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MAHAPURUSHA SRIMANTA SANKARADEVA VISWAVIDYALAYA Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankaradeva Viswavidyalaya (MSSV) is managed by Srimanta Sankaradeva Sangha (SSS) which was formally founded on June 10, 2014. The yellow, green and orange emblem of the university has the motifs of a person doing yoga, a laboratory flask, an open book and a gear wheel ensconced by its name and surmounted by an ornamental arch and supported by its motto in Sanskrit on a white banner. All these are placed inside a green circle. The Sanskrit motto ‘सत्यं परं धीमहि’ (1.1.1, Śrīmad Bhāgavatam) means ‘I Meditate upon the Absolute Truth’. The human motif means meditation towards knowledge; the flask means science; the open book means education, knowledge and wisdom; the gear wheel means interconnectedness, efficiency and precision, synchronisation and timing and the colour green means agriculture, nature, growth, balance, harmony, environment, prosperity, vitality and being very down to earth. The ornamental gateway

UTKAL UNIVERSITY Pandit Godavarish Mishra, the then Minister of Education, introduced the Utkal University Bill, which was passed by the Odisha Legislative Assembly on June 30, 1943. The university started functioning from this date in room number fifteen of Ravenshaw College, Cuttack in November 27, 1943. The emblem of the university has a book and a lamp at the centre signifying the pursuit of knowledge and kindling the light of knowledge. Be a lamp to yourself and others, a single lamp can light a thousand other lamps, which are part of the traditional wisdom. The stalk of grain signifies agriculture, the first sign of culture. Agriculture marks the evolution from food gathering to food production and the birth of civilization. The mountain symbolises the forest, natural flora, fauna, minerals and industry of Odisha. The ramparts of the fort signify Odisha’s past military achievements. The ship signifies Odisha’s rich maritime heritage. 'सत्यं परं धीमहि', the