Nalanda University

Nalanda University uses Ramayana, Mahabharata for lessons on diplomacy, conflict

May 26, 2026 7:11 pm

One student’s research paper attempts to link classical thought with contemporary Indian foreign policy, another uses Mahabharata to examine importance of soft power

Patna High Court backs Nalanda University’s refusal to renew professor's contract over Harvard fellowship

April 17, 2026 11:09 am

Patna High Court news: The Patna High Court noted that petitioner left university in August 2018 to join Harvard University in the USA to do his 10-month residential fellowship, and was was not present in said time.

Nalanda and the birth of global education: Why Abhay K’s book matters now

February 02, 2026 4:55 pm

Aftertaste by Suvir Saran | Reclaiming Nalanda as the original blueprint for global, interdisciplinary education.

Nalanda University adds 4 new PG courses, V-C says reinforcing its role as centre of high learning

June 22, 2025 3:37 am

The new courses are in consonance with the blended vision of ancient and new Nalanda universities to focus on mathematics and philosophy.

As a new campus rises at an ancient site, the story of Nalanda

June 20, 2024 2:03 pm

Spread across 455 acres, it is located in Rajgir, roughly 100 km from Patna, and merely 12 km away from the ruins of the eponymous ancient Buddhist monastery, considered to be among the greatest centres of learning in all of Antiquity.

PM Modi: Nalanda University identity of India’s development journey

June 20, 2024 2:11 am

Nalanda University that had started functioning from 2014 had almost become fully functional by 2022. The architecture of the university, situated on a sprawling 455 acres of land, fuses both the modern and ancient.

PM Modi inaugurates Nalanda University's new campus in Bihar

June 20, 2024 8:10 pm

The PM also visited the Ruins of Nalanda, in the morning today, which were declared a UN Heritage Site in 2016.

Nalanda varsity to have SCO chair on shared Buddhist heritage

May 13, 2023 2:57 am

“The ancient Nalanda has functioned as one of the anchoring points in the cross-cultural dialogue, shaping the cultural and civilizational linkages across the region through history,” said Nalanda University Vice Chancellor Sunaina Singh in a statement.

Nalanda varsity to offer course on Bay of Bengal, amid PM’s 'Act East' policy

October 28, 2022 7:56 am

The university, which now operates from its sprawling campus in Rajgir, Bihar, offers 'Bay of Bengal: An Introduction' as a certificate course from this September via online classes.

From Nalanda ruins, ‘university of future’ is ready with new courses, campus

August 08, 2022 7:25 pm

Now, as the new campus of Nalanda University prepares for a formal inauguration, the focus is on how best it can retain the cultural and architectural ethos of Nalanda Mahavihara, the 5th-12th Century AD university that is considered to be one of the greatest centres of learning in ancient India.

After Nalanda and Vikramshila, Bihar unearths Telhara university

January 23, 2019 11:09 am

Telhara could be the place Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang wrote about during his travels through India in 7th century AD?

Amartya Sen No Longer Part Of Nalanda University Board

June 22, 2020 7:19 pm