Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan is an educational organization in New Delhi

New Delhi

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, India

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. It was founded in 1970 to propagate, develop and encourage Sanskrit

Sanskrit

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 learning and research. It is a deemed university

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 and is fully funded by the government of India. It offers B.A., B.Ed, M.A., M.Ed and Ph.D programs and has been running a distance learning program in Sanskrit since 1973.

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• List of Deemed universities, as of 2008 University Grants Commission
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• List of Deemed universities Department of Education
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