Thursday 28 April 2016

Central University of Tibetan Studies Varanasi

The Central University for Tibetan Studies (CUTS) originally called Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (CIHTS), is a university institute founded in Sarnath, Varanasi, India, in 1967, as an autonomous organisation under Union Ministry of Culture. The CIHTS was founded by Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru in consultation with Tenzin Gyatso, the Dalai of Lama, with the aim of educating the tibetan youths in exile and Himalayan border students as well as with the aim of retranslating into Sanskrit and translating into Hindi and other modern Indian languages lost Indo-Buddhist Sanskrit texts that now exist only in Tibetan.

Originally it functioned as a special constituent wing of Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi. In the early 1970s the Government of India reviewed the progress of the institute and decided to accord it a status of an autonomous body under the Department of Culture, Ministry of Education, Government of India in 1977 with 100% financial support from the Indian government.

Courses :


  • Language & Cultural
  • Medicine & Health


Contact Details :

Address
Sarnath Rd
Varanasi
221 007 Uttar Pradesh
India

Telephone +91 (542) 258 6337

Website : http://www.cuts.ac.in/


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