Students, teachers and nonteaching staffs of the Rashtriya Sanskrut Sansthan, Sadashiv campus here are now busy in making all arrangements to welcome President Ram Nath Kovind to the deemed university’s 100th year celebration on March 18.
“We are making all efforts to make the President’s visit to our university a grand success,” said Vice-Chancellor Atul Kumar Nanda.
The institute was established as Sadashiv Sanskrut Colege in 1918 by Sadashiv Misra, father of MP Pinaki Misra. It has undergone various stages of development since then. In 1971, it was taken over by the Government of India and renamed as Sadashiv Kendriya Sanskruta Vidyapeetham and, in May 2002, it was given a deemed university statues and named as the Rashritya Sunskruta Sansthan, Sadashiv Campus.
With 33 permanent and three contractual teachers, the institute now imparts various Sanskrit courses to 2,500 students.
The President is scheduled to reach the campus at 10 am on March 18. Besides inaugurating the 100 th year celebration, he would also release the souvenir, ‘Pounnyamasi’.
Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb, Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Jual Oram would also grace.
The President is also scheduled to visit the Shree Mandir to pay obeisance to lord Jagannath, lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra.
Adequate security arrangements have been planned for the day.