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The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is unfastened to thatch humanities lessons arsenic good arsenic make and stitchery probe worldly related to thinkers from antithetic states, if the authorities governments are consenting to supply backing for the same, Vice-Chancellor (V-C) Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit said connected Friday.
Pandit’s comments travel aft The Indian Express reported connected Friday that JNU is readying to commencement a ‘Centre of Excellence’ named aft Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, which volition gully lessons from his epoch to recognize the “concept of Akhand Bharat” and his “struggle for Hindavi Swaraj”.
The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Centre for Security & Strategic Studies successful the School of International Studies, which volition beryllium supported by the Maharashtra government, volition absorption connected teaching Indian strategical thought, Maratha subject history, Shivaji’s naval strategy and guerilla warfare among different subjects.
Speaking to The Indian Express, Pandit said, “The purpose is to beryllium a cognition multiplier… The inaugural to commencement the centre came from me, arsenic I was ever funny successful Indic narratives. When I was a pupil astatine JNU, I ever questioned wherefore we were not studying much astir Indian narratives and Indian thinkers.”
“There indispensable beryllium a batch of worldly successful the archives astir Shivaji whose strategy is nationally recognised… the purpose is to bring these bits guardant and archer the satellite that Indians are archetypal thinkers. We person neglected galore of our thinkers’ strategies and it is clip to alteration that,” she added.
Pandit said that if immoderate authorities authorities shows involvement and supports JNU with backing to transportation retired probe connected different Indian thinkers, it would beryllium blessed to drawback the opportunity.
“For instance, if the Tamil Nadu authorities oregon the Odisha authorities would beryllium consenting to enactment america with funds, we would beryllium much than blessed to present humanities lessons astir the Cholas and the Kalinga’s trading successful South East Asia… There is simply a deficiency of worldly regarding humanities lessons erstwhile it comes to a batch of Indian thinkers and JNU being the astir premium institute of the country, wants to alteration this by strengthening humanities and societal sciences branches and focusing connected holistic development,” she added.
The Shivaji centre, Pandit said, would beryllium unfastened for students who are already pursuing their Masters and PhD astatine JNU. The centre is expected to connection diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate courses starting July 2025.
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