ATAL MEDICAL AND RESEARCH UNIVERSITY

ATAL MEDICAL AND RESEARCH UNIVERSITY

The emblem of Atal Medical and Research University (AMRU) is is a shield with thick cyan border which houses its acronym, its name in English and Devanagari, a motif of Mount Himalayas, Staff of Hermes with a pair of entwined serpents and wings and a stack of three books. Below the shield on an orange banner its motto in Sanskrit ‘सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः’ (1.4.14, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad) meaning ‘May All be Happy May All be Healthy’. The shield symbolises protection, courage, heritage, authority and bravery; the colour cyan denotes sky, hope and spring, peace, tranquillity, calmness, relaxation, emotional balance; the Staff of Caduceus or Hermes denotes medicine and medical education; the Himalayas represent geography of the locale; the books denote knowledge, education, wisdom and learning and the colour orange means energy, vitality, creativity, inspiration, joy and happiness.