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ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIA HOSPITAL The circular emblem of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital (ABVIMS RMLH) has a blue circle houning a green banyan tree on which, the Staff of Hermes entwined by a pair of serpents. The tree is supported on either side by  a swastika and the circle is outlined by a white line. It has a blue border on which its motto in Sanskrit ‘करुणा निष्ठा कौशलम् सेवा’ meaning ‘Compassion Loyalty Skill Service’ is inscribed. These are ensconced by a white circular border with black outline which bears its name. The tree denotes strength, individuality, expression, calmness, growth, the interconnectedness of everything and perpetuity; the Staff refers to medicine and medical profession and the swastikas denotes sun, prosperity and good luck.

UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI The emblem of University of Kalyani (UK) is a modified version of Vishva Bharati University in square shape with woodcut-like elements dividing the square into nine parts. The upper and lower parts bear the name of the university and side panels house crests of paddy. The four corner panels have four lotuses with sixteen petals holding a swastika in their centre. The central panel has a plough and a gear wheel placed inside a circle. The gear wheel symbolises interconnectedness, efficiency, precision, progress, advancement, synchronisation, timing, order and structurethe lotuses symbolises purity, enlightenment, rebirth, transformation, personal growth, resilience, overcoming obstacles and divine beauty; the swastikas denote represent sun, prosperity and good luck; the plough symbolises agriculture and food and the crests of paddy denote food, agriculture and prosperity.

GOVIND GURU TRIBAL UNIVERSITY The emblem of Govind Guru Tribal University (GGTU) has a circular border on which the name of the university is inscribed in Devanagari and two swastikas supporting a ‘havan kund’ or sacred fire pit. This border is housing the motifs of a lighthouse on sea supported by a bow and arrow, its year of establishment and an open book. Below this circular seal, on a brown banner, its motto in Sanskrit ‘तेजस्विनावधीतमस्तु’ (Dialogue between Nachiketa and Yamacharya, 19, Canto 3, Part 3, Katha Upanishad, Krishna Yajur Veda) meaning ‘May our Study be Vigorous and Effective’ is inscribed. The bow represents self-improvement since it requires mastery to use; the arrow symbolises lightning, destiny and knowledge; the lighthouse symbolises hope and security; the open book symbolises learning, education, knowledge and wisdom and Swastika symbolises symbolises the sun, prosperity and good luck. The circular or square shape of the havan kund symbolises the cyclical

NALANDA OPEN UNIVERSITY The Nalanda Open University (NOU) is the only university in Bihar that offers distance learning and it was founded in March 1987. The emblem of the university has a dharma chakra with eight spokes in blue and yellow colours supported by an eight petalled lotus in red colour with a black border of sixteen petals. On each side below this motif laurels are placed and a swastika is placed in between them. Below these on a yellow banner the name of the university is inscribed in Devanagari. The motto in Sanskrit ‘पावका नः सरस्वती’ (Rig Veda 1.3.10) meaning ‘Sarasvatī, the Purifier’ surmounts the emblem. The chakra represents the Magadha dynasty and its Buddhist origin; the lotus denotes purity, enlightenment, rebirth, transformation, personal growth, resilience, overcoming obstacles and divine beauty; the laurels denote ceremonies, victory, achievement, hard work and dedication and the swastika means ‘That which is good’.

BABA MASTNATH UNIVERSITY Baba Mastnath University (BMU), Rohtak was established in 2012 under the Haryana Private Universities Act 2006. The university is run by Shri Baba Mastnath Math, Asthal Bohar. The university emblem in tones of orange has a portrait of Sri Baba Mastnath in a circle with an orange outline and a reddish orange border. On the border the name of the university is written separated by a pair of swastikas. Below the circle on an orange banner an open book is placed supported by a poorna kumbha and a traditional lamp on either side. The counter of the banner holds its motto in Sanskrit ‘विधेयम् जन सेवनम्’ meaning ‘Legislated Public Service’ The right facing swastikas represent sun, prosperity and good luck; the open book denotes education, knowledge and wisdom, the poorna kumbha symbolises the fullness or completeness of life and the traditional lamp symbolises light, illumination, awakening, devotion, purity, guidance, protection, hope and prosperity. The colou

RAIGANJ UNIVERSITY Raiganj University was formed through the Raiganj University Act (West Bengal Act XXVI of 2014) on February 3, 2015. It is located in Raiganj, West Bengal. Its square emblem has a traditional Bengali lamp with flame in the middle of a square whose border is divided into four blocks. The top block has its name written in red colour Devanagari and the bottom block has its motto in Sanskrit ‘तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय’ (1.3.28, Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanishad) meaning ‘Lead Me from Darkness to Light’ is written. Both the side blocks each have three green swastikas. The traditional lamp symbolises signifies light, illumination, awakening, devotion, purity, guidance, protection, hope and prosperity and the green swastikas symbolise well being and good fortune. 

