Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University
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Type | Public |
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Established | 1961 |
Chancellor | Governor of Bihar |
Vice-Chancellor | Prof. Laxmi Niwas Pandey |
Location | , , |
Campus | Urban |
Affiliations | UGC |
Website | www.ksdsu.edu.in |
Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University (KSDSU) is a state university located at Darbhanga, Bihar, India, dedicated to the teaching and promotion of Sanskrit.[citation needed]
History
[edit]KSDSU was established in 1961, with the scholar Umesh Mishra as its first Vice-Chancellor. The then Education Minister of unified Bihar, Satyendra Narayan Sinha, announced the instigation of the university. Kameshwar Singh donated his ancestral Anand Bagh Palace to the government of Bihar as a university for the promotion of Sanskrit. Currently, this palace is the head office of the university.[citation needed]
It has held one awareness campaign. Sanskrit scholar and poet Ram Karan Sharma was the vice chancellor from 1974 to 1980.[1]
Campus
[edit]Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University is located in Laxmishwar Vilas Palace, also known as Anand Bag in Darbhanga.
See also
[edit]- List of Sanskrit universities in India
- Sanskrit revival
- Sidheshwari Laxminath Sanskrit College
- Mithila Vishwavidyalaya Panchang
References
[edit]- ^ Gayatree Sharma (29 December 2008). "Sanskrit has never been dead". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
External links
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