Logos of India

CENTURY RAYON The red and black emblem of Century Rayon has a spool of rayon with its name written over in a casual script in red. All these are ensconced by a rhombus with a pair of outlines.

THE GUJARAT DYESTUFF MANUFACTURER ASSOCIATION The red, green and cyan logo of The Gujarat Dyestuff Manufacturers Association (GDMA) has its acronym with each letter placed inside a hexagon simulating a chemical structure. A red colour hexagon is placed on the left top and a cyan hexagon is placed below. Its name is written in black below the motif.

ASSOCIATED CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OF INDIA The logo of Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) has a eight petalled lotus in orange red with its name ‘ASSOCHAM’ written in a sans serif experimental font in red. At the bottom, its tagline ‘Ideate Innovate and Impact’ is written in black with red initials. The lotus denotes purity, enlightenment, rebirth, transformation, personal growth, resilience, overcoming obstacles and divine beauty.  

CONFEDERATION OF INDIAN INDUSTRY The logo of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has its acronym written in a stadium shape in extra bold hairline serif typeface and its name is written below.

PHD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY The circular emblem of  PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) in Indian National Tricolour has ‘PHD Chamber’ written in white on a blue circle with a gold outline. This is ensconced by a circular border in orange white and green has its tagline ‘Progress Harmony Development’ and ‘Estd. - 1905’ written on.  Below the seal its name is written in stencil typeface in blue.

THE GOLDEN LIGHT The abstract pictorial insignia of The Golden Light is created using a circular thick brush stroke transforming from brown to yellow. This tells about the transformation of darkness into golden light representing the transformation of individuals through the practice of yoga.

KSHITIJ CENTRE OF YOG & AYURVED The fern green colour circular insignia of Kshitij Centre of Yog & Ayurved has a yogi supported by a leaf and decorative design patterns denoting water, waves and air. It can refer to the benefits of yoga in leading a healthy life.

RISHIKESH YOG MANDIR The circular emblem of Rishikesh Yog Mandir has a yogi supported by lotus in grey colour, houses the name of the Mandir in black and fountain blue supported by its Internet address. All these are ensconced by a  charcoal grey circle.

MANAPPURAM YOGA CENTRE VALAPAD The yellow and red emblem of Manappuram Yoga Centre Valapad has a yogi placed inside a lotus supported by its acronym ‘Mayoga’. The lotus represents purity, enlightenment, rebirth, transformation, personal growth, resilience, overcoming obstacles and divine beauty; the colour yellow denotes happiness, energy, vitality, focus and creativity and the colour red denotes passion, power, strength, courage, determination, energy and celebration.

YOGA VANA INDIA The insignia of Yoga Vana India is a golden brown square housing a peach yellow circle with a white lotus placed eccentrically. The square refers to sturdiness, strength and completeness; the circle refers to infinity, oneness, perfection and wholeness; the lotus refers to purity, enlightenment, rebirth, transformation, personal growth, resilience, overcoming obstacles and divine beauty and the colours denote elegance and sophistication.

ALI YAVAR JUNG NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SPEECH AND HEARING DISABILITIES The emblem of Ali Yavar Jung National Institute of Speech and Hearing Disabilities (AYJNISHD) has a circle holding the motifs of a lotus, open book, an ear and a person speaking supported by a pair of laurels. The acronym of the name of the institution in Devanagari surmounts the circle and English supports it. The lotus refers to  rebirth, transformation, personal growth, resilience, overcoming obstacles and divine beauty; the book refers to knowledge, education, learning and wisdom and the laurels refer to  ceremonies, victory, achievement, hard work and dedication.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND REHABILITATION The green and orange insignia of National Institute of Mental Health and Rehabilitation (NIMHR) has a motif of a brain surmounted by a green arc and supported by a pair of hands and a lotus. Below the flower, the acronym of the institution is written. The name of the institution in Devanagari is placed above the motif and in English is placed below the motif. The brain refers to mental health and the arc refers to the protection provided; the supporting hands refers to the care and aid; and lotus refers to the tenderness of its efforts. Both the colours symbolise care, rejuvenation, support, nourishment and growth.

PT. DEENDAYAL UPADHYAYA NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PERSONS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES The emblem of Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya National Institute for Persons with Physical Disabilities (PDUNIPPD) has Staff of Asclepius with an entwined serpent topped by a red flame of  torch and supported by an open book on a blue circle. It is supported by a pair of green laurels on sides and a yellow semicircular banner carrying its name. At the bottom the name of the place is written on a banner. The Staff represents medicine and medical profession; the flame of  torch refers to enlightenment, hope, life, truth and the regenerative power; the book refers to education, learning, knowledge and wisdom and the laurels refer to ceremonies, victory, achievement, hard work and dedication.

INDIAN SIGN LANGUAGE RESEARCH & TRAINING CENTRE The insignia of Indian Sign Language Research & Training Centre (ISLRTC) in National Tricolours has a partial gear wheel in blue colour holding its name in orange and green in Devanagari and English housing a motif of a human showing hand signs supported by an open book. The wheel is crested by a mortarboard hat and below this assemblage on a black banner the name of the place is written. The gear wheel refers to interconnectedness, efficiency, precision, progress, advancement, synchronisation, timing, order and structure; the mortarboard hat refers to  educational achievement, equality, tradition and rights of passage and the book refers to learning, education, wisdom and knowledge.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH MULTIPLE DISABILITIES The orange and blue pictorial emblem of National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD) has a woman and a man with different abilities helping each other in their pursuits. It is supported by the acronym of the Institute in black.

