Under the Ministry of Culture’s Gyan Bharatam Mission (GBM), Patanjali University has become India’s first Yoga- and Ayurveda-focused ‘Cluster Centre’.

In Haridwar (Uttarakhand), Patanjali University has become India’s first Yoga- and Ayurveda-focused ‘Cluster Centre’ under the Ministry of Culture’s flagship initiative, the Gyan Bharatam Mission (GBM).
This initiative preserves ancient Indian knowledge systems through research, digitization, and institutional mentoring. Patanjali University is the first Yoga- and Ayurveda-based university to receive this honor.
This recognition was formally conferred through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during a ceremony held in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, in the presence of Yoga Guru Swami Ramdev, Chancellor of Patanjali University; Dr. Anirban Dash, Director of GBM, and others.
The Gyan Bharatam Mission safeguards India’s intellectual heritage, especially manuscripts and traditional knowledge, through preservation, research, and dissemination.

About Patanjali University

Patanjali University was established in 2006 in Haridwar by Swami Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna, and was sponsored by the Patanjali Yogpeeth Trust.
So far, 33 Memoranda of Understanding have been signed under GBM, including 20 Cluster Centres (of which 8 are universities).
To date, the university has preserved more than 50,000 ancient texts, digitized more than 4.2 million pages, and republished 40 manuscripts.
Now, as a GBM Cluster Centre, the university will be able to mentor 20 affiliated institutions, strengthening nationwide efforts in cultural preservation.

About the Gyan Bharatam Mission

The Gyan Bharatam Mission, announced in the Union Budget 2025–26, is a national initiative to preserve, digitize, and disseminate India’s vast manuscript heritage, connecting tradition with modern technology and passing it on to future generations.
Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Culture.
Under the Gyan Bharatam Mission, the Ministry of Culture invited experts at the first Gyan Bharatam International Conference on the theme ‘Reclaiming India’s Knowledge Heritage through Manuscript Heritage’ to present research on the interpretation of the Harappan (Indus Valley) script.
The National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM, 2003) was established to preserve and safeguard India’s intellectual heritage.