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URL:https://chanakyauniversity.edu.in/events/online-course-on-iks/
SUMMARY:Online Certificate Course on Indian Intellectual Heritage
DESCRIPTION:Starting from 8th December\, 2025\nOn Mondays and Thursdays\nTi
 me: 4.00 pm to 5.30 pm\nPlatform: MS Teams\nCertificates will be provided 
 on successful completion of the course.\n\nCourse Objectives\n\nThe course
  aims to:\n\n 	Introduce learners to the foundational principles of Indian
  Knowledge Systems.\n 	Explore key texts\, traditions\, and thinkers from 
 ancient to pre-modern India.\n 	Demonstrate the interdisciplinary nature o
 f Indian intellectual heritage.\n 	Encourage comparative and critical pers
 pectives between Indian and other knowledge systems.\n 	Provide tools for 
 contextual interpretation of IKS in contemporary settings.\n\nProposed lec
 ture topics\n\n 	Unlocking India’s Wisdom: An Overview of IKS\n 	Genius 
 of the Ancients: Math\, Metals\, Stars &amp\; Healing\n 	Mind\, Art &amp\;
  Self: Natyaśāstra\, Philosophy &amp\; Psychology\n 	Reason the Indian W
 ay: Logic and Argumentation\n 	Power and Order: Arthaśāstra &amp\; Smṛ
 ti Traditions\n 	Roots of a Civilization: Foundational Concepts of Indian 
 Culture\n 	IKS Ahead: Charting the Future of India’s Knowledge Systems\n
 \nInstructors \n\n 	Dr. Vinayachandra Banavathy\, Head\, Strategic Initiat
 ives\, Chanakya University\n 	Dr. Ramakrishna Pejathaya\, Professor and Di
 rector\, Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems\n 	Dr. Vinayak Rajat Bhat\, A
 ssociate Professor\, Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems\n 	Dr. Naveen Bha
 t\, Associate Professor\, Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems\n 	Dr. Sange
 eta Ramesh\, Assistant Professor\, Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems\n 	
 Sri. Arjun Bharadwaj\, Visiting Faculty\, Centre for Indian Knowledge Syst
 ems\n\nDetailed structure of the course topics:\n\n\n\n\n\nSessions\n\n\nT
 opics/\nModules \n\n\nSub-topics\n\n\nFaculty / Resource person\n\n\n\n\n1
 .\n\n\nOverview \n\n\nSetting the context\n\n\nDr. Vinayachandra Banavathy
 \n\n\n\n\n2.\n\n\nNatural sciences and Mathematics \n\n\nMathematics – p
 rinciples\, precision and unique contributions\n\n\nDr. Ramakrishna Pejath
 aya\n\n\n\n\n3.\n\n\n\nMetallurgy – from ore to art\n\n\nDr. Vinayak Raj
 at Bhat\n\n\n\n\n4.\n\n\n\nJyotisha – an enquiry into celestial bodies \
 n\n\nDr. Ramakrishna Pejathaya\n\n\n\n\n5.\n\n\n\nAyurveda – a pathway t
 o health &amp\; well-being\n\n\nDr. Vinayak Rajat Bhat\n\n\n\n\n6.\n\n\nHu
 manities \n\n\nRasa Theory – Emotion\, Experience\, and Expression in I
 ndian Art\n\n\nSri Arjun Bharadvaj\n\n\n\n\n7.\n\n\n\nLinguistics – the
  science and philosophy of meaning-making\n\n\nDr. Naveen Bhat\n\n\n\n\n8.
 \n\n\n\nPhilosophy\n\n\nDr. Vinayachandra Banavathy\n\n\n\n\n9.\n\n\n\nPhi
 losophy \n\n\nDr. Vinayachandra Banavathy\n\n\n\n\n10.\n\n\n\nPsychology -
  art and science of mind\n\n\nDr. Vinayachandra Banavathy\n\n\n\n\n11.\n\n
 \n\nLogic and argumentation – tools of thought and debate\n\n\nDr. Sange
 eta Ramesh\n\n\n\n\n12.\n\n\n\nTemple architecture – design\, devotion &
 amp\; community\n\n\nSri Arjun Bharadvaj\n\n\n\n\n13.\n\n\n\nTemple sculpt
 ure – symbolism\, artistry &amp\; culture\n\n\nSri Arjun Bharadvaj\n\n\n
 \n\n14.\n\n\nSocial sciences\n\n\nArthashastra – Statecraft and public a
 dministration\n\n\nDr. Vinayak Rajat Bhat\n\n\n\n\n15.\n\n\n\nArthashastra
  – Power dynamics and international relationship\n\n\nDr. Vinayak Rajat 
 Bhat\n\n\n\n\n16.\n\n\n\n Vyavahara- Principles and practices of Conflict 
 management.\n\n\nDr. Naveen Bhat\n\n\n\n\n17.\n\n\nAxioms of time-tested c
 ivilization\n\n\nPurushartha\, Rita\, Rina and Yajna\n\n\nDr. Ramakrishna 
 Pejathaya\n\n\n\n\n18.\n\n\n\nDharma the core of Indian life\n\n\nDr. Rama
 krishna Pejathaya\n\n\n\n\n19.\n\n\n\nRamayana &amp\; Mahabharata – the 
 story of every Indian\n\n\nDr. Naveen Bhat\n\n\n\n\n20.\n\n\nFuture of IKS
 \n\n\nFuture directions in Indian intellectual heritage\n\n\nDr. Vinayacha
 ndra Banavathy\n\n\n\n\n* The sequence is only indicative\n\nEveryone is w
 elcome to participate—no prerequisites required!\n\nLast date for regist
 ration: 28th November 2025\n\nClick here to register and make a payment.
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CATEGORIES:Indian Knowledge Systems
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