Central Sanskrit University, formerly Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, is a
central university located in
New Delhi
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,
India
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, to promote
Sanskrit
Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...
. Established in 1970, it functions under the
Ministry of Human Resource Development,
Government of India
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. It offers B.A., B.Ed., M.A., M.Ed., and Ph.D. programs and offers a distance learning program in Sanskrit. In March 2020, the
Indian Parliament passed the ''Central Sanskrit Universities Act, 2020'' to upgrade it from
deemed to be university status to central university status, along with two other universities
Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University and
National Sanskrit University.
See also
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Sanskrit revival
References
External links
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Central universities in India
Sanskrit universities in India
Universities in Delhi
New Delhi
Educational institutions established in 1970
1970 establishments in Delhi
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