VEDIC MICROBIOLOGY VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY (VMVU) was established on 14 January 2018, on the auspicious occasion of Makar Sankranti (Uttarayana), with the specific objective of advancing research, fostering innovation, and imparting education in the emerging field of Vedic Microbiology and its allied branches. Conceived as a specialized knowledge institution, VMVU seeks to integrate the wisdom of Veda–Ayurveda with contemporary microbiological and life-science perspectives, thereby creating a holistic framework for understanding micro‑organisms and their role in health, environment, and society. VMVU is an offshoot, or ‘avatar’, of the Rishi Kanva Vedic Microbiology Research Institute, which was launched on 11 July 2006, on the sacred occasion of Guru Purnima. Rishi Kanva Vedic Microbiology Research Institute is affiliated to World Vedic Microbiology Organization®, UK, 'Vedic Virtual Vidyapeeth' (® Government of Gujarat, India), European Alliance for Innovation (Belgium), Maharshi VedVyas International Virtual Vedic University (www.e-vedicuniversity.com).

VMVU functions under the aegis of Vedic Virtual Vidyapeeth, a trust duly registered with the Government of Gujarat (Registration No. E/7407/Surat), ensuring a legally sound and ethically governed institutional structure. The university is accredited with the International Association of Vedic Hindu Universities (IAVHU), registered with the Government of Gujarat, and holds the universal university affiliation code IAVHU1008002UUAC. In addition, VMVU is accredited by the Association of Vedic Virtual Universities (AVVU), bearing the accreditation number AVVU1008002, which places it within a global consortium of Vedic and virtual education providers committed to high academic standards and innovation in digital learning. 

At its core, VMVU is a tribute to the luminous heritage of the ancient Rishis—such as Agastya, Kanva, Badrayana, Chatana, and Veda Vyasa—and the great Ayurvedacharyas like Charaka, Sushruta, and Vagbhatta, who first articulated the science of Krimi (सूक्ष्म जीव / Micro‑Embodied Organisms) in the Vedic and Ayurvedic corpus. Long before the modern discovery of microbes, these seers had already described invisible life forms, their roles in disease, health, purification, and environmental balance, through mantras, richas, and shlokas dispersed across the Vedas, Puranas, and classical Ayurvedic texts.

Building on this profound legacy, VMVU endeavours to:

1. Systematically rediscover and reinterpret references to microscopic life (sukshma jiva / krimi) in Vedic and Ayurvedic literature.

2. Design courses, research projects, and training programmes that connect traditional Vedic insights with contemporary microbiology, public health, environmental sciences, and biotechnology.

3. Nurture a new generation of researchers and practitioners who can work at the interface of Shastra and modern science, guided by both spiritual intuition and empirical rigor.

In this way, Vedic Microbiology Virtual University stands as a pioneering institution dedicated to restoring and advancing the forgotten microbiological wisdom of Bharat’s Rishi–parampara, while positioning it meaningfully within today’s global scientific and educational landscape. 

Vedic Microbiology Virtual University (VMVU) presents itself as a pioneering, exclusive Vedic institution devoted to the Education, Research, Innovation, and Development of microbiological wisdom embedded in ancient Sanskrit scientific literature. This includes foundational texts such as the Vedas, Ayurveda Samhitas, Upanishads, and Puranas, where the science of Krimi / Sukshma‑jiva (micro‑embodied organisms or microorganisms) is preserved in the form of mantras, richas, and shlokas. VMVU’s core mission is to systematically identify, interpret, and organize this scattered traditional knowledge—now termed Vedic Microbiology—into coherent academic frameworks, courses, and research programmes that speak to contemporary microbiology and life sciences. Through diploma, undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral, and post‑doctoral initiatives, the university works to revive and expand this heritage, while encouraging original research that correlates ancient insights on microbes, health, ecology, and hygiene with modern scientific findings.

Beyond textual scholarship, VMVU also emphasizes the practical potential of Vedic Microbiology for indigenous, sustainable development and holistic well‑being. This includes exploring Vedic–Ayurvedic concepts of microbial causation of disease, traditional sanitization and environmental purification practices, and the use of herbs, rituals, and lifestyle protocols for prevention and health promotion, aiming to contribute solutions that are culturally rooted, eco‑friendly, and socially relevant.

​​​​​​​                                                                                  एवं पैतामहं धर्मं मनुव्यासादयः परम् ।

स्थापयन्ति ममादेशाद्यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्॥

This the Dharma (Here Establishment of Vedic Microbiology Virtual University) as established by the grandsire, is continued to be further established by Manu, Vyasa and others, till the end of the time of dissolution.