Logos of India

DR. RAJENDRA PRASAD GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE, KANGRA (RPGMC KANGRA) The emblem of Dr. Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College Kangra at Tanda (HP) (RPGMC Kangra) features a circle housing a variation of the Staff of Caduceus with a flaming torch entwined with a pair of serpents placed over a background of a mountain peak, green valley and flowing rivers. The circle is ensconced by a circular border inscribed with the name and place of the college. The motto of the college in Sanskrit ‘योऽसावसौ पुरुषः सोऽहमस्मि’ (Verse 16, Ishopanishad, Yajurveda), which translates to ‘The Purusha there and there, He am I’ is written below the seal. The variation of the Staff of Caduceus is the universal symbol of the medical profession, healing and healthcare delivery; the flaming torch symbolises the enlightenment of knowledge, hope, and the dedicated spirit of the medical community to eradicate disease and ignorance; The mountain peaks refer to the snow-capped Himalayan mountain peaks, wh...