EKALAVYA CAMPUS

Central Sanskrit University is purely a Central University. It has a total number of 13 campuses all over India. Central Sanskrit University, Ekalavya Campus, Agartala, is one of the 13 campuses of this University. It is situated at Lembucherra, Tripura. This Campus started functioning here on 04-06-2013 onwards. It offers academic programmes like Prakshastri, Shastri, Shiksha Shastra, Acharya & Vidya Varidhi. This Campus is comprised of eight (08) departments as following –

i) Department of Vyakaran ii) Department of Sahitya iii) Department of Dharmashastra. Iv) Department of Jyotish v) Department of Advaita Vedanta vi) Department of Buddha Darshan Vii)Department of Veda, Paurohitya & Karmakanda Viii) Department of Shiksha Shastra (B.Ed)

All the above mentioned departments offer courses at Prakshastri, Shastri, Acharya & Vidyavaridhi level in the concerned subjects as areas of specialization whereas the Department of Shiksha Shastra offers Shiksha Shastri (B.Ed) as a professional course in teaching.

On the other hand,

viii) The Department of Modern Subjects and Languages offers full fledged programmes- PG Diploma in Library and Information Science. Along with these courses this department offers subjects like English (Compulsory), Computer Education (compulsory), Political Science (Compulsory) & Hindi/Bengali (Optional) as part of the course at Prakshastri & Shastri level. Physical Education under this department is to train students for various kinds of sport events & to strive forward for holistic development of all the students.

In addition to this, the Campus has Learners' Support Centre of IGNOU.

Objectives and Background:

i)Campus strives to translate into reality the vision and mission of Central Sanskrit University which includes propagation of Sanskrit language & its Shastras at mass level.

ii)Campus runs its various courses with the objective to preserve the vast trove of knowledge embedded in Sanskrit Shastras.

iii)Ekalavya Campus in Tripura runs with the holy pledge of promoting Sanskrit and Sanskrit Shastras in the Northeast region.

iv)Further, Campus promotes interdisciplinary studies so that the gap between traditional & modern disciplines may be bridged.

Subjects of specialization in the Campus:

Vyakarana, Sahitya, Jyotish, Advaita Vedanta, Dharmashastra, Veda, Buddha Darshan.