Maharshi Valmiki Sanskrit University

Maharshi Valmiki Sanskrit University (MVSU) is a university established in 2018 by the Government of Haryana at Mundri village in Kaithal district, India, located about 12km east of Kaithal, 111km from Chandigarh, and 164km from New Delhi. The university is named after Valmiki, the Hindu sage regarded as the Adi Kavi and celebrated author of the Ramayana. The bill to establish the university was passed in the Haryana Vidhan Sabha on 15 March 2018, though the idea was first conceived by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar in 2015; it was formally established through Haryana Act No. 20 of 2018. Haryana already has over 24 Sanskrit colleges offering bachelor's-level education, with master's and doctoral degrees offered by Kurukshetra University and Maharshi Dayanand University. MVSU is established as a teaching and affiliating university for research in Sanskrit and its revival, the Vedas, Indic languages, Indian culture, and Indian philosophy. It currently operates from a temporary campus at BR Ambedkar Government College, Kaithal, while its permanent campus is being constructed at Mundri village.