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Monday, October 13, 2025
TopicIndian Knowledge Systems Centre

Topic: Indian Knowledge Systems Centre

When reincarnation is on IIT syllabus — Modi govt’s ‘Indian Knowledge Systems’ & why it’s facing flak

In 2020, education ministry launched IKS division called Bhāratīya Jñāna Paramparā Vibhāga, aiming to promote interdisciplinary & transdisciplinary research on indigenous knowledge.

IIT-KGP is now attempting to prove that ancient India inspired Pythagoras’ theorem & MSMEs

Prof. Joy Sen, head of IKS centre, says his claim is based on ancient Indian texts, research is not about 'BJP or RSS', but about ‘righting history of human knowledge’.

Twitter calls IIT Kharagpur 2022 calendar ‘mumbo-jumbo’, creator says it’s ‘colonial hangover’

Conceptualised by the Indian Knowledge Systems Centre, calendar challenges the ‘Aryan invasion theory’ through evidence ‘embedded in the Vedas’ to debunk ‘Western teachings’.

On Camera

No Mamata Banerjee, women’s safety isn’t a curfew issue

For Indian women, the smallest unit of control becomes the family; the largest, the State. Both speak the same language.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.