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MAHAJANA EDUCATION SOCIETY

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MAHAJANA EDUCATION SOCIETY Incepted in the year 1937 to provide education to children, the great freedom fighters of Mysore of that time namely Sarvasri. Ramachandra Jois, M. N. Jois, G. Ranganna, H. Anantharao, Agaram Suryanarayana Pandit and other well-wishers led by Sri. Ambale Subramanya Iyer laid the foundation to Mahajana High School in Lakshmipuram, in Mysore, which finally led to the present Mahajana Education Society over the decades. The school which started with 17 students, for want of space was shifted to Jayalakshmipuram, Mysuru, as the number of students seeking admissions increased. In the sixties, with the leadership and liberal donation from Sri. Rattehalli Ramappa, Mahajana Pre-university College and the First Grade College were started. In the eighties the institution expanded further with the leadership of Sri. R. Vasudeva Murthy, Sri. T. Muralidhar Bhagavat and Smt. Dr. T. Vijayalakshmi Muralidhar. It is presently well equipped to offer educa

XIM UNIVERSITY

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XIM UNIVERSITY In October 1987 Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar (XIMB) was established. It grew into an university and Xavier University was established on July 6, 2013 as per the provisions of the Xavier University, Odisha Act, 2013. On May 11, 2021, the Xavier University, Odisha (Amendment) Act 2021 was passed in the Odisha Legislative Assembly, renaming Xavier University as XIM University. Its emblem is a four pointed white cross (adopted from San Damiano Cross) in light blue background with its four counters hosting an open book, globe held by a hand, burning lamp and group of students linked by a circle. In the centre of this assemblage is another cross. This is ensconced by a circle with pointers on eight sides. A white border with black outline has ‘XIM UNIVERSITY’ and ‘Semper Excelsius’ written on top and bottom and supported on either side by a light blue coloured laurel.

SYMBIOSIS SOCIETY

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SYMBIOSIS SOCIETY “Symbiosis is a Trust registered under the Bombay Public Trusts Act 1950 (Reg.No.F/481,Pune) and a Society registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860 (Reg.No.MAH-679-PN), having its registered office at Senapati Bapat Road, Pune 411 004, in the State of Maharashtra, India.” Its motto is "Vasudhaiva Kutumbakkam’ meaning ‘World is one Family’. “Symbiosis is a family of 48 academic institutions, imparting quality education for over fifty years. It is host to over 40,000 Indian and international students on campus. Many of these campuses are fully residential and have recreational facilities which include swimming pools, amphitheaters and health care centres. Keeping its excellent track record in mind, in 2002, the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India conferred the 'Deemed to be University' status on Symbiosis.” Its insignia red colour has an emblem and its name written in sans serif capital letters with

THE ASIATIC SOCIETY

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THE ASIATIC SOCIETY When the Asiatic Society was established on January 15, 1784, its founder Sir William Jones (1746-1794) began his work with a dream, that visualised a centre for Asian studies including almost everything concerning man and nature within the geographical limits of the continent. Most of the mysteries of this vast land, like its old inscriptions in Brahmi, were still undeciphered and comparative philology as a discipline or science was not yet born.  In the early days of the Asiatic Society, William Jones for all his efforts could not procure even a slice of land wherein to house his dream. In 1805 the Government gifted to the Society a plot of land at the corner of Park Street and Chowringhee, the present site of the Asiatic Society, to which was added later, in 1849, a small portion on the western side. Membership of the Society for many years remained exclusively European and only in January 1829, on the suggestion of Dr. Horace Hayman Wilson

THE INDIAN MUSEUM

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THE INDIAN MUSEUM Founded in 1814 at the cradle of the Asiatic Society of Bengal - at the present building of the Asiatic Society, 1. Park Street, Kolkata, Indian Museum is the earliest and the largest multipurpose Museum not only in the Indian subcontinent but also in the Asia-Pacific region of the world. With the foundation of Indian Museum in 1814, the museum movement started rolling in India and got a new fillip and great momentum. Since then, it has so magnificently developed and culminated into the fruitful existence of more than 400 museums in the country. The movement, which was started in 1814, in fact was the beginning of a significant epoch initiating the socio-cultural and scientific achievements of the country. It is otherwise considered as the beginning of the modernity and the end of mediaeval era. Its emblem has Sarnath Gateway in light brown colour depicted as if it is on a parchmen indull orange has its name written inEnglish, Devanagari and Bengali. It also mentions’

THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

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THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY The emblem of the Theosophical Society, a Western mystical order founded in 1875 by mystic Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. The Society’s logo is composed of an Ankh, a hexagram, an ouroboros, a swastika  and the Omkar symbol. Blavatksy’s intent was to create a symbol embodying universal spiritual symbols, emphasizing the common esoteric doctrines in every faith. The Ankh found in the middle is an Egyptian symbol of great antiquity and it portrays the resurrection of the spirit out of its encasement of matter, otherwise expressed as the triumph of life over death, of spirit over matter, of good over evil. This combination of the triangle and the surrounding serpent symbolizes the created universe, through which creation is limited in time and space. The darker of the two triangles, which is downward-pointing, and the lighter triangle, which is upward-pointing, symbolize respectively the descent of the life of Spirit into matter and the ascent of that life out of matter i