Logos of India

GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION, DHARAMSHALA (GCTE DHARAMSHALA) The emblem of Government College of Teacher Education, Dharamshala (GCTE Dharamshala) features a blue shield housing the motifs of mountain peaks with rising sun, lotus pond with lotus and a book. The shield is crested by the motto of the college in Sanskrit, which is an extract from the Kathopanishad ‘विद्यामृतमश्नुते’ (Shloka 11, Ishopanishad) meaning ‘Immortality is Gained from Learning’ is written. The rising sun and mountain peaks symbolises wisdom, illumination and the removal of the darkness of ignorance; the mountains represent the scenic Dhauladhar mountain range that frames Dharamshala; the book is a universal symbol of formal learning, structured knowledge and literacy; the lotus and the pond symbolise purity, resilience, and personal transformation; and the shield traditionally signifies the preservation and protection of knowledge, culture and high values.