Central Sanskrit University

Central Sanskrit University

Former name	Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan
Type	Central university
Established	15 October 1970
Chancellor	Minister of Education
Vice-Chancellor	Shrinivasa Varakhedi
Location	New Delhi , India 28°36′38″N 77°06′11″E / 28.610598°N 77.103046°E / 28.610598; 77.103046
Website	www.sanskrit.nic.in

Central Sanskrit University, formerly Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, is a central university located in New Delhi, India, to promote Sanskrit.^[1]

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It was established as Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan in 1970, it functions under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. It offers B.A., B.Ed., M.A., M.Ed., and Ph.D. programs and offers a distance learning program in Sanskrit.

In March 2020, the Indian Parliament passed the Central Sanskrit Universities Act, 2020 to upgrade it from deemed to be university status to central university status, along with two other universities Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University and National Sanskrit University.^[2]

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^ Pathak, Vikas (11 May 2015). "Save our jobs, demand Sanskrit professors". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
^ "Central Sanskrit Universities Act, 2020" (PDF). The Gazette of India. Government of India. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

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Official website

v t e Sanskrit universities in India
Central	National Sanskrit University Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University Central Sanskrit University
State	Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya The Sanskrit College and University Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University Shri Jagannath Sanskrit University Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit Kavikulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit University Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Rajasthan Sanskrit University Uttarakhand Sanskrit University Shree Somnath Sanskrit University Sri Venkateswara Vedic University Maharishi Panini Sanskrit Evam Vedic Vishwavidyalaya Karnataka Samskrit University Kumar Bhaskar Varma Sanskrit and Ancient Studies University Maharishi Valmiki Sanskrit University
Deemed	Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute

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^† Established or granted central university status in 2009 or afterwards.

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