RASHTRASANT TUKADOJI MAHARAJ NAGPUR UNIVERSITY
RASHTRASANT TUKADOJI MAHARAJ NAGPUR UNIVERSITY Nagpur University was established on August 4, 1923. It was renamed as Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU). The emblem of the university has a cobra with inflated hood with a background of an open book bearing its motto in Sanskrit ‘विद्या दैव परम् तमृ’ meaning ‘Knowledge is the Supreme Destiny’. These motifs are ensconced in a circular border bearing its name. The serpents and snakes represent fertility or a creative life force. As snakes shed their skin through sloughing, they are symbols of rebirth, transformation, immortality and healing. The open book symbolises knowledge and wisdom.