SHRI KHUSHAL DAS UNIVERSITY

SHRI KHUSHAL DAS UNIVERSITY

Shri Khushal Das University (SKDU) established in 1956 by the Shri Guru Govind Singh Charitable Trust. The emblem of the university is a dark blue squircle hosting a shield with motifs of a book supporting a woman and a man holding a torch. The motif also looks like a mortarboard hat. Below the shield the motto of the university in Sanskrit ‘ज्ञानम् परमम् प्येयम्’, which means ‘Knowledge is the Ultimate Drink’. The squircle has a white inner border line. A squircle symbolises the value of the rational mind - square, also referring to the natural insights of intuition - circle. The mortarboard hat or Oxford hat denotes educational achievement, equality, tradition and rights of passage; the book symbolises knowledge and wisdom; the torch symbolises enlightenment and hope and represents life, truth and the regenerative power of flame and the two human beings are the stakeholders of the university. The colour blue symbolises serenity, calmness, trust, spirituality, calmness, wisdom, freedom, openness, intelligence and loyalty.