RANI DURGAVATI VISHWAVIDYALAYA
RANI DURGAVATI VISHWAVIDYALAYA Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya (RDV) was established under Jabalpur University Act on June 12, 1956. The emblem has a lotus emerging from water under a shining sun on earth in the ambience of air and space. The lotus symbolises and the water, light, earth, air and space represent the five elements or ‘pancha bhootas’ denoting the physical and energetic qualities of the human body and of the physical world. The lotus symbolises purity, enlightenment, rebirth, transformation, overcoming obstacles and divine beauty. These are ensconced in a blue circular border which carries its name and its motto in Sanskrit ‘आपूर्यमाणम् अचलप्रतिष्टम्’ (Shlok 70 Chapter 2 Bhagavad Gita) meaning ‘The Ocean Remains Undisturbed’.