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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1961 |
| Chancellor | Governor of Bihar |
| Vice-Chancellor | Prof. Laxmi Niwas Pandey |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | UGC |
| Website | www.ksdsu.edu.in |
Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University (KSDSU) is a state university located at Darbhanga, Bihar, India, dedicated to the teaching and promotion of Sanskrit.[ citation needed ]
KSDSU was established in 1961, with the scholar Umesh Mishra as its first Vice-Chancellor. The then Education Minister of unified Bihar, Satyendra Narayan Sinha, announced the instigation of the university. Kameshwar Singh donated his ancestral Anand Bagh Palace to the government of Bihar as a university for the promotion of Sanskrit. Currently, this palace is the head office of the university.[ citation needed ]
It has held one awareness campaign. Sanskrit scholar and poet Ram Karan Sharma was the vice chancellor from 1974 to 1980. [1]
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