The Presentation describes Utkal Univesity, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, Ancient Nalanda University, Bihar and New Nalanda University, Bihar.

1. Gautam Kumar
Assistant Professor
University Department of Teacher Education
Utkal University, Bhubaneswar
gautamkumar.edu@gmail.com
9431779788, 9437544453
Universities in India: Past, Present and Future

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Utkal University

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Genesis of the Utkal University
• Established on 27 November 1943
• Foundation of present campus is laid down on 01 January 1958 by Dr. Rajendra Prasad
The First President of India.
• The present campus is inaugurated on 02 January 1963 by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, The
President of India.
• 30 Regular PG Departments 12 centres of Excellence, 18 Self-Financing Programmes
• 371 Affiliated Colleges Covering Faculties of Medicine, Humanities and Social
Sciences, Science and technology, Commerce & Management, Pedagogical Science and
Law
• Directorate of Distance and Continuing Education

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Central Library (Parija library)
In the crest of the Utkal University, the
SHIP symbolises maritime activities and
the STALK OF CORN represents the
beneficence of agriculture while the
MOUNT and the FORT stand for natural
bounty and the past military glory
respectively of the land of Utkal. Against
this background Utkal University seeks to
spread light and learning with LAMP and
BOOK as emblems, and to propagate its
highest ideal, SATYAM PARAMA
DHIMAHI, meditate on the Highest truth

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Platinum Jubilee (2018-2019)

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Platinum Jubilee

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Central Library (Parija library)
• Named after its first Vice Chancellor, Professor Pranakrushna Parija
• Set up in 1946 in Cuttack, shifted to the campus of Utkal University in
Bhubaneswar in1962
• Library Resources:
(i) Total Books : about 3 Lakh
(ii) Books received in Donation : 2,500
(iii) National and International Journals : 236
(iv) Total Manuscripts : 5,800
Digital Library

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Central Library (Parija library)
• MANUSCRIPTS SECTION
o Collection of 5800 manuscript on variety of writing materials such as stones, copperplates,
birch bark, palm leaves, parchments and paper had been in use to preserve the
intellectual heritage.
o Parija Library has different types of manuscripts collections .Out of which the important
collections are Vedas, Tantra, Sanskrit Puran, Dharma Sastra, Darshana, Jyotisha, Ganita,
Ayurveda, Avidan, Vyakaran, Sankrit Kavya,Gita Govinda, Alankar, Sangita, Silpa, Oriya
Puran.

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Life Inside the Campus
• Utkal University is not a residential university, however university provides
accommodation to needy students
• University have well maintained 6 Gents hostel and 6 Ladies hostel equipped with all
necessary facilities.
Gents Hostel Ladies Hostel

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GENDER AUDIT (2014-2016)
Post Graduate
Regular
Male Female
856 1311
39.50% 60.49%
M. Phil.
174 248
41.23% 58.76%
Self Financing Courses
Male Female
463 464
50% 50%
Ph.D.
Male Female
471 656
41.79% 58.20%

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Nalanda University
A Renowned Centre of Learning

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The ruins of Nalanda Mahavihara

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The Nalanda University: A Renowned Centre of Learning
• World’s first university founded in the 5th Century BC.
• Nalanda, Vikramashila (in Bhagalpur district of Bihar) and Taxila (now in Pakistan)
• Residential university of the ancient India
• Ancient center of Higher Education in India (427 to 1197 CE).
• Peak of the university – 7th Century, 10,000 studenst and 2000 (as reported by
Xuanzang).
• Establishment
 Contribution of Ashoka
 The Gupta Empire (Kumargupta)
 Supported by Harsha (the emperor of Kannauj) as well as emperors from the
Pala Empire

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Architect
• Built with red bricks and its ruins occupy an area of 14 hectares which is only
10% of total.
• Eight separate compounds and ten temples, along with many meditation halls
and classrooms.
• Dormitory for students.

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Legacy of the Nalanda University
• The university attracted scholars and students from as far away as China,
Greece, Persia, Tibet, China, Korea, & Central Asia and produced great scholar
of the time.

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Demolition of The Nalanda University
• Nalanda was sacked by Turkic Muslim invaders underBakhtiyar Khalji in 1193.
• The great library of Nalanda University was so vast that it is reported to have
burned for three months after the Mughals set fire to it.
• The library of Nalanda, known
as Dharma Gunj (Mountain of Truth)
or Dharmagañja (Treasury of Truth),
• Now the University is UNESCO
World Heritage Site.

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Demolition of The Nalanda University
• destroyed by an army of the Mamluk Dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate under
Bakhtiyar Khalji in c. 1200 CE.
• While some sources note that the Mahavihara continued to function in a
makeshift fashion after this attack, it was eventually abandoned all together and
forgotten until the 19th century.

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Curriculum
• Courses from every field of learning
 Buddhist and Hindu
 foreign and native
 science, astronomy
 Medicine
 Logic
 Philosophy
 Samkhya
 Yoga-Shastra
 The Veda
 Buddhism
 etc.

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Nalanda University

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Revival of Nalanda University
• Former President of India, the Hon’ble Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam mooted the idea of reviving
the ancient Nalanda University while addressing the Bihar State Legislative Assembly in
March 2006.
• In the same time, the Singapore government presented the “Nalanda Proposal” to the
Government of India suggesting the re-establishment of ancient Nalanda to make it as the
focal point of Asia once again.
• In the same spirit, the State Government of Bihar was quick to adopt the visionary idea and
consulted with the Government of India on the way ahead.
• Leaders of sixteen member states of the East Asia Summit (EAS) endorsed the proposal to
re- establish Nalanda, when they met in the Philippines in January 2007
• Nalanda University Act 2010 was passed in both the Houses of the Indian Parliament. In
September 2014

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Member Countries

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Academics
• School of Buddhist Studies, Philosophy and Comparative Religions
• School of Ecology and Environment Studies
• School of Historical Studies
• The School of Languages and Literature
• School of Management Studies

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