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ProfileDuring the first millennium CE, India was not only the world’s richest economy, it was also a seat of learning like no other on the face of the earth. And at the head and summit of it all crowned the ancient Nalanda. It’s remains bear witness to its glorious past when for eight centuries, spanning from 5th to 12th CE, it attracted scholars and students from around the world. Those scholars and students took the wisdom acquired herein and spread it to different corners of the world. At its zenith, serving as a residential campus, the ancient Nalanda is said to have...
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ProfileIndian firmament has remained bright with luminaries since the earliest times of the Vedic seers and sages; and once the “light of Asia” dawned, destiny scribed Nalanda to foster the rekindled land of enlightenment. No wonder, ‘lustre’ is a characteristic of the soil of Bihar. Fabled paras — “the philosopher’s stone”— one which changes the baser metals into glittering gold by its touch, could be another metaphor for the ancient Indian centres of learning. Thus, anybody who passed through the gates of ancient Nalanda, emerged lustrous.
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Admissions Open for Short-Term Course on Disaster Management.
Admission Window for Master's Programmes for candidates from ASEAN Countries- Last date of Application is September 27, 2024.
Quotes from Hon'ble Prime Minister's Address on Independence Day
Hon'ble PM's address champions 'Nalanda spirit'. (Click Here)
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For the New Students of Batch of 2024-2026. (Click Here)
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Special mention of Nalanda University by the Hon'ble Finance Minister in the budget speech (Click Here)
Quotes of Hon'ble Prime Minister's Speech
Hon'ble Prime Minister of India inaugurated Nalanda University Campus in Bihar (Click Here)
Programmes soon to be offered
Lecture by International Expert Professor Oliver Arifon.
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School of Ecology and Environment Studies (SEES), Nalanda University
Society for Environment Education Development (SEED), Lucknow
Council on Energy Environment and Water (CEEW), New Delhi, Organised a Workshop and Adopted a Recommendation on Just Transition Towards Circular Economy & Sustainability. -
Lecture by Eminent Scholar Prof. Mouloud Madoun from ESSEC, Paris
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Deshkal Society in Collaboration with Nalanda University presents 6th Edition of Bodh Gaya Global Dialogues 2024,
Landscape of Enlightenment: Bodh Gaya, Rajgir and Nalanda
Date - March 16th & 17th, 2024 (Saturday and Sunday)
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SHS Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Rob Linrothe on March 11, 2024 at 5 pm
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Global PhD in Sustainable Development and Management: Extended Deadline: October 30, 2023
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ASEAN-India Network of Universities-Faculty Exchange Program Cycle 2: Call for Proposals
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Special lecture on "The Metaphysics of Grammar" by Dr. Mariusz Izydor Prokopowicz, Nalanda University
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Admissions
Admissions Open for Short-Term Course on Disaster Management.
Admission Window for Master's Programmes for candidates from ASEAN Countries- Last date of Application is September 27, 2024.
Programmes soon to be offered
Historical Studies
Ecology and Environment Studies
Sustainable Development and Management
World Literature
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Buddhist Studies, Philosophy and Comparative Religions
Hindu Studies (Sanātana Dharma)
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Interdisciplinarity is at the core of the Nalanda Curriculum. Our programmes are designed to encourage experiential learning, promote original research and develop innovative ideas
This university can be a place for meeting of minds from the national and international arena to do research on unity of minds with focus on philosophy linking science, technologies, economy and spirituality with reference to ancient and modern thinking. The focus of this university can be the evolution of world, free from crime, terrorism and war. Above all this institute will engage in research in the role of human values and ethics for universal development and peace. This university should work for creation of enlightened citizens.
President APJ Abdul Kalam, Address at the Bihar Legislative Assembly, Patna: 28.3.2006