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But, breaking this myth, there has been a marked resurgence in the number of stu- dents opting for the social sci- ences or humanities courses. The mindset has changed. Students, well-versed with their passion and areas of strength, are now beginning to follow their dreams. Among the universities that of- fer humanities or social science courses, Delhi University (DU) heads the list as a ‘popular choice.’ Earlier, under the three- year UG programme, the university offered core humanities courses like political sci- ence, sociology, psychology, English, philos- ophy and social work and history coupled with a Bachelor’s in language courses. With the introduction of the four-year UG programme in DU, courses like ethics, soci- ety and justice, geographic diversity, Bud- dhist studies, romance studies, African and East Asian Studies offer further choices to students. For Uma Pal, a student of LSR Delhi, it is the age of interdisci- plinary courses. Clarity of thought and an analytical ap- proach are what characterises hu- manities students. “Literature courses are broad in spectrum and even include study of the Mahabharata. Concurrent courses like philosophy also provide us with a wider perspective,” she says. EXTRA EDGE Humanities as a discipline has a lot to offer for a fruitful future. Choice of subjects plays an important role. Rashmi Tikku, professor of English and Women Studies and convener at LAD College (Nagpur University), points out that UG in humanities encapsu- lates a holis- tic approach to- wards anything oral, visual or written. From writing reports, teaching, journalism to research; every aspect requires a humanities student. While careers as engineers and doctors still predominate the Indian jobscape, stu- dents are beginning to think differently. For instance, according to Arya MP, a literature student of MG University, Kerala, a choice is always a part of one’s life. We have a paper, he says, on Gandhian philosophy, which in- cludes extensive teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. Also, women and literature or eco- criticism are recent fields, which are dealt with in contemporary curricula. Corroborating his view, Nikita Solanke of St Mira’s College, Pune University, adds, “UG in humanities has a lot of scope. A psychologist, sociologist or an economist are indispensable to any organisation. It is a more applicable field as compared to others.” In fact, liberal arts courses provide stu- dents with a skill-set that enables them to think critically and out-of-box. As Kani- ka Khandelwal, associate professor, de- partment of psychology, LSR, puts it, it is a myth that studying humanities does not lead to good careers, a misconception that leads many students to take up com- merce or science. Adds professor Shibashis Chatterjee of Jadavpur University (JU), “The faculty coun- cil of arts offers both conventional and un- conventional courses in all programmes and provides dynamic opportunities.” METHODOLOGY St Xavier’s College (SXC), Kolkata (au- tonomous) encourages in-depth analysis over pedantic learning. The English Acade- my, presided by the head of the depart- ment, Chandrani Biswas has seen a gamut of exchange programmes where students of other reputed colleges have performed plays like Twelfth Night, Macbeth, A Street- car named Desire, and the like. Says Biswas, “We are not only focused on teaching and research, but the syl- labus also gives expansive exposure to the language. Prescribed texts, besides providing theoretical thrust, improve cre- ative writing and broaden the knowledge of literature.” According to Zaid Al Baset of the depart- ment of sociology, SXC, pertinent topics are introduced to rekindle interest in the subject and break away from the mun- dane. Also, the department offers courses on sexuality and the body, which does away with rote-learning. Broad in Spectrum Today, students opting for humanities at the undergraduate level are spoilt for choice when it comes to choosing a course that is a blend of the heart and the mind. Aditi Guha reports >> CLEAR FAVOURITE Economics, for years, has largely been associated with the science stream. However, its growing relevance in social sciences cannot be ignored. Many colleges such as LSR or JU are known for their BA programme in economics. Other favourites among students include journalism and mass communication, film studies, public relations