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INTEGRAL YOGA INSTITUTE The orange twelve petal lotus emblem of Integral Yoga Institute carries the twelve religious motifs of all the major religions of the world. The circle in the centre has a six pointed star, an eight petal lotus and a sixteen petal lotus. The lotuses denote purity, enlightenment, rebirth, transformation, personal growth, resilience, overcoming obstacles and divine beauty; the six pointed star refers to  shatkona, is a yantra that represents the union of masculine and feminine forms and the colour orange symbolises energy, vitality, creativity, inspiration, joy and happiness.

IIFL FINANCE LIMITED IIFL Finance Limited also referred to as IIFL, is one of the leading players in the financial services space in India. Together with its subsidiaries – IIFL Home Finance Limited, IIFL Samasta Finance Limited (Formerly known as Samasta Microfinance Limited) and IIFL Open Fintech Private Limited, it provides a diverse range of loans and mortgages. These include home loans, gold loans, business loans including loans against property and medium and small enterprise financing, micro finance, developer and construction finance and capital market finance; catering to both retail and corporate clients. The emblem of IIFL is a pictorial in orange and a wordmark of its name in blue. The pictorial is Sri Yantra, which is the nine interlocked triangles that surround and radiate from the centre (bindu) symbolises the highest, the invisible and elusive core from which the entire figures and cosmos expand. The brand represents a cosmos in itself, where two

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

NAVA NALANDA MAHAVIHARA In the early 1950s, in order to revive the lost glory and heritage of ancient Nalanda Mahavihara, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of the Republic of India, declared that the ancient seat of Buddhist  learning at Nalanda would be revived. At the insistence of Ven. Bhikshu Jagdish Kashyap and with this goal in mind, the Government of Bihar established a research institute called ‘Magadh Institute of Post-Graduate Studies and Research in Pali and Allied Languages and Buddhist Learning’ at Nalanda in 1951. It later came to be known as Nava Nalanda Mahavihara (NNM) . The inspiration behind the establishment of this institute was to develop a centre of higher studies in Pali and Buddhism along the lines of ancient Nalanda Mahavihara. From the beginning, the institute functioned as a residential institution, with a limited number of Indian and foreign students. The present campus of the Mahavihara is 100 km from the metropolis of Patna,