BHUPENDRA NARAYAN MANDAL UNIVERSITY
BHUPENDRA NARAYAN MANDAL UNIVERSITY Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University (BNMU) also called B. N. Mandal University was established on January 10, 1992 and is named after Bhupendra Narayan Mandal, who was a freedom fighter. The red circular emblem of the university has a circle housing the motifs of a banyan tree, an open book, a wheat plant with heads and a pair of swans in its four quadrants. These are ensconced in a border with red outlines. The border is inscribed with its motto in Sanskrit ‘सा विद्या या विमुक्तये’ (Rishi Parāśara, Viṣṇu Purāṇa ) meaning ‘Knowledge is One that Liberates’ and its name in Devanagari. The banyan tree symbolises strength, individuality and expression, calmness, growth and the interconnectedness of everything; the open book symbolises knowledge, wisdom and education; the wheat plant denotes fertility, abundance, growth, renewal and resurrection and a pair of swans denote good omen of a long-lasting and happy relationship.