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st century is the‘knowledge century’. It is said
that this is India’s century. The statement is
a fact as well as a challenge. This is a fact
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because whenever in human history there has been a focus
on knowledge, India has played its central role in it. Even
today, India possesses a rich repository of knowledge in
several spheres in the form of its knowledge texts and
manuscripts. Moreover, it is a historical truth known to all of
us that scholars from across the world visited India to seek
knowledge from various Institutions and Universities spread
across the country. It is also a historical truth that when one
of the last historical universities of India, Nalanda was burnt
in India, the world renowned Oxford and Cambridge were
not even fully established. This is our rich heritage in higher
education which also includes VallabhiVidyapeeth.
This is just a glance about the historical legacy and heritage.
But let us realize that it is our responsibility to carve the role
