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BIHAR ANIMAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY

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BIHAR ANIMAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY Bihar Animal Sciences University (BASU) was established in Patna through an BASU Act No. 15 of 2016 of Bihar Government and notified in the Bihar Gazette on August 29, 2016. The university started functioning from June 13, 2017. This university has been carved out of the Bihar Agricultural University as two of its constituent colleges at Patna viz. Bihar Veterinary College and Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Dairy Technology have been transferred to the BASU, whereas a new College of Fisheries has been established in 2018. The emblem of the university has a bull standing on a pedestal formed by an inverted lotus ensconced by a gear wheel and supported by a banner. The gear wheel is inscribed by its name in Devanagari and English and on the banner, its motto in Sanskrit ‘ज्ञानम् परमम् ध्येयम्’ meaning ‘Knowledge is the Supreme Goal’ is inscribed. The bull is symbolic of the university’s educational domain and the lotus symbolises purity, enlightenment,

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY

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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY Established in 1958, the second of its kind, IIT Bombay was the first to be set up with foreign assistance. The funds from UNESCO came as Roubles from the then Soviet Union. In 1961 Parliament decreed the IITs as 'Institutes of National Importance'. Located in Powai, one of the northern suburbs of Mumbai, the residents of the institute reap the advantage of being in the busy financial capital of India, while at the same time enjoying the serenity of a campus known for its natural beauty. Its blue colour emblem has a lotus supported by a book and ensconced by a partial gear, which bears its name in Devanagari and English. These are supported by a banner bearing its tagline ‘ज्ञानम् परमम् ध्येयम्’ in Sanskrit meaning ‘Knowledge is the Supreme Goal