JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad (JNTUH), was established on October 2, 1972 by the Legislature of the State of Andhra Pradesh as the first technological university in the country. It was restructured into four different universities by the Government vide Ordinance No.13, dated August 18, 2008 and Act of State Legislature No.30 dated September 2008 and this new university has been designated as Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (JNTUH). The violet emblem of the university has a pink rose with a pair of pink leaves ensconced by a gear wheel. These are circumscribed by a border on which the name and palace of the university is inscribed. At the bottom its motto in Sanskrit ‘योगः कर्मसु कौशलम्’ (Verse 50, Chapter 2, Bhagavad Gita) meaning ‘Yoga is Skill in Action’ is written. Below that its tagline ‘Gateway to Excellence’ is written. The rose is symbolic of Jawaharlal Nehru, who wore a rose on his coat and the gear wheel symbolises interconnectedness; efficiency and precision; progress and advancement; synchronisation and timing and order and structure; engineering and technology.