and advertising, animation, multimedia, photography and documentary filmmaking. “An intensive course at this institute increases the outcome levels of students and helps them maximise their potential with corporate exposure,” says Urvashi Athavale, UG student at SIMC. >> COURSE TRENDS ■ Cinema and ideology, comparative mythology, living with climate change, and understanding Indian classical music, at the department of liberal arts, Symbiosis University ■ Human rights, human and community development, theology and social work at DU and private universities such as Amity in Noida ■ Foreign languages like Spanish, Arabic, French and Italian at DU, Russian at Calcutta University ■ Courses highlighting the cultural heritage of the place, like Tagore Studies at JU ■ Theatre studies and gender studies as part of the UG curriculum of the department of English at JU ■ Journalism and film studies at St Xavier’s College (autonomous) Kolkata and JU (Indicative listing) INSIDE PAGES > MORE ON HUMANITIES PIC: SOHAM PISAT, GRAPHIC: VAIDEHI AHER NEXT WEEK Everything you need to know about postgraduation in humanities along with student testimonials, admission alerts, scholarships and course details UG in humanities encapsulates a holistic approach towards anything oral, visual or written. From teaching to journalism, every aspect requires a humanities student > To vote, visit www.educationtimes.com and click on ‘Poll’ A panel of experts will clear your confusion and guide you to make the right choice. Post your query on www.educationtimes.com/ counsellorforum You don’t have to wait for Monday, Education Times is now available 24x7 Follow us on *EDUB10713//01/K/1* *EDUB10713//01/K/1* EDUB10713/1R1/01/K/1 *EDUB10713//01/Y/1* *EDUB10713//01/Y/1* EDUB10713/1R1/01/Y/1 *EDUB10713//01/M/1* *EDUB10713//01/M/1* EDUB10713/1R1/01/M/1 *EDUB10713//01/C/1* *EDUB10713//01/C/1* EDUB10713/1R1/01/C/1 K erala Kalamandalam has added three postgraduate pro- grammes in Kathakali Chenda, Carnatic music and Mridangam. With this latest addition, the univer- sity now has six PG courses to offer. The reasons cited for starting these courses were, “sufficient infrastructure, includ- ing a well-planned syllabi and qualified staff. Besides, there are a high number of students learning these three subjects at the degree level in Kerala and this prompted us to begin postgraduate courses,” says PN Suresh, vice- chancellor, Kalaman- dalam deemed university of art and cul- ture, Thrissur. The three courses have a demand in the professional field with many job opportunities available. Ac- cording to V Kaladharan, deputy registrar, “Most of the art disci- plines taught at Kalamandalam require specialised platforms, unlike the newly-introduced courses. For instance, those who receive advanced training in Chenda can enter other genres like Melam and Thayambaka, which have a strong audience both in Kerala and other states. Kathakali Chenda is not as flam- boyant and an artist can partici- pate in temple rit- uals to earn more.” Since its inception, the institution has been at the forefront of nurturing art forms like Kathakali, Thullal and Mohiniyattam. The institution prides itself in retain- ing the Gurukul system of im- parting art education despite all odds. But, the university is cur- rently at the crossroads. Some artists and critics are sceptical about the decision to introduce more general subjects at the ex- pense of reducing time for train- ing in the art forms at Kalaman- dalam. In order to lay a strong foun- dation for research in the field of performing arts, the universi- ty also plans to add courses in cultural studies and journalism, multimedia, mass communication, women studies and documentation. According to Suresh, this will facilitate exchanges at academic and cultural levels. Kalamandalam recently con- ducted a six- day workshop on sage Bhara- ta’s Natyasas- tra. Over 70 stu- dents from Ker- ala, Karnataka, Pune, Chennai and Dubai partic- ipated in the workshop guided by the Natyasastra scholar and aesthete, professor Pappu Venugopal Rao. MK Narayanan, governor, West Bengal, and rector, Viswabharati University, visited Kalamandalam to facilitate cultural and educational exchange programmes between the two institutions. Last year, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited Kalamandalam and laid the foundation for a museum displaying artefacts used in south Indian performing arts. COURSE CURSOR Three courses in