(To be published in the Gazette of India Part-I Section-I)

No. 1-20/2o10-Skt.II (Part)

Government of India
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Department of Higher Education
Languag~s Division
Shastri Bha'Acm, New Delhi.
Dated the 23nl December, 2013.

RESOLJITION
In order to assess the present status of Sanskrit education in all its aspects
and to integrate traditional Sanskrit knowledge into the modern system of'
education, it is hereby resolved to appoint Second Sanskrit Commission with the
following scholars:-

1.

Prof. Satyavrat Shastri,

Eminent Sanskrit Scholar
Jnanpith and Padma Bhushan awardee

Chairman

2.

Shri Gautam Patel,

Ex- President
Sanskrit Academy
Gujarat.

Member

Prof. Sudarsan Sarma,

Former Vice-Chancellor,
Tirupati Vedic Vidyapectha, Tirupati.

Member

4-

Shri Kalanidhi Shastri,

Ex-chnirman,
Rajasthan Sanskrit Academy
Jaipur.

Member

5-

Prof. Manbendu BaJleijee,

1-Iony. Secretary,
Sanskrit Sahitya Parishat,
Kolkata.

Member

6.

Prof. K. Ramasubramanaian,
Prof. of Physics and Head of the
Department of Humanities & Social Science
liT, Mumbai

Member

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l)rot. R.K. Dubey,

Member

Ex-Head of Metallurgy Department,

IIT Kanpur.
9.

Prof. Kutumba Sastry,

President, International
Association of Sanskrit Studies &
Vice Chancellor,
Somnath Sanskrit University,
Junagarh, Gujarat.

Member

10.

Dr. Mohan Gupta,

Former Vice Chancellor,
M.P. Sanskrit & Vedic University, U:iiain

Member

Prof. Swapna Devi,

Member

11.

Deptt. of Snaskrit,
Assam University,
Silchar

2.

12.

Shri Yoganand Shastri,

Professor, Bhagat Singh College,
University of Delhi, New Delhi

Member

13.

Vice Chancellor,
Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan,
New Delhi.

Member-Secretary

The terms of reference of the Commission ~iii bel.

To undertake a sunrcy of the existing facilities for Sanskrit Educntion
in Schools, Colleges, Universities and other institutions and to sugl,!:cst
remedial measures for promoting the study of Sanskrit at all levels, inch;dinh
research;

ii.
To examine the traditional system of Sanskrit Education in orcll'r to
find out whnt features from it could be usefully incorporated into the modern
system;
To suggest measures to integrate S;.mskrit studies v.ith other
disciplines like Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Medical Science, Lw..
Architecture, Languages etc., to make them more relevant to modern times;
m.

iv.
To suggest measures for non-formal or distance education system for
Sanskrit;

v.
To suggest ways and means to use new methods of imparting Sanskrit
Education with the help of modern tools;
vi.
To devise means for setting up of translation bureau in Universities and
institutions of higher learning for translating .st~mdard Sanskrit works in regional
languages and v;ce-vcrsa; and
vii.
To suggest road map for upgrading the Rnshtriya Sanskrit Sansthan into an
institution of National Importance.
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The Commission may:(a) obtain such information as they may consider useful for or relevant to
determine any matter under their consideration whether by asking for
written memoranda or by examining witnesses or in such form and in
such mnnner as they may consider appropriate, from the Central
Governments, and such other authorith~s.
Government, the State
organizations, institutions or individuals m:
may, m the opinion of the
Commission, be of assistance to them;
(b) regulate their own procedure, including the fixing of places and time of

their sittings and deciding whether to sit in public or in camera;

(c) appoint such and so many Sub-Committees from amongst their memhcrs
to exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be dclcgnted to
them by the Commission;
(d) visit or depute any of their Sub-Committees to visit such parts of the
territory of India as they consider necessary or expedient;
(e) act, notwithstanding the temporary absence of any member nr tlw
existence of any vacancy among the members; and
(f) co-opt experts to assist the Commission in its Sub-Committees.

Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan v.ill provide the necessary secretarial assistance

to the Commission and would meet the expenditure on its meetings including
TA/DA of the members, as per Govt. of India Rules and Regulations.
4.

s.

The Commission will submit its report 'Aithin one year of issue of
Resolution.

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(Anant Kumnr Singh)

Joint Secretary to the Government of Indi<1
Tele: 23387648

Manager,
Government of India Press
Faridabad, Haryana