Punjabi University, Patiala is a multi-faculty institution of higher education in India
dedicated to the all-round promotion of Punjabi Language, Literature and Culture. It is
the first University in the world to introduce Gurmat Sangeet as an independent
subject for higher research and teaching in the Faculty of Arts & Culture with the
purpose of creating awareness and spread the knowledge and essence of Sikh Sacred
Music amongst people of diverse cultures. |
To achieve this objective, the University has initiated a comprehensive Gurmat
Sangeet Project by establishing Gurmat Sangeet Chair in 2003 and Department of Gurmat Sangeet in 2005 for the promotion, propagation and preservation of Gurmat
Sangeet as a school of music. |