Nava Nalanda Mahavihara

Nava Nalanda Mahavihara
Type	Public, Deemed university
Established	1951; 73 years ago
Chancellor	Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Vice-Chancellor	Prof.Siddharth Singh
Location	Nalanda, Bihar, India; 25°07′42″N 85°26′44″E / 25.1282408°N 85.4455249°E
Website	nnm.ac.in

Nava Nalanda Mahavihara (NNM) is an institute deemed to be a university located in Nalanda, Bihar, India. It was established in 1951 under Rajendra Prasad to revive the ancient seat of learning in Nalanda.

History

Nava Nalanda Mahavihara was founded to develop as a centre of higher studies in Pali and Buddhism along the lines of ancient Nalanda Mahavihara. From the beginning, the Institute functioned as a residential institution with few Indian and foreign students.^[1] It became a Deemed university in 2006.^[2]

Academics

NNM offers degrees, certificates, diplomas and research courses in the discipline of Pali, philosophy, ancient history, culture and archaeology, Tibetan studies, Hindi, Sanskrit and more.^[3]

Campus

The present campus of the Mahavihara is some 100 km from the metropolis of Patna, situated on the southern bank of the historical lake Indrapuskarani. The ruins of the ancient University of Nalanda lie close to the northern bank.

During India's first Global Buddhist Conference in 2021, the Dalai Lama inaugurated two new buildings at the University.^[4]^[5]

References

^ Nalanda, Past and Present: Silver Jubilee Souvenir. Nava Nalanda Mahavihara. 1977. p. 140. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
^ "Deemed University, Bihar". University Grants Commission (India). Retrieved 19 July 2016.
^ "Nava Nalanda Mahavihara - [NNM], Nalanda". Collegedunia. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
^ Spiegel, Alison; Patton, Amanda Lim; Daniel Ilan Cohen, Thin (18 September 2021). "India to Host Its First Global Buddhist Conference". Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
^ "His Holiness the Dalai Lama inaugurates Nagajurna Faculty Building at Nav Nalanda Mahavihara". India Education Diary. 18 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2022.

External links

Official website
Media related to Nava Nalanda Mahavihara at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Nalanda, Past and Present: Silver Jubilee Souvenir. Nava Nalanda Mahavihara. 1977. p. 140. Retrieved 19 July 2016.

[2] "Deemed University, Bihar". University Grants Commission (India). Retrieved 19 July 2016.

[3] "Nava Nalanda Mahavihara - [NNM], Nalanda". Collegedunia. Retrieved 2 January 2021.

[4] Spiegel, Alison; Patton, Amanda Lim; Daniel Ilan Cohen, Thin (18 September 2021). "India to Host Its First Global Buddhist Conference". Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. Retrieved 28 March 2022.

[5] "His Holiness the Dalai Lama inaugurates Nagajurna Faculty Building at Nav Nalanda Mahavihara". India Education Diary. 18 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2022.

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v t e Universities in Bihar, India
State universities	Aryabhatta Knowledge University Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University Bihar Agricultural University Bihar Animal Sciences University Bihar Engineering University Bihar University of Health Sciences Chanakya National Law University Jai Prakash University Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University Lalit Narayan Mithila University Magadh University Maulana Mazharul Haque Arabic and Persian University Munger University Nalanda Open University Patliputra University Patna University Purnea University Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University Veer Kunwar Singh University
Central universities	Central University of South Bihar Mahatma Gandhi Central University Nalanda University Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agriculture University
Deemed universities	Nava Nalanda Mahavihara
Private universities	Al-Karim University Amity University, Patna Dr. C.V. Raman University, Bihar Gopal Narayan Singh University K. K. University Mata Gujri University Sandip University, Sijoul