On the recommendations of the Central Sanskrit Commission appointed by the Government of India during 1950s, a Central Sanskrit Institute was established at Tirupati in 1961 by the Ministry of Education, Government of India in partial fulfillment of the recommendations, for the preservation and propagation of Traditional Sanskrit learning combining it with the modern methods of research. The Government of India constituted an autonomous registered body called ‘Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha Tirupati Society’ for the administration of the institution. The foundation stone for the Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha was laid by the then Vice-President of India , Dr.S.Radhakrishnan on 4th January, 1962. About forty two acres of land at the foot of the Seven Hills, Tirumala was leased out by the T.T.D. Trust, then headed by Executive Officer, Dr.C.Anna Rao along with a munificient donation of Rs.10 lakhs towards construction of buildings.
The Vidyapeetha Society has had a galaxy of successive chairmen who were well known public figures – Sri Patanjali Sastry, former Chief Justice of India being the first, followed by Prof.V.Raghavan, a reputed Indologist and Sri M.Ananthasayanam Ayyangar, former Speaker of Lok Sabha. Dr. B.R. Sharma was the Founder, and also acted as the Director from 1962 to 1970. Later the post of Director was changed into that of Principal. Sri Venkata Raghavacharya, Dr.Mandan Mishra, Dr.R.Karunakaran, Dr. M.D. Balasubramanyam and Prof. N.S. Ramanuja Tatacharya served the institution in various capacities. Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha came under the aegis of Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan– an autonomous body under the Ministry of Education in April, 1971. Despite the challenges of the modern world, it has grown from strength to strength as a premier Institution for Sanskrit learning and research in India . During the Silver Jubilee celebrations in 1987, Sri P.V.Narasimha Rao, the then Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India announced the decision of the Government to elevate its status to that of a Deemed University.
The Vidyapeetha was declared as a Deemed to be a University on the recommendations of the U.G.C under Section 3 of UGC Act by the Government of India in its Gazette dated 16 - 11- 1987, No. F.9-2/85 U-3. The Deemed University was formally inaugurated by the then President of India Sri R. Venkataraman on 26th August, 1989. The Vidyapeetha started functioning as a Deemed University from the academic year 1991 - 92. Since then we have had three eminent Chancellors – M.M.Sri Pattabhirama Sastri,Prof.Ramaranjan Mukherjee and Dr.V.R.Panchamukhi(two terms), and the Vice-Chancellors were Prof.N.S.Ramanuja Tatacharya, Prof.S.B.Raghunathacharya and Prof.D.Prahladachar. Now Prof. Harekrishna Sathapathy took over as Vice-Chancellor.
The Vidyapeetha is now headed by Dr.J.B.Patnaik serving as the Chancellor and Prof. Harekrishna Sathapathy as the Vice-Chancellor of the Vidyapeetha.
These details are retrieved from http://rsvidyapeetha.ac.in/
Mission & Vision
The motto of the Vidyapeetha chosen from Brihadaranyakopanishad as engraved on its emblem Tamasoma jyotirgamaya (lead me unto light from darkness) explicitly focuses on the central purport of education and also speaks of the vision and the idealism for which the Vidyapeetha was established.
The Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha has chalked out ten years Vision Plan for the developmental activities in realising the goals set by the founders.
The objectives of the Vidyapeetha as envisaged in the Memorandum of Association are the following
(1) to preserve and impart instruction in traditional Sanskrit lore with special attention to highly specialised branches of Sastras;
(2) to undertake interpretation of Sastras ;
(3) to establish their relevance to the problems in the modern context;
(4) to provide means of intensive training in modern as well as Shastraic lore for teachers and to conduct research in Pedagogical aspects of Sanskrit education;
(5) to achieve excellence in these disciplines so that the Vidyapeetha will have a distinctive character of its own;
(6) to provide facilities for the study of such languages and literatures of Asia as have a bearing on Sanskrit studies such as Pali, Tibetan, Mongolian, Japanese etc.;
(7) to publish literature and develop print and non-print materials in and about Sanskrit including original texts, commentaries and translations;
(8) to collect, preserve and publish manuscripts and to provide means for training in Manuscriptology specifically in scripts used for Sanskrit manuscripts;
(9) to provide means for education in modern disciplines needed for meaningful interpretation of original Sanskrit texts including technical literature in Sanskrit;
Admission
Admission Notification for Pre Shiksha Shastri Test - 2009
Admission Notification for Pre Shiksha Acharya Test - 2009
Admission Notification for the year 2008-09
Directorate of Distance Education Admission Notification 2008 -2009.
REGULAR COURSES : The following are the courses offered in the Vidyapeetha :–
I. PRAK SASTRI (Eq. to INTERMEDIATE/+2)
Duration : Two years course
Age : 15 to 18 years as on 01-06-2006. No upper age limit for ladies.
Scheme of study:
Part-1 : 1st Language : English
2nd Language : Hindi/Telugu/Sanskrit
Part-2 : Paper-1 : Sanskrit (Compulsory)
Optional Sastra of Sahitya/Vyakarana/Darsana/Jyotisha will be taught during second year syllabus.
