Logos of India

ANANT NATIONAL UNIVERSITY Anant National University (ANU) is the first DesignX University India which provides the best design courses to all creative aspirants. ANU is a private university located in Ahmedabad was established in 2016, by the Laxman Gyanpith Trust through the Gujarat Private Universities Act, 2016. Its emblem in French blue and grey has a pictorial and a word mark. The pictorial is a hexagon placed inside a blue square holding a triangle inspired ‘A’. At its right its name is written in a normal sans serif font. The motto of the university in Sanskrit ‘प्रज्वालिता ज्ञानमयः प्रदीपः’ (Sloka 1, Bhagavad Gita Dhyanam) meaning ‘Light the Lamp of Knowledge’ is placed at the bottom in grey colour. The hexagon is a symbol for harmony and balance and male and female energy and the triangle symbolises the creative spirit of the universe and the square denotes the stability, fixed nature of matter, strong foundations and order. The French blue colour symbolises intelligenc

ACHARYA NAGARJUNA UNIVERSITY Buddhist preceptor and Philosopher Acharya Nagarjuna founded a university on the banks of river Krishna some centuries ago and made it a great centre of learning. The university was established by Act 43 of 1976 of Andhra Pradesh State Legislature and Governed by Act 4 of 1991 and has been renamed Acharya Nagarjuna University in 2004. The symbolism of th emblem is based on the concept that all human excellence proceeds from truth and culminates in truth. The vase of plenty (Purna Ghata) is a prototype from the Amaravati sculpture of the early centuries. It stands for material prosperity on the one hand and objective knowledge on the other. Its attributes are sasya (fertility), santana (increase), sampat (prosperity) and samriddhi (plenitude). Its face is Vishnu, the sustainer; its neck is Rudra, the apocalyptic transformer; its base is Brahma, the creator. Arising out of the superabundant water of life sprouting from Purna Ghata and transcending the

ADIKAVI NANNAYA UNIVERSITY Adikavi Nannaya University (ANU) was established on April 22, 2006, by an Act of the Andhra Pradesh State Legislative Assembly to meet the higher education needs of East and West Godavari districts. The emblem of Adikavi Nannaya University represents human quest for knowledge and righteousness, wisdom and wealth, harmonising nativity and tradition. The name of the university is written in English in between inner and outer lines having tricolours of India, with the Asoka Dharma Chakra placed atop, which stands for righteousness. The circle of sixty four flowers on the Buddhist Stupa in Saranath, reflects the sixty four traditional arts and sciences. The rising sun represents the spread of knowledge. The Central Arch reminds the Fort Gate in Rajahmundry depicting the stone pillars in the ancient temples of Samarlakota and Draksharama Bhimeswaram. The peepal tree vouches the university as the seat of enlightenment, being placed on the banks of river Goda