SABARMATI UNIVERSITY

SABARMATI UNIVERSITY

Sabarmati University is Gujarat’s first state private dual mode university located in Ahmedabad. The university was established in 2009 by the Gujarat Act No: 8 passed by the State Legislature and further amended with Act No: 20 in the year 2019. The circular violet colour emblem of the university has a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi with the river Sabrmati and the cityscape in the background. These are ensconced by a circular border which bear the university’s motto in Sanskrit ‘विद्या नाम नरस्य कीर्तिरतुला भाग्यक्षये चाश्रयो’ meaning ‘Education is an incomparable fame; She gives shelter when fate is destroyed’. The bottom of the border has a banner which bears the name of the university in Devanagari. The violet colour symbolises creativity, imagination, spirituality, calm and contemplation, intuition, inspiration and a connection to higher states of consciousness.