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SANT BABA BHAG SINGH UNIVERSITY The emblem of Sant Baba Bhag Singh University (SBBSU) in orange and blue has a Khanda forming the background for orange rising sun supported by an open book and a pair of laurels on sides surmounted by its acronym. All these are ensconced by a orange circular border with blue and white outlines on which the motto of the university in Punjabi ‘ਗਿਆਨ ਅੰਜਨੁ ਗੁਰਿ ਦੀਆ ਅਗਿਆਨ ਅੰਧੇਰ ਬਿਨਾਸੁ’ (Guru Arjun Dev, Sloku 14, Page 293) meaning ‘To whom the Satguru has Bestowed the Glory of Knowledge, his Ignorance (form) Darkness is Destroyed’ and its name in Punjabi are written. This is circumscribed by a blue border with orange and blue outlines bearing the name of the university in English. At the bottom of the circular seal, on a banner, its place is written in English. Khanda is the symbol of Sikhism; the rising sun denotes life, energy, power, positivity, illumination, light and clarity; the open book denotes education, knowledge, learning and wisdom; the lau

AKAL UNIVERSITY Akal University in Talwandi Sabo, Bathinda, India was set up by Kalgidhar Society in the year 2015 under the Akal University Act, 2015 (Punjab Act No. 25 of 2015). The emblem of the university is a shield holding the motifs of an open book, book rest or khanda and the name of the university. Below the shield the name of the place of the university is written. The open book symbolises education, knowledge and wisdom and the book rest or khanda symbolises the book reading stand used by religious scholars. The colour of the emblem blue deontes serenity, calmness, trust, spirituality, calmness, wisdom, freedom, openness, intelligence and loyalty.  

KHANDA The Khanda is the emblem of Sikhism. It consists of three objects: a solid circle, two interlocked swords and one double-edged sword in the centre. The twin edged sword (which itself is known by the name Khanda), circled by the solid circle known as a Chakra. The right edge of the Khanda symbolises freedom and authority governed by moral and spiritual values. The left edge of the double-edged sword symbolises divine justice which chastises and punishes wicked oppressors. The twin edged sword at the centre of the Khanda also symbolises disintegration of false pride and vanity and demolitionof the barriers of caste and other inequalities. The Chakra being a circle without a beginning or an end exhorts the Sikhs to make the whole creation as the object of their compassion and activities. The ‘Amrit’ which is used at the time of baptism is stirred with the Khanda. The original Khanda with which Guru Gobind Singh stirred the baptismal waters on March 30, A.D. 1699 is now prese