RABINDRA BHARATI UNIVERSITY Rabindra Bharati University was founded on May 8, 1962, under the Rabindra Bharati Act to mark the birth centenary of poet Rabindranath Tagore at his residential house at Kolkata. The emblem of the university is a modified version of Vishva Bharati University in square shape with woodcut like elements dividing the square into six parts. The upper part bears the name of the university in Bengali and in the centre a lotus with sixteen petals holding a book of palm leaf manuscript. The side panels house a pen in one and a vina and the bottom panels hold a swastika, its name in Devanagari and a mask of folk dance. The palm leaf book symbolises education, knowledge and wisdom; the lotus symbolises purity, enlightenment, rebirth, transformation, personal growth, resilience, overcoming obstacles and divine beauty; the pen represents freedom, intelligence, creativity, professionalism, determination and diligence; the vina represents music, arts and dance;

ANDHRA UNIVERSITY Andhra University (AU) is one of the oldest educational institutions in India. Andhra University was constituted in the year 1926 by the Madras Act of 1926. The emblem of the university has motifs of a pair of serpents, a lotus, rising sun, swastika, lotus petals, crescent moon and stars. The rising sun with its rays of light represents the university; the Lotus is the seat of both the Goddess of Prosperity - Lakshmi and the Goddess of Knowledge - Saraswathi and it is opening at the break of dawn. The sun's rays are surmounted by the Swastika, the ancient symbol of benediction among the Aryans. The outer circle of the crest, with its sixty four lotus petals, represents the university’s sixty four arts and sciences into which all knowledge was divided in the classical tradition of India. The ocean is the vast region of knowledge. The motto of the university, taken from the Upanishads ‘తేజస్వినావధీతమస్తు’, which means, ‘May the Divine Light Illuminate Our Stu

SHRI GOVIND GURU UNIVERSITY Shri Govind Guru University (SGGU), Godhra was established as a teaching and affiliating university by Act Number 24 of September 16, 2015 of Government of Gujarat. Its emblem has a vessel - poorna kumbha in which orange, cyan and blue swooshes flow in and blue and yellow humans come out, symbolising the multifaceted input and the turning around of enlightened humans. The poorna kumbha has a swastika along with other decorations. These are ensconced in an orange circular border which carries its name supported by two dots. At the bottom its motto in Sanskrit ‘अमृतम् तु विद्या’ meaning ‘The Nectar is Education’ is inscribed on a banner. The swastika symbolises well being; poorna kumbha - full pot signifies abundant prosperity in a traditional agriculture based economy and the colour orange symbolises energy, vitality, creativity, inspiration, joy and happiness.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL The University of North Bengal was established by an Act of the Legislature of West Bengal in 1962. The motto of the university in Sanskrit is ‘समनो मन्त्रः समितिः समानी’ meaning ‘Common be your prayers, Common be the end of your assembly’. The square emblem in violet and yellow has a motif of Bengali swastika adapted to form an engrossing central figure in a circle, resembling four persons. Adjacent to this on both the sides floral decorations of the region are placed and on its top and bottom its name is written. The emblem was designed by the artist Ajit Dasgupta, who was a professor of art at the university. The emblem was adopted by the university in 1962, the year it was founded. The colour violet symbolises modesty, humility, innocence, purity, faith, hope, wisdom and spirituality and the colour yellow symbolises happiness, energy, vitality, focus and creativity.

VISVA-BHARATI Founded by the first non European Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Thākur (popularly known as Tagore) in 1921, Visva-Bharati was declared to be a central university and an institution of national importance by an Act of Parliament in 1951. The emblem of this university has a clockwise spiral surrounded by two circular layers of petals of lotus and supported on left and right by clockwise and anti-clockwise swastikas respectively.Above these its name is written in Devanagari and below the name of the place. The colour red symbolises energy, power and enthusiastic dynamism; the clockwise spiral symbolises positive growth and momentum; lotus symbolises purity, knowledge and wisdom and the swastikas symbolise divine power and energy. All these are ensconced in a square border.

SAMCO SECURITIES LIMITED Samco Ventures Private Limited was founded by Jimeet Modi in March 2015. It acquired Samruddhi Stock Brokers Limited and rebranded it to Samco Securities. SAMCO Securities Limited is a discount broking and depository services firm. Its logo has a swastika in red and a wordmark of its name in red and blue. The text is a clear bold sans serif font.

