Sanskrit varsity to launch course in museology
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Sanskrit university to associate with leading museums in country
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Sanskrit university to associate with leading museums in country
Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit has initiated an academic programme that would help mould trained professionals in museology.
The postgraduate programme in museum studies will be launched this academic year. The M.A. course is among the new generation programmes approved by the government for 2020-21.
“It will be the first-of-its-kind course in South India. Some of the institutions currently offering the postgraduate programme in the country include M.S. University, Baroda; Calcutta University; Benares Hindu University, Varanasi; Aligarh Muslim University; and National Museum Institute, New Delhi,” said B. Venugopal, academic coordinator and former Director of the National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi, and Indian Museum, Kolkata.
Varsities pin hopes on State Budget
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New institutes, academic programmes on wish list of Cusat, Sanskrit varsity
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New institutes, academic programmes on wish list of Cusat, Sanskrit varsity
An Institute for Sanskrit and Indigenous Heritages of South India and Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies and Innovation figure top among the budget wishes of the Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit and Cochin University of Science and Technology respectively.
The varsities remain hopeful that Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac would consider their infrastructure and academic requirements as the State Budget is expected to give a thrust for the higher education sector. “The proposed Institute for Sanskrit and Indigenous Heritages of South India will provide a platform for collaborative and interdisciplinary research. We hope that the Sanskrit University will be the hub of Sanskrit studies in the country with the setting up of the institute,” said D