TILKA MANJHI BHAGALPUR UNIVERSITY
TILKA MANJHI BHAGALPUR UNIVERSITY The Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University (TMBU), also known as Bhagalpur University, is a premier institution for providing higher education in the state of Bihar. The university is situated in Bhagalpur town of Bihar State and is named after famous freedom fighter Tilka Manjhi. Established on July 12, 1960, it is a public university. The yellow and orange circular logo has a traditional lamp supported by an open book ensconced in a circular gear wheel and this assemblage is placed in an yellow circle. It has a white border which carries its motto in Sanskrit ‘तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय’ meaning ‘From Darkness, Lead me to Light’ and its name in Devanagari. The traditional lamp symbolises light, illumination, awakening, devotion, purity, guidance, protection, hope and prosperity; the open book is a symbol of knowledge and wisdom and the gear wheel denotes interconnectedness; efficiency and precision; progress and advancement.