Images above and below: Scribe works on producing a hand-written manuscript of the Guru Granth Sahib. Courtesy: Gurmeet Singh. Homepage image: courtesy, Amrit Singh, Nirbhe Kaur.
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Guru Granth Sahib University
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Over a year after its creation was announced, the management of the Guru Granth Sahib World University announced on Wednesday, December 16, 2009, that the institution would start functioning from the March 2011 session.
The Sikh religious university is being set up at Fatehgarh Sahib in Punjab.
The decision to start the academic session of the university was taken the same day at a meeting of the Guru Granth Sahib Memorial Trust, held under the chairmanship of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.
University Vice-chancellor Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia said the construction work of the buildings of the university, which was being funded by the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (S.G.P.C.), was in full swing and about 80 percent of the work has been completed. He added that the rest of the work would be completed by the end of March 2010.
The fee structure of the new university has been proposed to be nominal and lower than in the private sector institutions imparting education, Jasbir Singh said.
The new university would focus on imparting education in most modern technologies such as nano-technology, bio-technology, information technology and business management besides comparative study of different religions.
The university would also house faculties of schools of emerging technologies, basic sciences, management, social sciences, arts, languages, engineering, architecture, law and social justice.
December 16, 2009
Conversation about this article
1: Avshesh (New Delhi, India), December 17, 2009, 1:15 AM.
What an excellent initiative! My congratulations to those behind this excellent step.
2: Maninder Pal Singh (Virgina, U.S.A.), December 17, 2009, 4:27 AM.
Seems like my dream coming true. Would surely like to work and contribute to this cause. May Waheguru keep this institution away from politics and personal interests. This is going to be a milestone.
3: Sukh (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada), December 17, 2009, 11:44 AM.
Hm-m-m. A good thing? I see some political people heading this institution. Does that mean a sell out of our religion to some people who can be bought? Should'nt a spiritual scholar be the head of this institution? I don't like the use of the name the Guru Granth Sahib being dragged into worldly things, not to mention that some people will readily contribute merely because of the name.
4: I.P.S. (Canada), January 14, 2010, 9:36 PM.
Sukh, you are absolutly right about the name. Why can't they name it Maharaja Ranjit Singh University? Or Baba Deep Singh. These are the people who represent the glory of Punjab.
5: Harveer Singh (Nottingham, United Kingdom), August 24, 2010, 10:19 PM.
Can anyone please tell me what type of paper and pen do we need to create a hand-written manuscript of the Guru Granth Sahib? - any help will be appreciated.
6: Surinderpal Singh (Dibrugarh, Assam, India), March 27, 2011, 11:00 AM.
I went through the site after hearing about the university. S.G.P.C. has done an excellent job to compete in the world of modern day education. However, I agree with Sukh and I.P.S.regarding the use of the name of Guru Granth Sahib.