SWAMI VIVEKANAND NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF REHABILITATION TRAINING AND RESEARCH The blue colour emblem of Swami Vivekanand National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research (SVNIRTAR) has a bow and arrow and a person with disabilities and crutch. The arrow is depicted as Staff of Hermes denoting medicine and medical practice. The motifs are supported by its name and its motto in Sanskrit ‘पंगु लंघयते गिरिः’ (Prayer to Lord Krishna) meaning ‘The Lame are Able to Jump Over the Mountains’. The bow represents challenges or setbacks, while the arrow symbolises personal goals or forward movement. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LOCOMOTOR DISABILITIES The blue emblem of the National Institute For Locomotor Disabilities (NILD) has the motifs a human bound by a triangle, an open book, a banner with its motto in Sanskrit ‘प्रतिवन्धेषु निर्भयः’ meaning ‘Fearless in the Face of Obstacles’ are held in a blue circle. The circle is ensconced by a white border on which its name and year of establishment is written. The human inside a triangle is the person who is handicapped by obstacles and the open book refers to knowledge, education, wisdom and learning.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH VISUAL DISABILITIES The blue colour word mark logo of National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Visual Disabilities (NIEPVD) has its acronym written in lowercase bold italics supported by a pair of lines, with the dot on ‘i’ depicted as an eye. At the bottom ‘Divyangan’ is written in italics.

SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS The blue circular seal with a supporting banner of Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP) has a cyclotron placed inside a circle with an outline. This is ensconced by a circular border with outlines which bears the name and place of the Institute. The banner carries its motto ‘Advancement of Knowledge’. This Institute comes under the purviews of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE).

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES The cyan and grey pictorial  makes the emblem of National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (NIEPID). It has a human head supported by a pair of swooshes at the right bottom looking a flower bud. The grey head refers to mind, intellect and thoughts and the cyan swooshes denotes cool, calm and benevolent support.

UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI-DAE CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN BASIC SCIENCES The emblem of University of Mumbai-DAE Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences (DAE CEBS) has a blue monogram using CEBS in blue creating an interesting motif surmounted by its motto ‘Nurturing Talent… Promoting Excellence’ in green and supported by its name in Devanagari in blue.

HARISH-CHANDRA RESEARCH INSTITUTE The yellow, red, green and blue circular seal of Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HCRI) has a monogram of ‘HRI’ with a red dot supported by a tree placed upside down with branches bearing green leaves and greek letters and surmounted by its motto in Sanskrit ‘विज्ञान ज्ञान सहितम्’ (Shloka 1, Chapter 9, Bhagavad Gita) meaning ‘Experience Combined with Knowledge’. The yellow circle is ensconced by a blue border with red outlines, which carries the name and place of the Institute. The inverse tree is the tree of knowledge which supports and make HCRI function as a premier institution under Department of Atomic Energy (DAE).

BOARD OF RESEARCH IN NUCLEAR SCIENCES The Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS) comes under the purview of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) of Government of India. The blue to light blue circular logo has a partial structure of atom on top and its acronyms in Devanagari and English. The motto of the institution is written along the circumference in Devanagari ‘राष्ट्र की सेवा में परमाणु’ meaning ‘Atoms in the Service of the Nation’, above and below respectively in grey. The taglines are supported on either side by Indian National Tricolour stripes. The name of the institution is written in black below the seal.

INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc) had three major subject disciplines Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science. These areas are interlinked and yet separate. It is based on the idea that the Borromean rings present such a relationship between three entities. The logo defines it using three golden rectangles. Eight equilateral triangles made as a rope lie in the eight octants and join the appropriate corners of the rectangles. The shape outlined is a regular isocahedron. The acronym IMSc floats at the centre of this shape.

INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA RESEARCH This Institute comes under the purview of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE). The orange and blue insignia of Institute for Plasma Research (IPR) has an abstract  motif of plasma generator created using its acronym. The colour orange denotes  energy, vitality, creativity, inspiration, joy and happiness and blue denotes serenity, calmness, trust, spirituality, wisdom, freedom, openness, intelligence and loyalty.

AMRUTHA BINDU YOGASHALA Amrutha Bindu Yogashala has a blueberry and pale blue motif of ‘kolam’ denoting lotus with its name written on the right in sans serif typeface with rounded ends. Below the name its tagline ‘Mind, Body & Beyond’ is written in grey. The lotus refers to purity, enlightenment, rebirth, transformation, personal growth, resilience, overcoming obstacles and divine beauty; the colour blueberry denotes  intelligence, calmness, logic and thoughtfulness and pale blue denotes tranquillity, peace and clarity.

RAMA SCHOOL OF YOGA The insignia of Rama School of Yoga has a blue and light pictorial of a yogi on a lotus supported by its name at the side in black. The name is written using an experimental serif typeface. The lotus refers to purity, enlightenment, rebirth, transformation, personal growth, resilience, overcoming obstacles and divine beauty.

CHAITANYA YOGA KENDRA The mariner blue circular logo of Chaitanya Yoga Kendra (CYK) has a yogi superimposed by its acronym placed inside a circle. This is surmounted by its name in Telugu and supported by its name in English. This mono colour logo is functional and legible.

HIMALAYAN IYENGAR YOGA CENTRE Himalayalan Iyengar Yoga Centre has a pictorial of a yogi in orange colour placed inside a circle with grey outline and its name written in orange capitals and lowercase using sans serif. The colour orange denotes energy, vitality, creativity, inspiration, joy and happiness and grey denotes strength, longevity, unemotional, detached, balanced and impartial, power, influence, wisdom and intelligence. This is a simple and elegant logo.

BHIMA & BROTHER JEWELLERS The logo of Bhima & Brother Jewellers has a golden yellow band with a red motif of a caparisoned elephant in red and with its name written in black sans serif italics bold and 'Jewellers' written below in serif thin capitals. The name is underlined by a thin red line. The decorated elephant denotes power, strength, reliability and wisdom. The logo is attractive and informative.