MANIPUR UNIVERSITY

MANIPUR UNIVERSITY

Manipur University was established on June 5, 1980 under the Manipur University Act 1980 (Manipur Act 8 of 1980), as a teaching cum affiliating university at Imphal with territorial jurisdiction over the whole of the state of Manipur and it was converted into a Central University with effect from October 13, 2005. The red circular emblem of the university traditional lamp burning bright in a circle, symbolising light, brightness, path to progress and growth. This is surrounded by a circular border which carries the the name of the university in Meiteilon and its motto in Sanskrit ‘धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात्’ meaning ‘May the Mind that Inspires Us’