the organisation to

carry out the directions and suggestions

given by the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan/

Government of India with regard to the work

for which the grant has been sanctioned.

The organisation shall supply the Sansthan

with any informatin or clarification on any

point which the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan

may require, within time specified by the

Sansthan.

10. No foreigner from outside India will be

invited by the organisation without the prior

approval of the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan/

Government of India.

Details of Statewise number of Voluntary

organisations sanctioned financial assistance on the

basis of receipt of requests during the year 2008-

09 is placed at Annexure—I.

6.2 ALL INDIA SANSKRIT ELOCUTION CONTEST

The Sansthan organises an All India Sanskrit

Elocution Contest every year in different parts of the

country to encourage traditional Sanskrit students in

extempore speech in Shastraic Sanskrit language.

Competitions of SAMASYAPURTI are also organised.

Each State Govt./ Union Territory Govt.is requested

to send the names of eight participants along with

one teacher for the contest in eight Shastraic

subjects. The best contestants in every event are

awarded a medal & certificate along with cash

prizes of Rs. 2000/-, Rs. 1500/- and Rs. 1000/- in

order of merit i.e. 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively. In

addition to these prizes; medals are also awarded

amongst the winners. The prize money for

SHLOKANTYAKSHARI has been revised to Rs. 7000/

Rs. 5000/- and Rs. 3000/- as 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize.

Grant of these revised award amounts were made

applicable from the year 2005-06.

In addition to existing ten events the ‘‘Shastra

Shalaka Pariksha’’ is also organised.

The nature of the contest is taken from ancient

tradition of Shastra Shikshan Paddhati of India

where student has to have the whole text with its

commentary in his memory and is expected to

narrate and explain from the point revealed by a

“Rajat Shalaka”. The aim of this tough contest is to

revive the tradition as well as to sharpen memory

of student.

During the year 2008-09, the contest was

organised at Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (Deemed

University) Shri Sadashiv Campus, Puri. The panel

of judges adjudged the State of Karnataka at first

position.

6.3 SHASTRA CHUDAMANI SCHEME

Scheme for utilization of services of

Eminent Literary Scholars in Campuses of

the Sansthan, Adarsh Sanskrit

Pathashalas and other State Government

run Sanskrit Colleges and Voluntary

Sanskrit Organisations.

Objective

The object of the scheme is to preserve the

indepth study of various shastraic subjects in

Sanskrit at the various centres where traditional

system of Sanskrit education is being imparted to

students. While in the ancient days, the system of

education envisaged a full time association of the

teacher and taught for a period of about 12 years

minimum and they had enough time to cover the

various intricate Shastraic subjects in all details and

the students had the opportunity to acquire mastery

over particular subject in a comprehensive manner.

In the recent past, the modern system of education,

having prescribed syllabus for a limited period with

selection from text-books, has influenced the

Sanskrit education system as well and as a result

even Sanskrit subject where students are supposed

to have specialised at the post graduate level, due

to shortage of time available, there is no scope for

teaching the higher texts in detail and in full. As a

result the products of this system, though they are

quite proficient in the basic tenets of their subjects

are lacking in indepth and exhaustive knowledge of

the higher treatises written in these subjects.

Soon after they passed out of the post-graduate

level, domestic needs compel them to enter into a

bread winning avocation. Out of such post-graduated

we are now to recruit young teachers and lecturers

and though they are very much interested in

pursuing their studies further, they dont have the

facilities to do so in the institutions where they are

employed as a result, while these lecturers efficiently

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fulfil their part of coaching their students for their

respective examinations, they are not attending that

eminence in their respective branches which their

predecessors, 2 or 3 decades ago, were able to

achieve. Their academic interest should not be

exploited and their scholarly lacunae should be

removed so that they will be better equipped to

serve the cause and will be able to produce a

generation of students who will be really mastering

the respective subjects.

In order to achieve this objective, there are

fortunately for us, a few old scholars still alive and

physically and mentally alert and they may be

usefully utilised for a few more years. They are not

necessarily scholars with any university degree or

qualifications but still they are masters in their own

fields and there would not be any compunction on

the part of the young teachers to study under their

feet. They will be also adding to the academic

atmosphere of the institution and will be readily

available to clear the doubts of both the teachers

and the taught.