Kathakali Chenda, Carnatic music and Mridangam are likely to equip students with viable professional skills. Poonam Jain reports SMART STEPS Course requirements ELIGIBILITY: BA degree in the subject concerned CURRENT BATCH: 5 students for Carnatic music, 2 for Kathakali Chenda and 2 for Mridangam. Maximum intake for PG programme: 4 FEES: Rs 3750 + 1000 MORE INFORMATION: www.kalamandalam.org/ courses.asp FOR A NOBEL TIME Subhendu Roy and Debasish Manna, from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, are attending the 63rd Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany from 30 June to 5 July Poonam Jain / TNN S ubhendu Roy is an integrated PhD student, doing his research in the department of inorganic and physical chemistry. His aim is to get an insight into the chemical reactions and exploit it for further benefit of mankind “This branch of chemistry, which is known as computational chemistry, can help research im- mensely where experiment fails,” he says, hoping to soon arrive at feasible ways of doing an experiment, which may otherwise, seem improbable and thus limit the unwarranted expenditure. Inching closer to a cure for thyroid is Debasish Man- na, also pursuing his research in the same department as Roy. He, along with the other scientists, are attempt- ing to develop a new drug molecule that could combat hyperthyroidism. “My research work primarily focuses on understanding the mechanism of inner and outer- ring deiodination of thyroid hormones by IDs using sim- ple chemical models,” says Manna. If successful, it would be the first molecule to come out of an Indian lab for hyperthyroidism. Both, Roy and Manna, are currently rubbing shoulders with the Nobel Laureates and other researchers from across the world at the Lindau Meeting. “This is one of the rare opportunities that will allow me to interact with the best scientific minds in the field of chemistry and al- lied interdisciplinary areas,” says Roy, adding that the interaction with the Nobel Laureates will help him bet- ter his thought process. Manna has been select- ed to present his research work on thyroid at the Uni- versity of Regensburg dur- ing the study tour organ- ised by the German Re- search Foundation. “I hope that our recent findings on thyroid hormone deiodina- tion will be critically judged, as it would im- mensely benefit the future designs of anti-thyroid drugs,” he says, eagerly waiting to get a glimpse of the German culture during the visit. RESEARCHROUNDUP Debasish Manna Subhendu Roy
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Humanities has for long been misun-derstood and perceived as a weak-er sibling of science and commerce.
A discipline, meant for the less-eligible,for those who failed to make it to the tech-nical fields, and for those whohad little choice to make it big intheir careers. But, breaking thismyth, there has been a markedresurgence in the number of stu-dents opting for the social sci-ences or humanities courses. Themindset has changed. Students,well-versed with their passionand areas of strength, are nowbeginning to follow their dreams.
Among the universities that of-fer humanities or social science courses,Delhi University (DU) heads the list as a‘popular choice.’ Earlier, under the three-year UG programme, the university offeredcore humanities courses like political sci-ence, sociology, psychology, English, philos-ophy and social work and history coupledwith a Bachelor’s in language courses.
With the introduction of the four-year UGprogramme in DU, courses like ethics, soci-ety and justice, geographic diversity, Bud-dhist studies, romance studies, Africanand East Asian Studies offer furtherchoices to students.
For Uma Pal, a student of LSRDelhi, it is the age of interdisci-plinary courses. Clarity ofthought and an analytical ap-proach are what characterises hu-manities students. “Literature courses arebroad in spectrum and even include studyof the Mahabharata. Concurrent courseslike philosophy also provide us with awider perspective,” she says.
EXTRA EDGEHumanities as a discipline has a lot to offerfor a fruitful future. Choice of subjects plays
an important role. RashmiTikku, professor of Englishand Women Studies andconvener at LAD College(Nagpur University),
points out that UG inhumanitiesencapsu-lates a holis-tic approach to-wards anythingoral, visual orwritten. From writingreports, teaching, journalism toresearch; every aspect requiresa humanities student.
