The University of Delhi has announced to launch the Centre for Hindu Studies (CHS) from 2023-24 academic session. The centre will focus on various facets of the Hindu civilisation, its multiple dynamics, history, philosophy and worldview.
Under the new centre, DU will initially introduce a postgraduate (PG) programme in Hindu Studies for the 2023-24 academic session, an official said. This course aims to involve all the stakeholders, including the enrolled students of the programme, to "think critically and evolve a Bharat-centric perspective beyond theoretical explanation", he added.
The official also pointed out that the new course will ensure diversification of knowledge system in line with the National Education Policy 2020. Doctoral, certificate courses, diplomas and other programmes in Hindu Studies will be launched later depending upon the operational feasibility of the centre, he said.
DU is also planning to launch PG programmes with Hindu Studies as the minor course alongside the major courses of computer science, data analytics, artificial intelligence, graphic design and animation, management and commerce, according to the official.
The CHS will be part of the Faculty of Arts, which will facilitate the curriculum design, implementation of the academic programmes and the enrolment of the students for the centre.
"The University is going to establish a Centre for Hindu Studies under the Faculty of Arts of the University which will offer a Master's Programme in Hindu Studies. Such an initiative on the part of the University of Delhi was necessitated by various significant developments at the level of higher education in the country," the official said.
This year, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has introduced Hindu Studies as a discipline in the UGC National Eligibility Test (NET).
Several universities of the country, including central universities like the Banaras Hindu University, have already introduced Hindu Studies as a course at the postgraduate level.
(With PTI Inputs)
