Since its very inception in 1950, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University has indefatigably covered a long distance adding numerous enviable accomplishments to its credit. The University has continuously achieved its high-end goals, maintained standards and ensured qualitative education leading to the holistic development of the youth. This splendid journey is phenomenal in every sense as it has not only positively responded to the calls worldwide but has also significantly contributed to it. The University has earned a world wide acclaim and recognition in all the domains of knowledge whether it is Science, Technology, Agriculture and Commerce or Arts, Social Sciences and Education. UGC Category I status, NAAC A + + accreditation, QS World Ranking and NIRF Ranking etc. are the testimony to its never ending endeavours towards academic excellence. This Diamond Jubilee Celebrations provide us an opportunity to pause, introspect and move ahead with greater force and energy; it is an opportunity to set fresh goals and to work tirelessly for the general good of the cosmos. The motto of the University says: ''aa no bhadrah krutawo yantu vishwatah" ('Let noble ideas come from all over the world'). Our motto for this Diamond Jubilee Year is an addition to it and expresses our resolution on this occasion: "Prataryuyuh Pratham Naveena" (Let's march ahead from new to newer and good to better conditions of life").