ALAKH PRAKASH GOYAL SHIMLA UNIVERSITY
ALAKH PRAKASH GOYAL SHIMLA UNIVERSITY The yellow and red emblem of Alakh Prakash Goyal Shimla University (AGU) has a shield which houses the motifs of Himalayan landscape and a mortarboard hat with its name and year of inception written on. At the right of the shield the name of the university is written in bold sans serif typeface. On a banner placed over the shield at the bottom its motto ‘Here Nature Nurtures Young Minds’ is inscribed. The shield represents protection, courage, heritage, authority and bravery; the mortarboard hat or Oxford hat denotes educational achievement, equality, tradition and rights of passage; the colour red symbolises passion, power, strength, courage, determination, energy and celebration and the colour yellow symbolises happiness, energy, vitality, focus and creativity.