Implementation

Under this scheme, not more than two scholars

in each of the Campuses of the Rashtriya Sanskrit

Sansthan, Adarsh Sanskrit Pathashalas, Sanskrit

Universities and one scholar in established Sanskrit

Colleges run by the State Govt. or substantially

financed by the State Govt. and Voluntary Sanskrit

Organisation are normally appointed. Such

appointments are made on recommendations of

Grants in Aid Committee consisting of the experts

on the basis of applications received through the

concerned institution. The appointment so made is

initially for a period of two years. An extension of

one year may, however, be granted by the committee

on the basis of specific report of the Head of the

institution. An honorarium of Rs. 6000/- per month

is paid to the appointed scholar.

During the year under report, 38 Shastra

Chudamani Scholars were selected for appointment

in different institutions.

6.4 VOCATIONAL TRAINING SCHEME

Financial Assistance to Registered

Academic Organisations to conduct

''Prayogic Prashikshan" to the products of

Traditional Sanskrit Pathshalas/

Institutions.

With a view to create employment opportunity

for the traditionally educated candidates in some

specialised departments, a scheme of extending

financial assistance to registered academic bodies

to provide short term orientation courses to the

products of traditional Sanskrit Pathashalas/

Institutions was introduced. The subjects to be

taught are Manuscriptology, Cataloguing,

Paleography, Sanskrit Typing and Short Hand,

Jyotisha, Karmakanda and Epigraphy etc.. These

training courses are conducted for different short

terms; normally for three to nine weeks. During this

period, academic bodies may invite specialists in

respective fields to give coaching to the students.

Intending institutions are required to apply in a

prescribed application form for holding any such

programme. They have also to advertise the short

term courses in the local news papers and invite

applications from students who want to avail of it.

There may be a normal registration fee of Rs. 5/-

per student. Each student is paid an out of pocket

allowance of Rs. 10/- per day for which he is given

the training. The specialist instructor is normally paid

an honorarium of Rs. 100/- per day.

Detailed applications are considered by an

Expert/Grants in Aid Committee for making

recommendations on merit. The Sansthan releases

75% of the total estimated expenditure as approved

by the Committee, in advance to the institution

concerned and the remaining 25% on receipt of the

audited accounts and a report of the vocational

training course.

6.5 SANSKRIT DICTIONARY PROJECT

The project to prepare an encyclopaedic

Sanskrit Dictionary on historical principles spanning

the period from 1500 B.C. upto 1900 A.D. has been

undertaken by Deccan College, Pune. The project

was started in the year 1948. The Department of

Sanskrit Dictionary Project, Deccan College, Pune is

headed by the General Editor and so far 8 volumes

of the dictionary have been brought out. The

project was primarily financed by Govt. of India and

to some extent by Govt.of Maharashtra. During the

year 2008-09, a sum of Rs.40 lakh was released

to Sanskrit Dictionary Project by the Rashtriya

Sanskrit Sansthan.

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6.6 SCHEME OF THE PRESIDENTIAL AWARD

OF CERTIFICATE OF HONOUR TO

SANSKRIT, PALI/PRAKRIT, ARABIC AND

PERSIAN SCHOLARS

The Scheme of Award for ‘Certificate of Honour’

was introduced in 1958 to honour the scholars of

Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian languages. The scheme

was extended to cover Pali/Prakrit in 1996. The

distinction is conferred once a year on Independence

Day in recognition of substantial contribution of the

scholars in their respective fields. From the year

2008, the scheme was further extended to cover

one international award for NRI or foreigner for their

lifetime achievement in the field of Sanskrit. The

scheme envisages a one time mometary grant of

Rs. 5.00 lakh to the scholars of Sanskrit and

Rs. 50,000/- per annum for life time for scholars

of Pali/Prakit, Persian and Arabic apart from a

Sanad and a shawl presented by the President to

each awardee.

Under the Scheme there are 15 awards for

Sanskrit, 3 each for Arabic and Persian and one for

Pali/Prakrit.

From the year 2002 five awards in Sanskrit and

one each in Pali/Prakrit, Arabic and Persian have

been introduced for young scholars between the age

group of 30-40 years. The award is known as the

Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman. It carries a cash

prize of Rs. 1 lakh each one-time payment apart

from the citation and a shawl. Such young scholars

should have made a break through in inter-

disciplinary studies involving contribution of Sanskrit

or ancient Indian wisdom, to the process of synergy

between modernity & tradition and Scientist & I.T.

professional working for promotion of science in

these languages.

Proposals for these Awards are invited from the

following every year :

(a) All secretaries of Government of India.

(b) The Chief Secretaries of all State

Governments/Union Territories.

(c) The Education Secretaries of all State

Governments/Union Territories.

(d) The Vice Chancellors of all Indian

Universities and Deemed to be Universities.

(e) All awardees of Certificates of Honour.

