The Pioneers wanted to build a School which would integrate the ancient Indian Culture with modern Scientific and Technological Growth - education in its completeness. The Vedic Mantra Vidhya Kamadugha (Vidhya is a Kamadhenu, which gives you whatever you desire) was a crystallization of this ideal.

This naturally led to the selection of the recumbent Kamadhenu as pictured in the Puranas as the Emblem of the School. The Kamadhenu rests under the Kalpataru with all the signia of royalty like the crown, the elephant, the umbrella, etc., depicted in the tree. Also seen in the Emblem are the Vedic mantra Vidya Kamadugha and quotation from the Upanishad as uttered by the Guru to the departing shishya: Satyam vada Dharmam chara. This instruction from the Guru provides a rule of conduct that even today cannot be improved upon.

The Puranic story of the Kamadhenu is itself of interest. Kamadhenu, the divine cow in swarga-loka (heaven), is the giver of whatever one desires. It came out of the Ocean of Milk (Ksheera Sagara) at the time of the Great Churning by the God (Suras) and Demons (Asuras). The cow was presented to the Seven Sages by the Gods, and, in course of time, came into the possession of Sage Vasishta.

Kamadhenu's complexion is like the white clouds. Its four legs symbolize the Four Vedas, and its teats the four purusharthas. Kamadhenu is also well-known through its other five forms: Nanda, Sunanda, Surabhi, Susheela and Sumana.