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CENTRAL WOOL DEVELOPMENT BOARD The emblem of Central Wool Development Board (CWDB) has a monogram of ‘W’ in red with its two intersecting ‘V’ lines housing the head of a sheep. The name of the Board in Devanagari and English surmount the monogram.

CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY The emblem of Central Institute of Psychiatry (CIP), Ranchi has a brown colour rising sun with five golden rays is supported by the monogram of its acronym. Below these, the name of the place is written on a golden banner. All these are ensconced in a light brown circular outline. The brown and gold colour sun denotes life, energy, power, positivity, illumination, light and clarity; the colour brown denotes earthiness, simplicity, stability, humility, warmth, reliability, endurance, timelessness and tradition and the colour gold signifies wealth, prosperity, power, prestige and achievement.

PRAGYAN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY The emblem of Pragyan International University (PIU) has a motif of a flower in blue and red with the red petal depicted like an enthusiastic scholar with a mortarboard hat. This is surmounted by the glowing rays of the rising sun. All these motifs are ensconced in a brown circular border, which carries its motto ‘Education Empowerment Enlightenment’. This is further circumscribed by another brown border which carries the name of the university and has a pair of laurels. This seal is further supported by a multi-pointed star. The flower motif and the scholar with mortarboard hat signifies education, learning, wisdom, educational achievement, equality, tradition and rights of passage. The rising sun denotes light, universal prosperity and path for growth; the laurels are symbols of ceremonies, victory, achievement, hard work and dedication and the star represents perfect harmony among all things in life, with its points providing insight into how

THE ENGLISH AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES UNIVERSITY The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, was founded in 1958 as the Central Institute of English (CIE). In addition to regular teacher training programmes, CIF set benchmarks through its various conferences, refresher courses and syllabus design ventures. It was therefore renamed the Central Institute of Foreign Languages (CIEFL) in 1972 with the addition of major foreign languages - German, Russian and French. In 1973, CIEFL was awarded the status of a deemed university. Two new campuses were set up in Shillong (1973) and Lucknow (1979) to cater for the needs of language practitioners in North East and the North. The Educational Media Research Centre (EMRC) was established at CIFL in 1984 with the objective of designing and telecasting programmes in different disciplines. In 2006-2007, CIEFL was given Central University status by an Act of Parliament and accordingly renamed The English and Foreign Languag

CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF INDIAN LANGUAGES The Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) is entrusted with the responsibility of conducting research in language analysis, pedagogy, technology and use. All its research and development activities are directed towards solving problems related to language that emerge in various socio-cultural domains such as education, literacy, mass media, governance, and emotional integration. Its monogram is created out of its acronym ‘CIIL’ in light brown and red colours. The two ‘i’s have their dots in red colour and placed on top in the first ‘i’ and in the bottom in the second ‘i’ resembling a scroll of yester years.

CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES The Central Board of Direct Taxes is a statutory authority functioning under the Central Board of Revenue Act, 1963 and it is dealing with matters relating to levy and collection of direct taxes. The emblem of CBDT has the national emblem in blue colour, supported by green laurel. At the bottom on a red banner its motto in Sanskrit 'कोश मुलो दण्डः' meaning 'Treasury or Revenue is the Backbone of Administration'.

CENTRAL BOARD OF INDIRECT TAXES AND CUSTOMS Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (erstwhile Central Board of Excise & Customs) is a part of the Department of Revenue under the Ministry of Finance, Government of India. It deals with the tasks of formulation of policy concerning levy and collection of Customs, Central Excise duties, Central Goods and Services Tax and IGST, prevention of smuggling and administration of matters relating to customs, central excise, central Goods and Services Tax, IGST and Narcotics to the extent under CBIC's purview. Its emblem is predominantly blue with yellow details, is circular in form and supported by a banner and crested by a star. In the middle the National Emblem is placed surrounded by a yellow circle and a blue border, which has its name in Devanagari and English. The banner has a its motto in Sanskrit, which says ‘देशसेवार्त करसंचय’ meaning ‘Serving Nation through Tax Collection’. The five pointed star is colou

UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN The University of Rajputana was established in January 8, 1947. Its emblem is a three layered concentric circle. The inner circle in black colour has a traditional lamp in the middle supported on left by Ashoka Chakra, right by a book, below these by ‘1947’ and topped by its name. The second layer has its name in Devanagari write in red on a golden background on top and by its motto in Sanskrit ‘धर्मोविश्वस्य जगतः प्रतिष्ठा’ meaning ‘The Whole World is Sustainable only by Virtue of Satya, Ahimasa, Tyag, Pragna, Karuna, and Maitri’. The outermost layer is a circular lotus flower petals.

CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN The Central University of Rajasthan (CURAJ) has been established by an Act of Parliament (Act No. 25 of 2009) and is fully funded by the Government of India. CURAJ has 12 schools, 30 academic departments and one community college covering technology, science, humanities, commerce, management, public policy and social science programs with a strong emphasis on scientific, technological and social education as well as research. Its emblem in yellow, orange, brown and black has a pen on a book supported by left hand holding a torch and right offering a flame of glowing sun in the background of the map of the State of Rajasthan placed within an orange circle. The year of its establishment is written below. This is ensconced in a white border on which the name of the university is written in English and Devanagari. All these are bordered by petals of a flower. At the bottom on a banner, its motto ‘तेजस्विनावधितमस्तु’ meaning ‘May Our Stud

CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TAMILNADU The Government of India founded the Central University of Tamil Nadu (CUTN), along with eight other Central Universities, through an Act of Parliament in 2009. The university started functioning from November 2009, at the Collectorate Annexe at Thiruvarur. The University has established 12 Schools under which 27 Departments function. Its emblem is in the form of a shield with a crest of flames in yellow-orange colours. The top portion of the shield, which is separated by a horizontal double head arrow line, has its name written in Devanagari topped by a rising sun. The portion below this is divided into three parts with a symbol of recycling materials, a graduating scholar in a halo and a stem of plant shooting from a pair of meshed gear wheels, which are supported by a pair of blue ribbons. The recycle emblem and the graduate are separated by a pair of downward flowing ribbons. Below the gear, the year of establishment of the univer

INDIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY The Indian Maritime University came into being through an Act of Parliament (Act 22) on November 14, 2008 as a Central University. Its cyan, brown and blue circular logo has an anchor in the middle, placed inside a helm or sailor’s wheel is ensconced by a circular border, where its name in Devanagari and English are placed along its motto in Sanskrit ‘ समुद्र ज्ञानं ज्ञान समुद्रम्’ meaning ‘The Knowledge of the Ocean is Ocean of Knowledge’.

CENTRAL AIR COMMAND Indian Air Force had undergone a major expansion process during the 1950s wherein the command and control structure was reorganised. The No.1 Operational Group of 1947 at Calcutta was revived in 1958 and was given the responsibility of organising and supervising the aerial operations of the IAF in the Eastern as well as the Central sector of the country. Post Chinese aggression of 1962, further requirement of change was felt and the area of responsibility of this Operational Group was bifurcated in two separate commands. Accordingly, Central Air Command (CAC) was formed in March 1962 to keep vigil along the Indo-Nepal boundaries at Rani Kutir, Kolkata. But keeping in view the area of responsibility of CAC, the location of Kolkata was found too skewed towards East. Therefore, in February 1966, HQ CAC was shifted to Bamrauli, Allahabad. Presently, the area covered by CAC ranges from the snow peaked mountains in the North to the Gangetic plains a

VAJIRAM & RAVI “Vajiram & Ravi is India’s well-known institute preparing candidates for the Civil Services Examination at all the three levels - Preliminary Test, Main Examination and Personality Test. The institute was founded in 1976 by Professor P. Velayutham, who had to his credit numerous academic distinctions from India and abroad”. “Since its inception the institute has helped over 5000 students to enter the Civil Services including IAS, IFS, IPS and other Central Services. Every year some of our students have secured positions amongst the first ten successful candidates. The teaching faculty of the Institute has been drawn from highly qualified and experienced teachers of the Central Universities and other reputed Institutes. To provide quality education and guidance normally a minimum of two teachers are engaged for each subject. In general studies, 10 teachers are guiding the candidates. To prepare the reading materials for the correspondence c

CENTRAL COMMAND Central Command  came into being on  May 1, 1963. Prior to this, Lucknow was the Headquarters of the Eastern Command. After the Chinese aggression in 1962, Eastern Command moved to Kolkata and Central Command was raised at Lucknow. Lt Gen K Bahadur Singh has the distinction of being the first Army Commander. The area of Central Command covers the seven states of Utaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Orissa  and is home to 18 Regimental Centres as well as a large number of logistic and training establishments. The process of selecting a formation sign for Central Command began with its inception. Several designs were considered and finally on  July 31,1963, the Surya was recommended by the first Army Commander who said “The Sun has special merit for Central Command, as the Sun itself, depicted in a round form, stands for strength and light”. The ethos of Surya represents the most potent source of energy, sust

CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN CULTURE STUDIES The Cabinet of Government of India approved the proposal for establishment of Central Institute of Himalayan Culture Studies  (CIHCS) on May 19, 2010 as Society under Societies Registration Act. The CIHCS has accordingly been registered on November 10, 2010 under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. The Society is mandated to undertake under graduate, post graduate and doctoral programmes in Buddhist  and Himalayan studies and may also establish and maintain feeder schools. The institute is presently conducting courses for Purva Madhyama (equivalent to class IX-X), Uttar Madhyama (equivalent to class XI-XII) and Shastri (equivalent to graduation), Acharya (equivalent to post graduation) and Vidyavarti (equivalent to PhD). Its emblem has a ‘Yantra ’ on pedestal with dhwaja placed on a lotus base. Its motto ‘Atma Deepo Bhava’ is written on a yellow banner below this. The name of the institution in English, Devanagari

CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF HIGHER TIBETAN STUDIES Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (CIHTS) was established in 1967, on the joint initiative of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Originally called Central University of Tibetan Studies (CUTS), it began functioning as a constituent wing of the Sampurnananda Sanskrit University and eventually emerged as an autonomous body in 1977 under the Department of Culture, Ministry of Education, Government of India. The objective was to take care of the cultural and educational needs of the youth among the Tibetan diaspora in India and those of the Himalayan regions of India, who earlier had the opportunity of being educated in Tibet, this came to be discontinued in the wake of the Chinese occupation. But later, the university blossomed into a center of excellence in researches on Tibetology, restoration of texts and imparting the knowledge of the four Sampradayas of Buddhism in Tibet along with ancie

The South Central Zone Cultural Centre (SCZCC) SOUTH CENTRAL ZONE CULTURALCENTRE , Nagpur one of the seven zonal cultural centres in India was  established  in  1986  with  its  headquarters  at  Nagpur.  It comprises the linguistically different states of Andhra Pradesh,  Karnataka,  Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.  Each of these States has rich traditions of folk, tribal, fine arts and crafts. The Centre strives through its various activities to enrich, promote and strengthen these traditions. The Centre is working under the control of Ministry of  Culture, Government of India.  His Excellency, the Governor of Maharashtra is the Chairman of this Centre. The South Central Zone Cultural Centre, Nagpur is  the youngest of seven zonal cultural centre in India. Its logo has seven  round cornered squares with black border of which one in the centre is filled with blue and the others with white. On top of this in Devanagari the word ‘Madhydakshini’ meaning ‘Southern Central’ is written in b

NORTH CENTRAL ZONE CULTURAL CENTRE North Central Zone Cultural Centre  (NCZCC) is one of the seven Zonal Cultural Centres establishment in the country on the initiative of the then Ministry of Human Resource Development , Government of India when it first announced in 1985 to set up a zonal cultural centres for the Northern Zone at Patiala (Punjab) and thereafter another zonal cultural centre for the eastern region at Shantinekatan (West Bengal ). In the same sequence, NCZCC was established as a Society registered under the Societies Registration -1860 on March 03,1986 with its registered office at Allahabad. Its motive to preserve, innovate and promote the projection and dissemination of the arts of the Zone comprising the States of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttranchal and Delhi falling under the broad disciplines of Sangeet, Natak, Lalit Kala and Sahitya. Its logo has seven  round cornered overlapping squares symbolising seven st

CENTRAL WAREHOUSING CORPORATION Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) is a premier warehousing agency in India, was established during 1957 providing logistics support to the agricultural sector, is one of the biggest public warehouse operators in the country offering logistics services to a diverse group of clients. CWC is operating 469 Warehouses across the country with a storage capacity of 10.04 million tonnes providing warehousing services for a wide range of products ranging from agricultural produce to sophisticated industrial products. Warehousing activities of CWC include foodgrain warehouses, industrial warehousing, custom bonded warehouses, container freight stations, inland clearance depots and aircargo complexes. Apart from storage and handling, CWC also offers services in the area of clearing & forwarding, handling and transporation, procurement and distribution, disinfestation services, fumigation services and other ancillary activities. CWC also offers consultancy s

> CENTRAL VIGILANCE COMMISSION Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is an apex Indian governmental body created in 1964 to address governmental corruption. The Central Vigilance Commission has adopted a logo. The logo consists of a graphic representation of an eye encased within the letter ‘C’. The eye represented in a pleasing blue colour is symbolic of the collective determination of the community to be vigilant against any erosion of rights through illegal and improper actions of public servants. Encased within the letter ‘C’ the eye represents the Commission oversees the vigilance administration in all public organisations and helping in arriving at quick and logical decisions in all vigilance cases. The logo has grouped positive and negative elements within it and the deliberate choice of the blue colour signifies an active, ever vigilant but positive and friendly Central Vigilance Commission. The logo has been designed by Shri Binoy Sarkar. He has also designed the logos as