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Thursday, April 2, 2026
TopicIndian knowledge systems

Topic: Indian knowledge systems

Citing zero applicants, Centre encourages scholars from 4 Northeast states to opt for IKS internship

The six-month initiative supports selected projects with interns receiving a monthly fellowship of Rs 10,000. These six states, UT were chosen after low participation.

‘Reviving parampara’: Adani, Centre to host global conclave on Indian Knowledge Systems

The event, 'Adani Global Indology Conclave: Reviving Parampara for a United World', will be held between 20 and 22 November at Adani Shantigram Township in Ahmedabad.

Education ministry’s book traces Ayurveda back to ancient health meet, lists tenets of Indian knowledge

The book, ‘Indian Knowledge Systems: India’s Contribution to Science – Volume 1’, is edited by a former curator at National Council of Science Museums & a professor at IIT Indore.

Back to the future: Govt launches national contest to recreate India’s traditional astronomy tools

Indian Knowledge Systems division calls students & firms to recreate astronomical instruments mentioned in classical Sanskrit texts. Selected instruments could be showcased to startups.

Auroville drew Michel Danino to India. He now leads NCERT team drafting new social science textbooks

New Delhi: Long before he became a prominent voice in Indian civilisation studies, academic Michel Danino was a curious teenager in France, immersed in...

Aryabhata to Ayurveda, how NEP’s driving ‘academic revival’ through India’s ancient knowledge systems

This is the concluding part of a four-part series. You can read Part 1 here, Part 2 here, and Part 3 here. New Delhi: In...

Centre’s Indian Knowledge System division set to broaden scope to include fashion, edutainment

Moving away from traditional topics, such as ayurveda and astronomy, the Union Ministry of Education division has called for research proposals in modern fields.

Govt rolls out Gyan Bharatam Mission to conserve 1 crore manuscripts

In Union Budget, FM Sitharaman also announced plans to set up a national digital repository of Indian knowledge systems (IKS) for knowledge sharing.

Modi govt set to bring in ‘neglected’ scholars to study rare ‘non-spiritual’ Indian manuscripts

Through new scheme, Indian Knowledge Systems division seeks to involve experts ‘ignored’ by mainstream academia to study, edit and publish texts in areas like science, agriculture etc.

Ayurveda, Angula & shlokas find mention in new NEP-inspired NCERT Class 6 science textbook

New Class 6 science book—Curiosity—was written keeping in mind NEP 2020 & NCF-SE 2023, which emphasise school curriculum should be ‘rooted in the Indian & local context and ethos’.

On Camera

Where did Ramayana spend Rs 4000 cr budget? Ranbir Kapoor’s de-ageing or copycat rakshasas

The VFX effects are what you’d expect from a run-of-the-mill video game or a mediocre fantasy show. But a film that supposedly cost thousands of crores? The audience deserves more.

RBI trading ban rocks $149 billion-a-day offshore rupee market

The central bank has rolled out some of its toughest measures in more than a decade to curb speculation & support the currency, which has been setting successive record lows this year.

India sharpens foreign media outreach in post Op Sindoor world, new strategy in play

Three-day conflict between India and Pakistan underscored the growing importance of information warfare as a critical domain alongside conventional military operations.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.