Gyan Deeksha ceremony held

P.S. Chauhan

With the 18th Gyan Deeksha (initiation) ceremony held at Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar, students of various disciplines at graduate and post graduate level formally started their academic session. At a time when the commencement of an academic session in most of the universities and colleges is marked by ragging and freshers party, the Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya is pursuing the age old tradition of Gyan Deeksha ceremony of the gurukuls.

The highlights of the ceremony were the rendition of the Vedic mantras and the performance of other rituals. Invoking the freshers into their courses, the chief guest, Dr. D.S. Chauhan, the vice chancellor of the State Technical University, Dehradun lauded the value based educational system of the Vishwavidyalaya. "The Vishwavidyalaya is doing a commendable job by imparting 'sanskars' to the students and by synthesizing what is best in the old traditions with the modern disciplines of knowledge,” said Dr. Chauhan. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Pranav Pandya informed that two new schools, the school of spiritual sciences and the school of communication were being set up in the vishwavidyalaya campus. The vice chancellor of the vishwavidyalaya, Professor S.P. Mishra highlighted the progress made by vishwavidyalaya since its inception.