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DOON UNIVERSITY The insignia of Doon University (DU) houses the motifs of  rising sun with rays of surmounting the Himalayan Mountains and flowing waters supported by its name in Devanagari and English, its year of establishment and an open book. Its motto in Sanskrit ‘ज्योतिर्वृणीत तमसो विजानन्’ (3-39-7 Rigveda) meaning ‘The Discriminating (Indra) has Separated the Light from the Darkness’ is written along the mountains. A circular line ensconces the motifs. The the rising sun denotes life, energy, power, positivity, illumination, light and clarity; the mountains and the flowing waters denote the geography of the locale; the open book denotes learning, education, knowledge and wisdom and the colour blue denotes serenity, calmness, trust, spirituality, calmness, wisdom, freedom, openness, intelligence and loyalty.

GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA VISHWAVIDYALAYA The insignia of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha Vishwavidyalaya (GGSIV) has an yellow circle with black outlines holding the motifs of a computer, a factory, a stem of a plant with five leaves, an open book, a river and a pair of hands shaking with another hand touching them. Its Sanskrit motto ‘ज्योतिर्वृणीत तमसो विजानन्’ (3-39-7, Rigveda) meaning ‘The light of Wisdom Dispels Darkness’ is surmounting the seal. The computer denotes modern education and knowledge; the factory denotes manufacturing and employment; the stem with leaves denote environment and green life; the open book denotes knowledge, learning, education and wisdom; the flowing river symbolises changinging life and emotions; the hands shaking holding symbolises unity, strength and collectivism and the colour yellow denotes happiness, energy, vitality, focus and creativity.