About Us nbsp Punjab Assembly established Punjabi University Patiala under the Punjab Act No of Dr S Radhakrishnan the then President of India laid foundation of Punjabi University on June He preached quot The institutes of higher education share the burden of nation-building in a critically important sense Our aim is a strong free and democratic India where every citizen has an equal place and full opportunity of growth In this task a vast responsibility rests on our universities quot Established on April in the erstwhile princely state of Patiala with the main objective of furthering the cause of Punjabi language art and literature Punjabi University has since evolved into the largest University in the state This is the second University in the world to be named after a language the first being Hebrew University of Israel Its vision is to establish and incorporate a University for the advancement of Punjabi studies and Read More