SWASTIKA (স্বস্তিক ) The swastika (in Bengali স্বস্তিক) is an important Bengali Hindu symbol used for every religious and auspicious ceremony. All religious items and spaces are sanctified with this symbol, which is traced using the middle finger and smearing red sindoor (red vermilion) paste. House entrances and doorways are decorated with this symbol and every space and item consecrated with this symbol for weddings, festivals and ceremonies. The symbol relates with the invocation of Shakti (the female energy). Jains have considered them to be one of the eight auspicious or 'Mangal' signs. Swastika has also been accepted as an auspicious sign by Buddhists. It was one of the auspicious signs that were seen on the palm of Buddha's hand after his birth. The 'Basudhara' that is painted on the wall of the house at the time of marriage in the Bengali Hindu Reform is also a modified or regional form of a kind of swastika symbol. This basudhara is pa

ANANDA MARGA  Ananda Marga is a global spiritual and social service organization founded in 1955 by Shrii Shrii Anandamurti (Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar) with a mission of self-realization (individual emancipation) and service to humanity (collective welfare): the fulfillment of the physical, mental and spiritual needs of all people. Ananda means ‘bliss’ and Marga means ‘path’. The spiritual philosophy of Ananda Marga recognizes that God is one and that the universe is the creation of His mental thought-waves. The emblem or pratik of Anand Marg movement emphasises social service along with yoga and meditation. The symbol consists of an upward pointing triangle representing one's external actions (social service); a downward pointing triangle symbolizing one's internal work (meditation, self-realization);  a rising sun symbolizing spiritual progress through the balance of external and internal efforts and a swastika representing fulfillment or one's ultimate spiritual goal.

EMBLEM OF BIHAR In the 16th century, the Mughal emperor Akbar annexed Bihar and Bengal. With the decline of the Mughals, Bihar passed under the control of the Nawabs of Bengal. After the Battle of Buxar in1764, the British East India Company obtained the diwani rights for Bihar, Bengal and Orissa. In 1912, the province of Bihar and Orissa was made into separate provinces. The state of Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar in the year 2000. Initially Bihar used the Ashoka Capital surrounded with the title of the State as its emblem. The current emblem of Bihar shows a peepal tree rising from a socle with a text in ancient Urdu, between two swastikas. The Sacred Fig tree (Ficus religiosa - Moraceae) located in Bodh Gaya - ‘Bodhi’, also known as Bo (from the Sinhalese Bo), under which Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism is supposed to have achieved enlightenment or Bodhi. The swastikas represent Dharma, universal harmony and the balance of opposites. As such the emblem symboliz

PALM The palm is a symbol of Jain religion. The lower portion of this palm shows fearlessness and symbolize the feeling of non-violence ‘Ahimsa’ towards all the creatures in this world. The circle in the middle of the hand symbolizes the cycle of reincarnation ‘Samsara’ and the 24 spokes represent the preachings of the 24 Tirthankars – ‘enlightened souls’, which can be used to liberate a soul from the cycle or reincarnation. The mantra of ‘Ahimsa’ at the bottom of emblem means ‘Live and Let Live’ - ‘Parsparograho Jivanam’. All creatures should help one another. The wheel of dharma with 24 spokes represents the religion preached by the 24 Jain Tirthankars which consist of nonviolence - ‘Ahimsä’, compassion, Aparigraha, Anekäntvaad and other virtues and equality of all the souls.

JAINISM The Swastika is a sacred symbol in Jainism. The four sides of Swastika symbolize the four forms of existence of the worldly (non-liberated) souls. The four forms are; heavenly beings, human, Tiryanch (which includes animals, birds and plants) and hellish beings. It reminds us that worldly souls undergo a continuous cycle of birth, suffering, and death in these four forms. Hence one should follow the true religion and be liberated from suffering. The three dots represent the Jain path of liberation the - Jain trinity: Right Faith - ‘Samyak Darshan’, Right Knowledge – ‘Samyak Jnäna’, and Right Conduct – ‘Samyak Chäritra’, which together lead to liberation. The crescent of the moon represents the region known as ‘Moksha’. This region is beyond the three worlds and it is the permanent place where the liberated souls reside .

SWASTIKA The Swastika is an extremely powerful symbol which is in use for over 3000 years. The image of swastika was used by many cultures around the world, including China, Japan, India and southern European countries. The symbol has many names: ‘wan’ in China, ‘flyflot’ in England, ‘hakenkeuz’ in Germany, ‘tertraskelion’ and ‘gammadion’ in Greece and ‘swastika’ in India. Native Americans also have long used the symbol of swastika. It is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles, in right-facing form in counter clock motion or its mirrored left-facing form in clock motion. It remains widely used in Indian religions, specifically in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism, primarily as a 'tantric' symbol to evoke 'Shakti' or the sacred symbol of good luck. The word 'swastika’ comes from the Sanskrit ‘svastika’ - ‘su’ meaning ‘good’, ‘asti’ meaning ‘to be’ and ‘ka’ as a suffix. It is the symbol which represents life, sun, power, strength and good luck.