While careers as engineers and doctorsstill predominate the Indian jobscape, stu-dents are beginning to think differently. Forinstance, according to Arya MP, a literaturestudent of MG University, Kerala, a choice isalways a part of one’s life. We have a paper,he says, on Gandhian philosophy, which in-cludes extensive teachings of MahatmaGandhi. Also, women and literature or eco-criticism are recent fields, which are dealt
with in contemporary curricula.Corroborating his view, Nikita
Solanke of St Mira’s College, PuneUniversity, adds, “UG in humanities has
a lot of scope. A psychologist, sociologistor an economist are indispensable to anyorganisation. It is a more applicable fieldas compared to others.”
In fact, liberal arts courses provide stu-dents with a skill-set that enables themto think critically and out-of-box. As Kani-ka Khandelwal, associate professor, de-partment of psychology, LSR, puts it, it isa myth that studying humanities does notlead to good careers, a misconceptionthat leads many students to take up com-merce or science.
Adds professor Shibashis Chatterjee ofJadavpur University (JU), “The faculty coun-cil of arts offers both conventional and un-conventional courses in all programmes andprovides dynamic opportunities.”
METHODOLOGYSt Xavier’s College (SXC), Kolkata (au-tonomous) encourages in-depth analysisover pedantic learning. The English Acade-my, presided by the head of the depart-ment, Chandrani Biswas has seen a gamutof exchange programmes where students ofother reputed colleges have performedplays like Twelfth Night, Macbeth, A Street-car named Desire, and the like.
Says Biswas, “We are not only focusedon teaching and research, but the syl-labus also gives expansive exposure tothe language. Prescribed texts, besidesproviding theoretical thrust, improve cre-ative writing and broaden the knowledgeof literature.”
According to Zaid Al Baset of the depart-ment of sociology, SXC, pertinent topicsare introduced to rekindle interest in thesubject and break away from the mun-dane. Also, the department offers courseson sexuality and the body, which doesaway with rote-learning.
Broad in Spectrum
Today, students opting for humanities at theundergraduate level are spoilt for choice when itcomes to choosing a course that is a blend of the
heart and the mind. Aditi Guha reports
>> CLEAR FAVOURITEEconomics, for years, has largely been associatedwith the science stream. However, its growingrelevance in social sciences cannot be ignored.Many colleges such as LSR or JU are known fortheir BA programme in economics. Otherfavourites among students include journalism andmass communication, film studies, public relationsand advertising, animation, multimedia,photography and documentary filmmaking. “Anintensive course at this institute increases theoutcome levels of students and helps themmaximise their potential with corporate exposure,”says Urvashi Athavale, UG student at SIMC.
>> COURSE TRENDS■ Cinema and ideology, comparative
mythology, living with climatechange, and understanding Indianclassical music, at the departmentof liberal arts, Symbiosis University
■ Human rights, human andcommunity development, theologyand social work at DU and privateuniversities such as Amity in Noida
■ Foreign languages like Spanish,Arabic, French and Italian at DU,Russian at Calcutta University
■ Courses highlighting the culturalheritage of the place, like TagoreStudies at JU
■ Theatre studies and gender studiesas part of the UG curriculum of thedepartment of English at JU
■ Journalism and film studies at StXavier’s College (autonomous)Kolkata and JU
(Indicative listing)
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K erala Kalamandalamhas added threepostgraduate pro-
grammes in KathakaliChenda, Carnatic musicand Mridangam. With thislatest addition, the univer-sity now has six PG coursesto offer. The reasons cited forstarting these courses were,“sufficient infrastructure, includ-ing a well-planned syllabiand qualifiedstaff. Besides,there are ahigh numberof studentslearningthese threesubjects at thedegree level in Keralaand this prompted usto begin postgraduatecourses,” says PNSuresh, vice-chancellor,Kalaman-dalamdeemeduniversity ofart and cul-ture, Thrissur.