(f) Ministry of External Affairs (for all Indian

Embassies).

The recommendations are first of all scrutinised

by a Preliminary Selection Committee which is

approved by the HRM. The members are very

renowned scholars in their respective fields.

The recommendations made by the Preliminary

Selection Committee are then submitted to HRM,

Prime Minister and then finally to the President of

India for approval.

6.7 SCHEME OF PRODUCTION OF SANSKRIT

LITERATURE

The Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan extends

financial assistance to registered Organisations as

well as individuals who are authors, editors,

translators or those who intend to publish the book

in question and hold the copyright thereof for

bringing out Sanskrit based books like reference

books, original writing, research thesis, translations,

descriptive catalogue of manuscripts, critical edition,

reprint edition of rare out of print books and any

other kind of publication as may be individually

accepted as conducive to the promotion of Sanskrit

language and literature. The assistance under the

scheme is sanctioned to a maximum of 80% of the

actual cost of production in case of original writing

and a maximum of 50% in case of research thesis.

However, for descriptive catalogue of rare

manuscripts the assistance may be upto 100% of

the expenditure.

The applicants have to apply for publication

grant in a prescribed application form along with

estimated cost of production from two different

printers and about thirty five pages of the proposed

work. The specimen pages so received are

submitted to the experts for thier opinion on utility

of the work. The proposal and the expert opinion

are placed before the Grants in Aid Committee for

making necessary recommendations. Applicants of

approved proposals have to publish the work within

a period of two years from the date of sanction

order. On printing, a dummy copy of the work and

printers bill are scrutinised by an expert agency;

who works out actual cost of production. On that

basis, price per copy is fixed according to a set

formula and intimated to the applicant along with

actual sanctioned grant. The applicants have to

supply a number of copies of the work; as the case

may be, to listed libraries by post free of cost in

lieu of the grant. The Sansthan reimburses postal

charges and also releases the sanctioned grant. In

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addition, annual sanctioned publication grant is also

released for Sanskrit journals/news papers.

Besides it, the Sansthan may on certain

conditions assist a university or a registered

voluntary organisaion or a commercial publisher of

established repute for the reprinting of out of print

Sanskrit works as recommended by Grants in Aid

Committee from time to time. Such assistance may

be rendered by the purchase of 500 copies of each

such reprint at an appropriate lower price as

apporved, provided the publisher undertakes to

supply 300 additional copies at the same price within

a period of three years from the date of first

purchase order.

Details of proposals published with financial

assistance and sanctioned for publication grant

during the year 2008-09 are placed at Annexures—

J and K respectively.

6.8 SCHEME OF PURCHASE OF BOOKS

Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan renders financial

assistance to authors, publishers, booksellors,

organisations etc. by way of purchase of copies of

books relating to Sanskrit language and literature

in bulk, provided the books in question are not

published with assistance under any other scheme

of the Sansthan. However, books for which

recognition has been given by way of State awards

in cash or through citation are also eligible for this

purpose.

The applicants have to apply to the Sansthan

in a prescribed application form along with atleast

two complimentary copies of the books. The

complimentary copies are not returnable. On the

recommendations of the Grants in Aid Committee,

the applicant is sent purchase order and provided

with a list of libraries to whom the copies in

specified number are despatched by registered

parcel. The applicant is required to allow a

minimum of 25% trade discount. In the bill the

applicant adds for expenses on packing and

registered parcel, which together are also borne by

the Sansthan. The relevant bill accompanied by the

postal receipts in original for despatch of copies, are

submitted by the applicant for sanctioning the

payment.

During the year 2008-09, an amount of

Rs. 36.07 lakh was utilised under this scheme.

6.9 SCHEME FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO

INSTITUTIONS RECOGNISED AS ADRASH

SANSKRIT MAHAVIDYALAYAS/SHODHA

SANSTHANS

Objectives

The objective of the Scheme is to support and

promote traditional Sanskrit learning and research.

For this purpose assistance is extended under this

scheme to Sanskrit Mahavidyalayas for conducting

courses at the level of Prak Shastri, Shastri and

Acharya and to Shodha Sansthans for organising

and conducting research, both at doctoral and post

doctoral levels, seminars, publications etc.. Such

grantee institutions get 95% of admissible recurring

and 75% of admissible non-recurring expenditure.

Conditions of recognition & Financial

Assistance

Only institutions recognised either as Adarsh

Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya or Shodha Sansthan are

eligible to be considered for financial assistance

under this scheme. However, recognition is not

automatically entitles any institution for financial

assistance, nor can the continuance of grant-in-aid

be claimed as matter of right.

