Online Course on IKS
Starting from 3rd November 2025
On Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays
Time: 4.00 pm to 5.30 pm
Platform: MS Teams
Certificates will be provided on successful completion of the course
Course Objectives
The course aims to:
- Introduce learners to the foundational principles of Indian Knowledge Systems.
- Explore key texts, traditions, and thinkers from ancient to pre-modern India.
- Demonstrate the interdisciplinary nature of Indian intellectual heritage.
- Encourage comparative and critical perspectives between Indian and other knowledge systems.
- Provide tools for contextual interpretation of IKS in contemporary settings.
Target Audience
- University students (humanities, social sciences, STEM)
- Educators and researchers
- Lifelong learners and cultural enthusiasts
- Policy makers and curriculum developers
- General public interested in Indian heritage
Prerequisites
- No prior knowledge of Indian philosophy or Sanskrit is required.
- All culture enthusiasts and knowledge-seekers are invited for the course.
Mode of Delivery
- Online (via MS Teams platform)
Proposed lecture topics
- Unlocking India’s Wisdom: An Overview of IKS
- Genius of the Ancients: Math, Metals, Stars & Healing
- Mind, Art & Self: Natyaśāstra, Philosophy & Psychology
- Reason the Indian Way: Logic and Argumentation
- Power and Order: Arthaśāstra & Smṛti Traditions
- Roots of a Civilization: Foundational Concepts of Indian Culture
- IKS Ahead: Charting the Future of India’s Knowledge Systems
Instructors
- Dr. Vinayachandra Banavathy, Director, Centre for IKS
- Dr. Ramakrishna Pejathaya, Associate Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
- Dr. Vinayak Rajat Bhat, Associate Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
- Dr. Naveen Bhat, Associate Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
- Dr. Sangeeta Ramesh, Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Detailed structure of the online course on IKS
Sessions | Topics/ Modules | Sub-topics | Faculty / Resource person |
1. | Overview of IKS | Dr. Ramakrishna Pejathaya | |
2. | Hard sciences | Mathematics | Dr. Ramakrishna Pejathaya |
3. | Metallurgy | Dr. Vinayak Rajat Bhat | |
4. | Astronomy | Dr. Ramakrishna Pejathaya | |
5. | Ayurveda | Dr. Vinayak Rajat Bhat | |
6. | Humanities | Natyasastra | Dr. Ramakrishna Pejathaya |
7. | Linguistics | Dr. Naveen Bhat | |
8. | Psychology | Dr. Vinayachandra Banavathy | |
9. | Philosophy | Dr. Vinayachandra Banavathy | |
10. | Philosophy | Dr. Vinayachandra Banavathy | |
11. | Logic and argumentation | Dr. Sangeeta Ramesh | |
12. | Values and ethics | Dr. Ramakrishna Pejathaya | |
13. | Social sciences | Arthashastra – Overview | Dr. Vinayak Rajat Bhat |
14. | Arthashastra | Dr. Vinayak Rajat Bhat | |
15. | Smriti literature | Smritis | Dr. Naveen Bhat |
16. | Ramayana & Mahabharata | Dr. Naveen Bhat | |
17. | Foundations of Indian culture | Purushartha, Yajna, Rita, Satya | Dr. Ramakrishna Pejathaya |
18. | Architecture | Arjun Bharadvaj | |
19. | Sculpture | Arjun Bharadvaj | |
20. | Future of IKS | Dr. Vinayachandra Banavathy |