Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies

Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies shall be located very close to Sanchi - the world heritage site, famous for the Stupa. The picturesque location is surrounded by green fields & forest laden hills. Sanchi University is looking forward to provide strong foundations to its students such that they develop a strong ethical & moral fiber (charitra-nirman) as the primary thing, along with deep knowledge base (vidvatta) so that they could contribute towards nation building (rashtra-nirman).

The University is established to revive the old glory of Sanchi on the lines of great traditional knowledge system of Nalanda and Takshila so as to promote quality research, scholarly discussion and pragmatic knowledge in order to facilitate common man. The University is committed to encourage the students, researchers and scholars to provide a platform for mutual interaction and fostering harmony amidst different civilizations of the world so as to develop itself as an International University where scholars across the globe can interact with each other and exchange teaching and research programmes.

This University is meant to address the global issues & shall generally cover educationalists, academicians, philosophers, researchers, practitioners from all over the world, but shall primarily focus on Asian countries - the land of genesis & spread of Buddhist-Indic culture. All aspects of Buddhist-Indic Studies from philosophy to culture; from economics to governance shall be addressed in totality. It shall invite knowledge & wisdom from all ten directions; shall realise, redeem, research, refine and refurbish it further to disseminate in all spheres of life and contribute to the efforts in making ‘Mother Earth’ a better place to live in. This shall also contribute to the interaction among Asian countries and facilitate cross pollination of ideas & foster harmony among different Asian civilizations. It shall also promote the preservation & conservation of valuable physical assets, manuscripts; promote documentation, translation, co-ordination & interaction among different approaches. The university is commited to work on the known & unknown dimensions of knowledge, academics, art, literature, culture, skills related to ‘Dhamma-Dharma’ which has descended under the guidance of great masters.

The University shall evolve itself to pick up the fine signals, philosophical nuances and minuscule conceptual possibilities, concretize them and ensure positive and constructive support & opportunity to establish and flourish. The University shall work with a clear mandate & strong will to discover, understand & establish the principles & philosophies of activities, communication, interactions related to alternate educational systems.

Sanchi University shall endeavor to synthesize the ancient systems with the current needs; re-establish the knowledge catering to present day issues. We expect to revive the old glory of Nalanda, Taxila, Vallabhi, Vikramshila& move forward in current paradigm adding value to all aspects of knowledge, practice & wisdom for the benefit of everyone.

The University is all set to begin an Alternative School of its own kind probably first in India focusing on methods of learning and pursuing research on the experiments being attempted in the arena of Alternative Learning and similarly the University is in the process to establish a Centre for Integrated Healing which will work in the integration of existing health models like conventional medicine, Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Naturopathy, Unani, Tibetan medicine, Reiki etc.

The University will also promote translations of original texts, commentaries, language and culture, works in the field of the philosophical basis of language, dialects, proverbs and quotations. The University proposes to establish Centre on Strategic Studies with an orientation in policy analysis, Centre of Arts and Crafts, Centre of Classical Civilization Studies, and Centre of Futurology and Futuristic Studies. A library of Buddhist and Indian knowledge and culture is already established with a well stocked collection of more than 5000 books.
We hope that the University will able to carve a niche in enhancing quality research and develop a deep understanding in the domain of Buddhist-Indic Philosophy, Language, Art, Culture and Religion.