SANSKNET::RASHTRIYA SANSKRIT VIDYAPEETHA

Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati is an institute declared by Govt. of India as Deemed University fully funded by University Grants Commission, New Delhi. The University imparts education in sastras and training in pedagogical aspects of Sanskrit teaching. It is also engaged in research and publication activities and published over 95 books which have acclaimed recognition of scholars and general public. In addition to this, the Vidyapeetha is putting sincere efforts to modernise Sanskrit education by the application of modern technological wonders for the dessemination of knowledge contained in treasure trove of Sanskrit literature. In this venture in the year 1996 it has established a modern computer lab with the generous financial grant of UGC to train the students on the modern lines in Computer Applications and Science.

The Vidyapeetha has a collection of more than 5,000 manuscripts and over 60,000 precious collection of volumes in addition to rare publications like journals, magazines etc. The library has recently been connected to INFLIB-NET under the project of University Grants Commission. The Vidyapeetha has been one of the excellent institutes of Sanskrit education throughout India combining traditional and modern methods of learning.

It is a known fact that the Govt. of India has declared the year 1999-2000 (kaliyugabda 5101) as Sanskrit Year to be observed throughout India with many befitting celebrations and academic programmes to popularise and rejuvenate Sanskrit. In this connection, the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Dept. of Education, the Govt. of India has invited proposals for academic as well as cultural programmes to be organised during the Sanskrit year. In response to the circular sent by the Government the Vidyapeeth has sent an innovative project proposal of SANSK-NET to create a net-work of various centres of traditional learning, oriental research institutes, manuscript collection centres and libraries so that the researchers, indologists get the necessary information without any difficulty.

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