World’s Largest Fully Residential Women’s University Banasthali Celebrates Founder’s Day

Every educational institution in India today has a name but only very few like Banasthali established eighty two years ago have a legacy and heritage. The evolution of Banasthali is nothing short of a fairy tale in which the parents freedom fighter and Gandhian Pt Hiralal Shastri and Padma Bhushan & Jamnalal Bajaj Award winner Smt Ratan Shastri took up the mission with passion for setting up an institution at Banasthali to fulfill the desire of their beloved daughter Shantabai who died at a very young age but had sown the seeds of a school built with mud bricks made by her own hands for educating girls.

Banasthali has been following the tradition to celebrate the birthday of Shantabai as Founder’s Day as per the Indian calendar which falls on the First day of Navratras every year. For 2017, it was on 21 Sep which also coincided with United Nations International Peace Day. The humble school – Vidyapith which started on 06 October 1935 with 5 students today stands with 15000 students drawn from various parts of India and abroad as the largest fully residential women’s university in the world offering a variety of programmes from nursery to doctoral level across a wide spectrum of disciplines to prepare enlightened and empowered women for the larger task of nation building. The Undergraduate / Post Graduate / Doctoral programmes offered at Banasthali University include Humanities & Social Sciences, Education, Science & Technology, Fine Arts, Design, Management, Mathematics & Applied Computer Technology, Home Science, Earth Science, Legal Studies. On the advice of UGC, the Government of India vide Notification No F.9-6/81/U-3 dated 25 Oct 1983 declared it as an “Institution Deemed to be University”.

The Institution has state of the art infrastructure spread over 1000 acres blending tradition with modern, library with a collection of over 350000 books, whole array of extracurricular activities which include a flying club and horse riding, tie-ups with many institutions in India and abroad, excellent placement record as well as over 600 qualified faculty from top ranking institutions.. The alumni of Banasthali can be found in all latitudes, longitudes and altitudes in all walks of life across the globe. Banasthali always has remained among the top in various rankings which include India Today, NAAC and NIRF. NITI Aayog has also selected Banasthali along with ISB CCMB in Top 10 to host Atal Incubation Centre with a grant of Rs 10 Crores.

The Panchmukhi Shiksha – the fivefold education evolved over decades at Banasthali attempts a balance of the five aspects of education, namely Physical, Practical, Aesthetic, Moral and Intellectual and aims at all round harmonious development of personality. The mission and vision of Banasthali includes synthesis of spiritual values and scientific achievements of the East and the West.

On 21 Sep 2017, in a grand function organized to celebrate the Banasthali Founder’s Day, Vice Chancellor Prof Aditya Shastri led a group of students who rendered song in praise of Shantabai followed by resolution to uphold the Banasthali system of education . Banasthali President Prof Chitra Purohit reiterated the evolution of Banasthali from its humble beginnings and emphasized on the mission and vision of the institution including the panchmukhi shiksha which imparts wisdom, character and discipline in enrolled students. She urged the students to make use of the facilities and infrastructure available for making and shaping their career goals. To drive the inspiring message Prof Chitra Purohit cited war time incidents of Britain remaining dark when Prime Minister Winston Churchill appealed and how Mahatma Gandhi got influenced by Maharaja Harishchandra story.

The students and faculty who attended the celebrations left with beaming faces and pride that they were indeed part of an institution which is a jewel in the crown among the women’s universities not only in India today but across the globe.

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About Banasthali: The Institution which is also the largest fully residential women’s university in the world has played a big role in revolutionizing women’s education in the country for the last eight decades with a belief that there is a tremendous role of higher education in empowering the women. Banasthali has scripted numerous success stories in a wide range of fields, and stands tall among the citadels of learning in India today. Team Banasthali with Vice Chancellor J C Bose Memorial Award for eminent scientist recipient Prof Aditya Shastri a highly acclaimed alumnus of BITS Pilani, SUNY State University of New York Stony Brook and MIT USA is indeed racing forward to be the very best among global women universities. Proud to be Banasthali alumni who call themselves as Banasthalites can be found in all latitudes, longitudes and altitudes in all walks of life across the globe.

Banasthali University
P.O. Banasthali Vidyapith
Rajasthan – 304022
Phone 91 1438 228456 / 228341
Email: info@banasthali.ac.in
Website: http://www.banasthali.org
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