Banasthali Vidhyapith University

Banasthali is fully residential women's university which offers students an integrated system extending from the primary level to the Ph.D. level. It is also one of the five universities here in India meant only for Women.

The origin of Banasthali Institute is unique in more ways than one. As it owes its existence neither to the zeal of an educationist, nor to that of a social reformer. It is also not the creation of a Philanthropist's purse. It has arisen like the fabled phoenix from the ashes of a blossoming flower Shanta Bai that had withered before its bloom. It was on October 6, 1935 that Smt. Ratan Shastri and Pandit Hiralal Shastri founded Banasthali to fill up the vacuum caused by the sudden death of their talented and promising daughter Shantabai. They had high expectations that she would work for women's welfare when she would grow up. Love, eternal love has been the fountainhead of all the thinking and action and moreover, this spirit has been the motivating force behind the establishment of the institute.

Over these seventy one years Banasthali has developed into a National Centre for women's education. Banasthali's educational programme aims at an all-round development of the student's personality. This institute has made full use of the autonomy provided under the deemed university status and has innovatively restructured the courses offered which include subjects ranging from the traditional as well as the areas to the emerging areas to the highest level of research (leading to the doctoral degree).

However, recently Banasthali has been awarded by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with 'A' Grade (Five star Rating). Banasthali is a recipient of SANTBAL Award in the past year 2000 for its services in the field of all round education of women. Following the philosophy of the balanced Panchmukhi system of education, the institute provides enough opportunities for integrated development of the personality. The stress on the positive aspects of the Indian heritage has resulted in a climate which has contributed significantly to the task of the upliftment of women to enable them to take on leadership roles with confidence.

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