CHINMAYA VISHWA VIDYAPEETH ( Deemed to be University)

Chinmaya Vishwa Vidyapeeth (CVV) is a deemed to be university under the 'de novo' category recognised by the University Grants Commission (UGC). The university was established in 2016 by the Chinmaya Mission, a worldwide organisation founded by Swami Chinmayananda, and is located in Ernakulam, Kerala, India. It has its headquarters at the Chinmaya International Foundation (Adi Sankara Nilayam, Ernakulam) and has been established as a torchbearer for the preservation of India’s cultural heritage and knowledge traditions through higher education. The university aims to create a new generation of scholars and researchers who can contribute to the development and dissemination of knowledge with a global mind that is rooted in India’s rich cultural heritage.

Founded on the principles of purity, practicality, spirituality, and innovation, CVV aims to inspire the world with diversity, integrity, sustainability, and excellence by blending the ancient and time-tested wisdom of India with present-day knowledge fields. Striking a careful balance between the old and new, the organisation offers advanced courses with unique electives, with an intent to mould the teenagers of today into well-rounded, responsible, value-grounded, young adults that contribute to the nation, and the world at large.

Chinmaya Vishwa Vidyapeeth envisions Spirituality, Purity, Practicality and Innovation as its foundational principles. All activities of the University are therefore to be aligned to these foundational principles.

Chinmaya Vishwa Vidyapeeth aims to create an academic platform that bridges Indian Knowledge Traditions (IKT) with current-day applications in every sphere in society. The university will exceed excellence in higher learning and research with the objective of exploring, conserving and sharing the contemporary relevance of Indian cultural heritage and IKT. The university aims to integrate the best practices of modern pedagogical advvances with the beauty of the traditional Gurukula model of learning and prepare students to address contemporary challenges, inspiring them to leave a positive impact on the world as confident and cultured contributors to society.

Founder

Pujya Guruji Swami Tejomayananda is the Founder and former Chancellor of Chinmaya Vishwa Vidyapeeth, and the former head of Chinmaya Mission Worldwide. In his role as Founder, Swamiji saw the launch of the Chinmaya Vishwa Vidyapeeth as a logical extension of the Chinmaya Mission’s core role of teaching and sharing the wisdom of the Indian knowledge traditions. For over six decades, in the unique institution called the Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Chinmaya Mission has focused on training students to become monks who undertake the larger role of spreading the message of Vedanta to society. Monks are trained formally in an intense two-year course of study in the traditional Gurukula mode. Sandeepany Sadhanalayas have existed outside the formal university system and enabled the Chinmaya Mission to sustain and carry the essence of the Upanishads across the world.

Building on sixty years of running over a hundred Chinmaya educational institutions—prestigious primary schools and secondary schools, as well as institutions of higher education—across the country, Swamiji was convinced that the time was right for a Chinmaya Vishwa Vidyapeeth, a university that blends Indian Knowledge Systems with Contemporary Knowledge Systems. With its focus on a niche area, Chinmaya Vishwa Vidyapeeth strives to bring excellence, subject matter expertise and an intense commitment to the higher purpose of nation building to tertiary education.