University Background

The Kumar Bhaskar Varma Sanskrit and Ancient Studies University stands for imparting education leading to graduate and post graduate degrees and research degrees viz. M.Phil. and PhD in Sanskrit and research degrees only in Ancient Studies . At the same time, with the provision of the Act, the university was supposed to introduce academic programmes in Humanities, Social Sciences as well as other disciplines as per societal requirements. The University was set up with a notification by the Government of Assam dated May 24th, 2011, of the Kumar Bhaskar Varma Sanskrit and Ancient Studies University Act, 2011. The preamble of the Act states that by this Act, the Government of Assam goes to establish and constitute a teaching, affiliating , research and residential University at Nalbari ,” the Headquarters of the district of Nalbari, Assam. Kumar Bhaskar Varma, a great monarch of Assam (7th century A.D) was a patron of Sanskrit studies and during his rule Vedic culture and Sanskritic knowledge came to flourish in Assam. The campus of the University is developed at Namati Village of Batahgila Mouza under Nalbari Revenue Circle of the district of Nalbari, Assam – 781337. It has an area of 100 bighas of land allotted by the Government of Assam. …