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VIJAYANAGARA SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA UNIVERSITY Vijayanagara Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Ballari, (VSKU) is a public university established in 2010 by the Government of Karnataka in Ballari district of Karnataka. The emblem of the university has the stone chariot of Hampi built by Krishnadevaraya supported by an open book and crested by the statue of Sri Krishnadevaraya ensconced by the circle of glowing sun with sixteen rays. The sun is further encircled by a border, which carries the name of the university in Kannada and English. At the bottom on a red pedestal decorated by a red ribbon and supported by a pair of traditional lamps its motto in Sanskrit ‘दियो यो नः प्रचोदयात्’ and Kannada ‘ಜ್ಞಾನ ದಾಸೋಹ’ meaning ‘Inspiring the Mind’ are written. An open book denotes knowledge and wisdom; sun denotes life, warmth, growth and energy and the traditional lamp denotes light, illumination, awakening, devotion, purity, guidance, protection, hope and prosperity.

KARNATAKA GRAMIN BANK Karnataka Gramin Bank with its head office at Ballari under the sponsorship of Canara Bank came to existence on April 1, 2019 as per the gazette Notification of Government of India No.852 dated February 22, 2019 with amalgamation of two RRBs namely Pragathi Krishna Gramin Bank (Sponsored by Canara Bank with Head Office at Ballari) and Kaveri Grameena Bank (Sponsored by State Bank of India with Head Office at Mysuru). The logo of this bank is in the form of a circle and its components - Leaves represent agriculture and signifies prosperity; Diverging leaves signify our expanding base and growing support to agriculture and clean environment; The circle formed signifies the wholeness and inclusive growth; Blue colour represents trust, loyalty, integrity and responsibility and Yellow colour represents optimism, success, confidence, youthfulness and fresh energy”. Its motto is ‘Vishwasada Pratheeka, meaning ‘Symbol for the Faith/Trust’.