Central Sanskrit University - The Sansthan was established in 15th October, 1970. It is fully funded by Government of India. It functions as an apex body for propagation and development of Sanskrit and assists the Ministry of Human Resource Development in formulating and implementing various plans and schemes for the development of Sanskrit studies.

Sanskrit has played a vital role in the development of all Indian languages and in the preservation of the cultural heritage of India. No Indian language can flourish without the help of Sanskrit. Sanskrit also provides the theoretical foundation of ancient sciences. Hence, it becomes essential to preserve and propagate Sanskrit for all-round development of India. Fully conscious of this responsibility, the Govt. of India, in pursuance of the recommendations of the Sanskrit Commission (1956-57) constituted a Central Sanskrit Board, which recommended the establishment of a Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan.

For fulfillment of its objectives and execution of the schemes/programmes of the Government, the Sansthan undertakes the following activities :

• Establishment of Campuses in different states.
• Conducting the teaching of Sanskrit on traditional lines at Secondary, Under-Graduate, Graduate, Post-Graduate and Doctorate level.
• Imparting Sanskrit teacher's training at Graduate,Post-Graduate level i.e. B.Ed., M.Ed.
• Coordination of research works in various disciplines of Sanskrit learning.
• Implementation of the schemes of the Ministry of Human Resource Development for promotion of Sanskrit.
• Establishing Sanskrit libraries, manuscripts collection centers and editing as well as publishing the rare manuscripts and books of importance.
• Running Correspondence Courses for learning Sanskrit.

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