RAJ RISHI BHARTRIHARI MATSYA UNIVERSITY

RAJ RISHI BHARTRIHARI MATSYA UNIVERSITY

Establishment of Matsya University, Alwar was notified vide Gazette of Madhya Pradesh on August 23, 2012. The name of university was changed to Raj Rishi Bhartrihari Matsya University, Alwar on July 4, 2014. The emblem of the university has the motifs of a human in a meditating posture housing the acronym and place of the institution and year of establishment, with an open book and a traditional lamp. This is supported by its motto in Sanskrit ‘श्रद्धावाँल्लभते ज्ञानम्’ (39, Chapter 4, Srimad Bhagavad Gita) ‘The Devoted and Faithful Gain Knowledge’. All these are ensconced in a white border with green and orange outlines. This border holds the name of the university in Devanagari and English. The meditating posture is called the lotus pose or padmasana. The lotus position is the traditional seated pose allowing yogis and meditators to engage concentration, meditation and ultimately, enlightenment or samadhi. This is the symbol of concentration and enlightenment which the students shall aspire for. The open book symbolises education, knowledge and wisdom and the traditional lamp signifies light, illumination, awakening, devotion, purity, guidance, protection, hope and prosperity.