UGC guidelines mention some model curriculum syllabi that can be included in universities for both UG and PG (Representational image)
As per the guidelines, the UGC has asked all universities and institutions that students enrolled in PG and UG courses should be encouraged to take IKS courses, which will be at least 5 per cent of the total compulsory credits.
UGC Issued draft guidelines for inclusion of Indian knowledge systems in higher education curriculum. As per the guidelines, the UGC has asked all universities and institutions that students enrolled in PG and UG courses should be encouraged to take IKS courses, which shall be at least five per cent of the total compulsory credits.
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The guideline states that students who are enrolled in UG programs in medicine can take a credit course on Indian systems of medicine in the first year, which will give them “basic understanding of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy”. will provide. “(NEP 2020), which are continuing traditions of medicine that are still involved in the health needs of large segments of the Indian population. During the second year, students may take a two-semester credit course on the theory and practice of any one of the Indian Medical systems like Ayurveda, Siddha, Yoga etc.
The guidelines mention some model curriculum syllabi that can be included in universities for both UG and PG. For example, the “Foundational Literature of Indian Civilization,” which includes the Vedic Corpus, Itihas – the contents of the Ramayana and Mahabharata and their important regional versions, the Puranas, the role of Itihas and Puranas in understanding the Vedas. Foundational texts of Indian religious schools, from the Vedic period to the Bhakti traditions of various regions, including Jainism and Buddhism.
Vedangas and other streams of the Indian system of knowledge, the six Vedangas – Shiksha, Vyakaran, Chandas, Nirukta, Jyotish and Kalpa. Other streams of Indian knowledge system like Ayurveda, Sthapatya, Natyashastra, Dharmashastra, Arthashastra etc.
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The guidelines also mention the material that needs to be taught on Indian astronomy. One such chapter will be on Lagna and its calculation. “Introduce the concept of the Lagna, and point out how non-trivial a problem it is to determine it, also point out how it is intimately connected with timing for various social and religious functions such as marriage, the calculation of Bring out the relationship between and . The calculation of declination, cara, etc., which may have been discussed earlier, explain how this can be determined ‘reasonably’ accurately using interpolation, more precise formulations form the framework that has been given by later astronomers by introducing the notion of Kalalagna,” say the draft guidelines.
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