BARKATULLAH UNIVERSITY
BARKATULLAH UNIVERSITY Barkatullah University (BU) formerly known as Bhopal University which was established in 1970 in Bhopal. In 1988 it was renamed as Barkatullah Vishwavidyalaya, in memory of the freedom fighter Prof. Barkatullah. The logo of the university has a shield with a pair of black outlines, holding the motifs of an open book surmounted by a rising sun and supported by flowing waters of river are placed inside an oval and circumscribed by its name in Devanagari and English. Its motto is written on the open book in Sanskrit ‘श्रद्धावाँल्लभते ज्ञानम्’ (39, Chapter 4, Srimad Bhagavad Gita) ‘The Devoted and Faithful Gain Knowledge’. The shield symbolises protection, courage, heritage, authority and bravery; The rising sun symbolises light, universal prosperity and path for growth; the open book symbolises knowledge, education and wisdom and the flowing waters of river denote life, fertility, freedom, a path and the passage of time.