The threecourses havea demand inthe professional field with manyjob opportunities available. Ac-cording to V Kaladharan, deputyregistrar, “Most of the art disci-plines taught at Kalamandalamrequire specialised platforms,unlike the newly-introducedcourses. For instance, those whoreceive advanced training inChenda can enter other genreslike Melam and Thayambaka,which have a strong audienceboth in Kerala and other states.Kathakali Chenda is not as flam-
boyant and anartist can partici-
pate in temple rit-uals to earn more.” Since its inception,
the institution hasbeen at the forefront
of nurturing artforms like Kathakali,
Thullal and Mohiniyattam. Theinstitution prides itself in retain-ing the Gurukul system of im-parting art education despite allodds. But, the university is cur-rently at the crossroads. Someartists and critics are scepticalabout the decision to introducemore general subjects at the ex-pense of reducing time for train-ing in the art forms at Kalaman-dalam.
In order to lay a strong foun-dation for research in the field of
performing arts, the universi-ty also plans to add coursesin cultural studies andjournalism, multimedia,mass communication,women studies anddocumentation.Accordingto Suresh,this willfacilitate exchanges atacademic and culturallevels.
Kalamandalamrecently con-ducted a six-day workshopon sage Bhara-ta’s Natyasas-tra. Over 70 stu-dents from Ker-ala, Karnataka,Pune, Chennai and Dubai partic-
ipated in the workshop guidedby the Natyasastra scholar andaesthete, professor PappuVenugopal Rao.
MK Narayanan, governor,West Bengal, and rector,
Viswabharati University,visited Kalamandalamto facilitate culturaland educational
exchange programmesbetween the two
institutions. Last year,Prime Minister
Manmohan Singhvisited Kalamandalamand laid thefoundation for amuseum displayingartefacts used insouth Indianperforming arts.
COURSECURSOR
Three courses inKathakali Chenda,Carnatic music andMridangam are likely toequip students withviable professional skills.Poonam Jain reports
SMART STEPS
Course requirements� ELIGIBILITY:BA degree in the subjectconcerned
� CURRENT BATCH:5 students for Carnaticmusic, 2 for KathakaliChenda and 2 forMridangam.Maximum intake for PG programme: 4
� FEES:Rs 3750 + 1000
� MORE INFORMATION:www.kalamandalam.org/courses.asp
FOR ANOBEL TIMESubhendu Roy and Debasish Manna,from the Indian Institute of Science,Bangalore, are attending the 63rd NobelLaureate Meeting in Lindau, Germanyfrom 30 June to 5 July
Poonam Jain / TNN
Subhendu Roy is an integrated PhD student, doinghis research in the department of inorganic andphysical chemistry. His aim is to get an insight into
the chemical reactions and exploit it for further benefitof mankind “This branch of chemistry, which is knownas computational chemistry, can help research im-mensely where experiment fails,” he says, hoping tosoon arrive at feasible ways of doing an experiment,which may otherwise, seem improbable and thus limitthe unwarranted expenditure.
Inching closer to a cure for thyroid is Debasish Man-na, also pursuing his research in the same departmentas Roy. He, along with the other scientists, are attempt-ing to develop a new drug molecule that could combathyperthyroidism. “My research work primarily focuseson understanding the mechanism of inner and outer-ring deiodination of thyroid hormones by IDs using sim-ple chemical models,” says Manna. If successful, itwould be the first molecule to come out of an Indian labfor hyperthyroidism.
Both, Roy and Manna, are currently rubbing shoulderswith the Nobel Laureates and other researchers fromacross the world at the Lindau Meeting. “This is one ofthe rare opportunities that will allow me to interact withthe best scientific minds in the field of chemistry and al-lied interdisciplinary areas,” says Roy, adding that theinteraction with the Nobel Laureates will help him bet-ter his thought process.
Manna has been select-ed to present his researchwork on thyroid at the Uni-versity of Regensburg dur-ing the study tour organ-ised by the German Re-search Foundation. “I hopethat our recent findings onthyroid hormone deiodina-tion will be criticallyjudged, as it would im-mensely benefit the futuredesigns of anti-thyroiddrugs,” he says, eagerlywaiting to get a glimpse ofthe German culture duringthe visit.
RESEARCHROUNDUP
Debasish MannaSubhendu Roy
Debasish Manna
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