BHATTADEV UNIVERSITY

BHATTADEV UNIVERSITY

Bhattadev University, Bajali, was established on June 24, 2019. The university was upgraded from the erstwhile Bajali College which was started in 1955 by the university was established by Bhattadev University Act, 2017. It is named after an illustrious son of Assam Baikunthanath Bhagavat Bhattacharya popularly known as Bhattadev, who is acknowledged as the father of Assamese prose. Bhattadev’s erudition in Sanskrit grammar and literature and his command over the Shrimadbhagavata Purana earned him the title of Bhagavat Bhattacharya. The blue colour circular emblem of the university houses a green plant of wheat with golden heads circumscribed by a blue border carrying the name and place of the university. Separated by stars. Below the circle on an oblong banner its motto in Sanskrit ‘सा विद्या या विमुक्तये’ (Rishi Parāśara, 1,19.41, Viṣṇu Purāṇa) meaning ‘Knowledge is one that Liberates’ is inscribed. The wheat plant and heads symbolise fertility, abundance, growth, renewal and resurrection.