Any registered voluntary organisation either as

a society under the Societies Registration Act or a

registered Trust, maintaining a Sanskrit

Mahavidyalaya or Shodha Sansthan is eligible to

apply for recognition. Recognition is considered by

the Govt. of India only if the following conditions are

satisfied:

(i) The Mahavidyalaya should be teaching at the

level of Prak Shastri, Shastri, Acharya or

equivalent courses on traditional lines. The

Shodha Sansthan should be actively

pursuing research in the various traditonal

Sanskrit disciplines;

(ii) The Mahavidyalaya/Shodha Sansthan should

have been in existence for at least seven

years at a level mentioned in (i) above.

However, the Mahavidyalaya/Shodha

Sansthan receiving financial assistance under

the earlier scheme would continue the

entitlement to receive financial assistance

under this revised scheme;

(iii) The institutions should be in ownership and

in possession of adequate building and

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campus. Lease of 99 years in favour of the

institutions will also be acceptable;

(iv) The registered Parent Body applying for

recognition and financial assistance under

this scheme in future would have to deposit

in a Fixed Deposit Account a sum of at least

Rs. 2.00 Lakh. However, the institutions

already receiving assistance under the old

scheme which have deposited Rs.1 Lakh in

favour of the Mahavidyalaya/Shodha

Sansthan would be exempted from this

condition;

(v) The Mahavidyalaya/Shodha Sansthan should

be affiliated either to a University duly set

up by an enactment of the Central

Government or a State Government or to

the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan;

(vi) The Mahavidyalaya should have a student

strength of not less than 50, a Shodha

Sansthan should have not less than 12

active researchers.

On receipt of application for recognition, the

Govt. would cause an on the spot inspection and

assessment to be made through an Expert

Committee and convey its decision to the applicant

organisation about recognition. This would be

followed by screening of the existing staff of the

institution by a Screening Committee specially

constituted for the purpose.

All the recognised Sanskrit Mahavidyalayas/

Shodha Sansthans will be eligible to be considered

for financial assistance under this scheme provided

that they undertake to abide by the conditions

enumerated in this scheme.

In addition, they will also have to comply with

the conditions regarding the pattern and composition

of managament committee, its functions, staff

pattern, applicable grant etc. as envisaged in the

scheme.

A list of Adarsh Sanskrit Mahavidyalayas/Shodh

Sansthans in receipt of annual grant of the Sansthan

is placed at Annexure—L.

6.10 SCHEME FOR THE AWARD OF RESEARCH

AND POST MATRIC SCHOLARSHIP

Under the scheme, scholarships are awarded to

regular students of +2 system of education,

Graduate, Post Graduate and equivalent courses of

traditional stream and Research leading to Ph.D. or

equivalent degree to study Sanskrit including Pali

and Prakrit languages as a subject. The number of

scholarships awarded every year depends upon

availability of funds. Reservations is provided as per

policy of Govt. of India from time to time. In

addition, the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan also

awards scholarship to the students of 9th and 10th

or equivalent standard.

Candidates having passed qualifying examination

with at least 60% marks in Sanskrit are eligible for

such scholarships. The qualifying condition of

percentage of marks can, however, be releaxed to

50% in case of reserved category candidates. The

aspirant eligible students are required to submit

their applications for award of scholarship to the

Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (Deemed University)

through the institutions in which they intend to

prosecute their studies/research. These scholarships

are awarded on the basis of recommendations made

by a Selection Committee constituted for the

purpose. Scholarships for the students upto Post

Graduate course level are tenable for one academic

year of 10 months. Since these are awarded on the

basis of annual examination results, the students

have to apply afresh every year. Research

scholarship is awarded for two full years and second

year’s scholarship is awarded on receipt of utilisation

certificate and progress report on the work done by

the candidate.

Candidate in receipt of any scholarship from any

other institution or engaged in any remunerative job

during the tenure of scholarship or takes to study

of any other course which does not provide for the

study of Sanskrit is disqualified from receiving the

scholarships. Each candidate is required to certify

all qualifying conditions.

Rates of scholarship for different courses of

study are as under:-

(i) 9th & 10th and equivalent courses with

Sanskrit as a subject—Rs. 250/- p.m.

(ii) 1th & 12th and equivalent courses with

Sanskrit as a subject—Rs. 300/- p.m.

(iii) B.A./ B.A. (Hon.) and equivalent where three

year degree course is prevalent with

Sanskrit Rs.—400/- p.m.

(iv) M.A. in Sanskrit/ Pali/ Prakrit and

equivalent—Rs. 500/- p.m.