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IGOT KARMAYOGI The emblem of iGoT Karmayogi is a lotus with a sun and pen writing and a computer mouse. Below this pictorial its brand name ‘कर्मयोगी भारत’  (Karmayogi Bharat) and its tagline in Sanskrit ‘लोकहितं मम करणीयम्’ (Manasa Satatam Smaraniyam, Dr. Shridhar Bhaskar Warnekar) meaning ‘Our Duty is to Do Good to Humanity’. The lotus represents purity, enlightenment, rebirth, transformation, personal growth, resilience, overcoming obstacles and divine beauty; the sun represents life, energy, power, positivity, illumination, light and clarity; the pen and the nib represent freedom, intelligence, creativity, professionalism, determination and diligence; the computer mouse represents digital communication; the colour orange symbolises energy, vitality, creativity, inspiration, joy and happiness and the colour blue symbolises serenity, calmness, trust, spirituality, calmness, wisdom, freedom, openness, intelligence and loyalty. This is one of the beautiful emblems of the Governm

SWAYAM SWAYAM is a programme initiated by the Government of India and designed to achieve the three cardinal principles of Education Policy viz., access, equity and quality. The objective of this effort is to take the best teaching learning resources to all, including the most disadvantaged. It has a set of books connected by a wire to a mouse; its tagline ‘Free Online Education’ in red colour and the name ‘Swayam’ written in sans serif bold in blue tones - with the counters of ‘a’s are filled with orange and green and its motto in Sanskrit ‘शिक्षित भारत, उन्नत भारत’ meaning ‘Educated India, Advanced India’.

MUSHIKA According to the Ganesha Purana , Ganesha's mouse, originally a celestial musician named Krauncha, accidentally insulted Muni Vamadeva at Lord Indra’s  darbar and was cursed to become a mouse. But Krauncha was as big as a mountain and he damaged the Ashram of Sage Parâshara. The sage invoked Ganesha who unleashed his pasha (noose) and it looped round Krauncha’s neck and brought him to Ganesha's feet. Ganesha decided to take him as his vehicle. But when Ganesha stood on Krauncha he was too heavy and Krauncha cried out with pain. Ganesha took pity on him and made himself light and Krauncha has happily borne Him since. Others view the rat as a symbol suggesting that Ganesha, like the rat, penetrates even the most secret places. Or that Mushika attests to the all-pervasiveness of Ganesha carrying his grace into every nook and cranny. Alternatively, the mouse is the wandering wayward mind which slips into places which we would have not thought it possible to penetrate