The Vidyapeetha Society has had a galaxy of successive chairmen who were well known public figures – Sri Patanjali Sastry, former Chief Justice of India being the first, followed by Prof.V.Raghavan, a reputed Indologist and Sri M.Ananthasayanam Ayyangar, former Speaker of Lok Sabha. Dr. B.R. Sharma was the Founder, and also acted as the Director from 1962 to 1970. Later the post of Director was changed into that of Principal. Sri Venkata Raghavacharya, Dr.Mandan Mishra, Dr.R.Karunakaran, Dr. M.D. Balasubramanyam and Prof. N.S. Ramanuja Tatacharya served the institution in various capacities. Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha came under the aegis of Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan– an autonomous body under the Ministry of Education in April, 1971. Despite the challenges of the modern world, it has grown from strength to strength as a premier Institution for Sanskrit learning and research in India . During the Silver Jubilee celebrations in 1987, Sri P.V.Narasimha Rao, the then Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India announced the decision of the Government to elevate its status to that of a Deemed University. The Vidyapeetha was declared as a Deemed to be a University on the recommendations of the U.G.C under Section 3 of UGC Act by the Government of India in its Gazette dated 16 - 11- 1987, No. F.9-2/85 U-3. The Deemed University was formally inaugurated by the then President of India Sri R. Venkataraman on 26th August, 1989. The Vidyapeetha started functioning as a Deemed University from the academic year 1991 - 92. Since then we have had three eminent Chancellors – M.M.Sri Pattabhirama Sastri,Prof.Ramaranjan Mukherjee and Dr.V.R.Panchamukhi(two terms), and the Vice-Chancellors were Prof.N.S.Ramanuja Tatacharya, Prof.S.B.Raghunathacharya and Prof.D.Prahladachar. Now Prof. Harekrishna Sathapathy took over as Vice-Chancellor. The Vidyapeetha is now headed by Dr.J.B.Patnaik serving as the Chancellor and Prof. Harekrishna Sathapathy as the Vice-Chancellor of the Vidyapeetha. II.The motto of the Vidyapeetha chosen from Brihadaranyakopanishad as engraved on its emblem Tamasoma jyotirgamaya (lead me unto light from darkness) explicitly focuses on the central purport of education and also speaks of the vision and the idealism for which the Vidyapeetha was established. III.Objectives The objectives of the Vidyapeetha as envisaged in the Memorandum of Association are the following (1) to preserve and impart instruction in traditional Sanskrit lore with special attention to highly specialised branches of Sastras; (2) to undertake interpretation of Sastras ; (3) to establish their relevance to the problems in the modern context; (4) to provide means of intensive training in modern as well as Shastraic lore for teachers and to conduct research in Pedagogical aspects of Sanskrit education; (5) to achieve excellence in these disciplines so that the Vidyapeetha will have a distinctive character of its own; (6) to provide facilities for the study of such languages and literatures of Asia as have a bearing on Sanskrit studies such as Pali, Tibetan, Mongolian, Japanese etc.; (7) to publish literature and develop print and non-print materials in and about Sanskrit including original texts, commentaries and translations; (8) to collect, preserve and publish manuscripts and to provide means for training in Manuscriptology specifically in scripts used for Sanskrit manuscripts; (9) to provide means for education in modern disciplines needed for meaningful interpretation of original Sanskrit texts including technical literature in Sanskrit. IV. 1.About VC Prof. Harekrishna Satapathy Vice-Chancellor Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha Telephone .No. - 0877-2287838 (O) 0877-2287826 (R), 09440626551 (Mob), 0877-2287680 (Fax) E-mail : hks_vc@yahoo.co.in 2.About Registrar Prof. A.Gurumurthi Registrar Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha Telephone .No. - 0877-2230840 (R), 9440626552 (Mob), 0877-2287809 (Fax) 0877-2287649 Ext. 222 (O) E-mail : registrar_rsvp@yahoo.co.in agmurti@gmail.com 3.About Finance Officer Shri S.Anand Finance Officer Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha Telephone .No. - 0877-2288431 (O) 0877-2287649 Ext 220 94406 26553 (Mob), E-mail : sanandtpt@yahoo.co.in 4.About Controller of Examinations Dr. Talluri Anjaneyulu Controller of Examinations Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha Telephone .No.: 0877-2287748 (O) 0877-2287649 Ext 232 Mobile : 09490690830(O) 09949531692 (R) E-mail : avrmsvtalluri@gmail.com