Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts (IGNCA) has launched three new postgraduate programs that concentrate on Ramayana, Mahabharata, Vedas and Puranas. The group, which works beneath the Ministry of Culture, is providing 11 programs, out of which 4 new programs – Hindu Studies, Indian Gyan Tradition, Indian Literature and Museums – have been launched this 12 months.
This 12 months’s session will begin from September 1 and finish in May 2023.
“Few universities in the country offer any course on Hindu studies other than Banaras Hindu University and IIT-Kharagpur. The course is an abridged version of the full Masters course being offered at these places, and includes Ramayana, Mahabharata, Vedic literature, Puranic literature and Darshan (Indian philosophy),” stated an official on the Hindu research curriculum.
An official stated the course materials for the Indian data custom is structured “to understand the idea of India”. Apart from the Hindu custom, the curriculum additionally presents a glimpse into the Buddhist, Jain and Sikh research emanating from the nation. “It introduces students to the teachings of Krishna, Buddha, Mahavira, Patanjali, Kabir, Aurobindo and Nanak,” stated an official. “No university in India is teaching such a course,” he stated.
Officials stated the third new curriculum focuses on Indian literature in historical languages resembling Sanskrit, Apabhramsa and Prakrit, and trendy Indian languages, together with writers from throughout the nation. An official stated, “18 works will be taught in this course, such as Ramayana, Mahabharata and Gorakhwani, apart from Indira Goswami, Ghalib and Amir Khusrau.”
“The focus of those programs is to carry to the fore the humanities with a concentrate on Indian data traditions and Hinduism, that are at the moment not taught in universities the place the main target is on the aggressive job market. A supply within the Ministry of Culture stated. , “What universities may be lacking, it has to make up for.”
As far because the goal group for the brand new programs is anxious, IGNCA officers stated that they expertise a terrific eagerness for these topics amongst academicians, lecturers, bureaucrats and cultural thinkers in addition to younger Indians overseas. Though courses this 12 months are bodily and might accommodate solely those that can seem in Delhi from subsequent 12 months, the group plans to broaden its attain by simultaneous on-line courses as effectively, officers stated.
The programs are open to graduates of any age and of any nationality. Against the sanctioned power of 275 (25 for every course), IGNCA acquired over 520 functions, some from judges, retired bureaucrats and younger college students.
The postgraduate diploma programs have been began in 2017 with three educational programs – Cultural Informatics, Preventive Protection and Digital Library and Data Management. Later, Buddhist research, manuscript science and epigraphy, Southeast (Agneya) Asian research, cultural administration and utilized museology have been additionally added. An IGNCA spokesperson stated there are additionally plans to start out six-month certificates programs in a number of different areas from subsequent 12 months.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