Paper-2 : Saskrit (Compulsory)
Paper-3 : Saskrit (Compulsory)
Paper-4 : Modern subject (optional)Maths/History
Paper-5 : Computers.
Eligibility : Pass in one of the following examinations of 10 years study with minimum five or six papers and the maximum marks should be 500 and above with English as one paper.
(a) S.S.C/CBSE/NOS with Sanskrit or without Sanskrit and pass in ABHIJNA of Samskrita Bhasha Pracharini Sabha, Chittoor.
(b) Purva Madhyama of 1) Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi.
(2) Sampoornananda Sanskrit University, Varanasi
(c) Sanskrit Entrance Examination conducted by the Govt. of A.P with English.
(d) Any examination recognized as equivalent to X class with Sanskrit.
(e) S.S.C without Sanskrit will also be eligible to join the course subject to passing the entrance test in Sanskrit to be conducted by the R.S.Vidyapeetha, Tirupati.
ACHARYA (eq.M.A.) : No. of seats = 265
Duration : 2 year (4 semesters) course in one of the following Sastras.
Age : Minimum 20 years as on 01-06-2006
Scheme of study : Any one of the following sastras
1. Sahitya (Kavya varga) 2. Sahitya (Alankara varga) 3. Vyakarana
4. Jyotisha (Phalita) 5. Jyotisha (Siddhanta) 6. Nyaya 7. Advaita Vedanta 8. Visistadvaita Vedanta 9. Dvaita Vedanta 10. Mimamsa
11. Veda Bhashaya 12. Agama 13.Sankhya Yoga 14. Dharmasastra and 15. Puranetihasa
Eligibility: pass in 3 year degree course or 2 year degree plus Bridge course in the concerned subject from one of the following institutions.
(a) Sastri/Acharya of all universities/deemed universities recognized by UGC.
(b) Bridge course of
i) Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati.
ii) Sri Lal Bahadur Sastri Rashtirya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, New Delhi.
iii) Rashtirya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi.
(c) Siromani Final examination of
i. Madras University, Madras.
ii. Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar.
(d) Siromani final examination of S.V. University, Tirupati
(e) Sastra Bhushana Final examination of Kerala Government.
(f) Vidyapraveena final examination of Andhra University, Waltair.
(g) Vidyalankara and Vedalankara examinations of Gurukula Kangeri Viswavidyalaya, Haridwar.
(h) Vidwat Madyama examination of Karnataka Government.
(i) B.A.(O.L)/B.A.(L),B.A./B.A(Hons.)/B.O.L/M.A/equivalent examinations with Sanskrit of all recognized universities.
(j) Any other examinations recognized by the Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth as equivalent to Shastri/Acharya.
RULES TO SELECT THE SUBJECT :
1. Those who want to join the Acharya course may select any one of the above mentioned Sastras.
2. Generally the main subject opted in Sastri/B.A.(O.L.) course can be taken at Acharya level.
3. If any candidate wants to opt subject other than the main subject opted in Sastri B.A level, he has to produce a certificate of evidence from a traditional scholar that he has studied the subject under him privately. Candidate can be admitted in any branch without such a certificate also if the admission committee is satisfied with his performance in the interview and recommends for admission.
4. Those who passed B.A. or equivalent examination of any university with Sanskrit for 200 marks are allowed to opt Sahitya only at Acharya level.
5. Those who passed B.A. or equivalent examination of any university with Sanskrit as a subject and Darsana as main subject can opt Advaita/Visistadvaita/Dvaita Vedanta at Acharya level.
6. Those who passed Vedalankara or Vidyalankara are eligible to Sahitya only.
7. Those who passed B.A. or B.Sc. with Astronomy as main subject and Sanskrit are eligible to opt Siddhanta Jyothisha only.
8. Those who passed Acharya/M.A. with one subject can opt any subject in the Acharya course, subject to the approval of the Admission Committee and Vice-Chancellor.
9. The Admission Committee is empowered to accept or reject the option of any subject at the time of interview. The decision of the Vice- Chancellor on the assignment of subject to the candidates on the recommendation of the admission Committee shall be final.
Scholarships
25 for Prak-Sastri, 5 for each Sastra at Sastri level and 15 for each Sastra at Acharya level will be awarded as per rules. (Scholarships will be awarded to students on the basis of their percentage of marks, merit obtained in the last qualifying examination). Scholarship will be given only for 10 months in a year and scholarship will be sanctioned at once in the begining of the year only.
1. All the students who have been admitted to various courses in the Vidypaeetha such as Prak-Sastri, Sastri, Acharya, M.Phil. and Vidyavaridhi courses should open the Savings Bank Account with Andhra Bank, S.V. Arts College Branch, Tirupati in order to have any transactions in connection with Vidyapeetha.
2. The admitted students should remit their admission fee/examination fee pertaining to that course in the Andhra Bank, S.V. Arts College Branch, Tirupati through Challan Form available in the Vidyapeetha.
The decision of the Registrar is final and binding with regard to admission etc.
