17 centres to develop courses in Indian Knowledge System

The Union government has selected proposals from 17 higher education institutions across the country to set up specialized centres to develop courses in different domains of the Indian Knowledge System, including Indian mathematics, Vastu Shastra, Pashu Ayurveda, Indian psychology, and Yoga, for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, officials familiar with the development said.

- Fareeha Iftikhar

The IKS division of the union ministry of education invited applications from education institutions to set up these “Prashikshana Kendras” under its new scheme in June; the selections were announced on Tuesday. The initiative was launched by the division, which was created in 2020, to support the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 that recommends induction of IKS at all levels of education, and as a follow-up to University Grants Commission’s (UGC) April guidelines that recommended that higher education institutions incorporate IKS courses in their curricula.