P Sreekumar:
Associate Professor, Dept of Linguistics, Central University of Kerala
Abstract:
Colonization caused a rupture in the diverse knowledge traditions of Bharat. Consequently, for centuries, Bharatiya knowledge tradition was left unreformed. The Bharatiya knowledge tradition has yet to be rediscovered, reformed, and integrated with modern knowledge systems in each discipline. Reforming Bharat's higher education system with the integration of the Bharatiya Knowledge tradition will decolonize our life-world. Consequently, Bharat will move forward to become Atmanirbhar through NEP 2020. After discussing the Bharatiya Knowledge System (BKS) in the context of Atmanirbhara Bharat, decolonization and NEP 2020, this paper presents a model course in linguistics to demonstrate how BKS can be integrated while reforming higher education in Bharat.
The mark of wisdom is to discern the truth from whatever source it is heard.
(The Possession of Knowledge in Tirukural by Thiruvalluvar 300 BC-7th AD)
This known here is not different,
it is knowing alone, if looked into;
as Knowing is always one with this known,
nothing but Knowing exist, anywhere.
(Knowing by Narayana Guru 1856-1928)
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Bharatiya Knowledge System and the Higher Education Reform in Bharat
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