UTTAR PRADESH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES

UTTAR PRADESH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES

The Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences (UPUMS), formerly U.P. Rural Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, is a medical school, hospital and medical research university located at Saifai in the Etawah District of Uttar Pradesh, India through Government of Uttar Pradesh under Act 15 of 2016. The circular emblem of the university has a yellow border which carries its name in English and Devanagari. Inside the circle the caduceus or the staff of Hermes, depicted as a stick entwined by two snakes, holding a traditional lamp crested by the Ashoka Chakra and supported by the laurels on both sides and an open book at the bottom. The laurels are further supported by its motto in Sanskrit ‘सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः’ meaning ‘May All be Happy May All be Healthy’. The staff of Hermes represents the medical profession, the traditional lamp symbolises light, illumination, awakening, devotion, purity, guidance, protection, hope and prosperity; Ashoka Chakra denotes the nation and the open book denotes knowledge and wisdom.