College students throughout all disciplines at Jawaharlal Nehru College (JNU), together with engineering and administration, will examine conventional Indian information as a part of a newly launched elective course, based on varsity sources.
The course will probably be provided throughout all faculties and centres, with every division customising the content material to swimsuit its particular subject.
‘Indian Data Traditions’ check with indigenous methods of information developed in India over centuries, overlaying areas like Vedic sciences, historic engineering, conventional drugs and philosophical texts.
The College Grants Fee (UGC) has been advocating for the inclusion of IKT in tutorial curricula as a part of its efforts to acquaint college students with India’s mental heritage and values.
At JNU, engineering college students will examine conventional practices of engineering, whereas administration college students could delve into historic financial and administrative methods underneath the brand new course, the supply stated.
Faculties and centres will design syllabi tailor-made to their disciplines, guaranteeing relevance for college students throughout numerous tutorial backgrounds, they added.
The college authorised the proposal throughout a gathering final month and has requested all faculties to submit their solutions for finalising the syllabus.
In response to sources, the elective could also be rolled out from the following tutorial session and will probably be accessible as an elective course alongside college students’ fundamental fields of examine.
These electives will carry tutorial credit and, as per UGC suggestions, 5 per cent of a scholar’s whole credit on the undergraduate and postgraduate ranges needs to be devoted to IKT programs.
To advertise India’s conventional information methods, JNU just lately additionally established centres for Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist research on the campus.
JNU has 13 faculties, with every housing a number of centres devoted to specialised tutorial disciplines. There are 38 centres inside these faculties. Moreover, the college has arrange 8 particular centres to additional improve its tutorial choices.
