Banaras Hindu University has started its masters courses in Hindu studies, which it claims is the first such courses in India. The postgraduate program welcomed its first batch and will be taught in hybrid mode. A total of 45 students have been admitted to the first batch, one of which is a foreign student, BHU said. The course includes nine compulsory and seven optional papers.
“The postgraduate program is the first such course in India to be offered by a university in the country,” the university says. Prof VK Shukla, Vice Chancellor of BHU, said the course will make the world aware of many unknown aspects of Hindu dharma and help bring its teachings to more people. The course is an interdisciplinary programme, which is in line with the new National Education Policy 2020.
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The course under the Faculty of Arts is taught in Bharat Adhyayan Kendra in association with the Department of Philosophy and Religion, the Department of Sanskrit and the Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology.
The first week’s schedule consists of lectures on ‘Evolution of the Hindu Dharma’, ‘What is Hindu Studies’, ‘The Antiquity and Meaning of the Term Hindu’, ‘Indian Epistemology and Metaphysics’, ‘Hindu of Foreign Origin’ and ‘Hinduism and Brahmanism.’
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During the inaugural program, Prof Kamlesh Dutt Tripathi, Chancellor, Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, Wardha and Centenary Chair Professor, Bharat Adhyayan Kendra underlined the values and mantra of unity that are at the core of the Hindu Dharma. He said that one cannot separate the Hindu dharma from being constantly logical and scientific.
The course was important for building the Sanatana life values, said Centenary Chair Professor Prof Rakesh Upadhyaya, while Prof Yugal Kishore Mishra spoke about the scientific aspect of Gayatri Mantra.
Prof Sadashiv Kumar Dwivedi, Coordinator, Bharat Adhyayan Kendra presented a brief structure of the course. All newly admitted students of the course, centenarian visiting fellows of the Center and scientists from around the country participated in the program in hybrid mode.
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