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THE LADAKH SCOUTS The Ladakh Scouts, also known as the Snow Warriors or Snow Tigers, is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army. Specializing in mountain warfare, the regiment's primary role is to guard India's borders in the high-altitude areas of the Ladakh region, as well as Jammu & Kashmir in general. Raised as a paramilitary unit, the Ladakh Scouts were converted into an Army regiment in 2000. The Ladakh Scouts are recruited mainly from India's Ladakhi and Tibetan communities and are among the Indian Army's most decorated units. Its Regimental Centre is Jammu & Kashmir and its Regimental insignia is an Urial  native to the Ladakh Mountains. Its Regimental motto is ‘Ek Goli Ek Dushman’ (One Bullet One Enemy) and its war cry is ‘Ki Ki So So Lhargyalo (Victory to God).   https://www.scribd.com/doc/298953769/Swamy-s-Symbols-of-India-Volume-1 https://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=4mJrq1B8CBGm9dkQYFQKqg==&P

CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN CULTURE STUDIES The Cabinet of Government of India approved the proposal for establishment of Central Institute of Himalayan Culture Studies  (CIHCS) on May 19, 2010 as Society under Societies Registration Act. The CIHCS has accordingly been registered on November 10, 2010 under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. The Society is mandated to undertake under graduate, post graduate and doctoral programmes in Buddhist  and Himalayan studies and may also establish and maintain feeder schools. The institute is presently conducting courses for Purva Madhyama (equivalent to class IX-X), Uttar Madhyama (equivalent to class XI-XII) and Shastri (equivalent to graduation), Acharya (equivalent to post graduation) and Vidyavarti (equivalent to PhD). Its emblem has a ‘Yantra ’ on pedestal with dhwaja placed on a lotus base. Its motto ‘Atma Deepo Bhava’ is written on a yellow banner below this. The name of the institution in English, Devanagari

CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF HIGHER TIBETAN STUDIES Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (CIHTS) was established in 1967, on the joint initiative of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Originally called Central University of Tibetan Studies (CUTS), it began functioning as a constituent wing of the Sampurnananda Sanskrit University and eventually emerged as an autonomous body in 1977 under the Department of Culture, Ministry of Education, Government of India. The objective was to take care of the cultural and educational needs of the youth among the Tibetan diaspora in India and those of the Himalayan regions of India, who earlier had the opportunity of being educated in Tibet, this came to be discontinued in the wake of the Chinese occupation. But later, the university blossomed into a center of excellence in researches on Tibetology, restoration of texts and imparting the knowledge of the four Sampradayas of Buddhism in Tibet along with ancie