Petition updateOpinions of the Minority Community about the Draft National Education Policy 2016
Stop Saffronisation of Higher Education
Oliver RayiIndia
Aug 24, 2025
Thank you for signing the earlier petition about Draft NEP. Now is the time to voice out on the UGC draft Learning Outcomes-based Curriculum Framework (LOCF) proposes integrating "ancient wisdom" and Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) into undergraduate curricula across multiple disciplines like chemistry, commerce, mathematics, economics, and anthropology with elements such as referencing Vedic concepts like
- - Parmanu in atomic theory,
- - teaching Kautilya's Arthashastra and "Ram Rajya" in commerce,
- - exploring mandala geometry and temple architecture in mathematics,
- - Incorporating dharmic thought on wealth in economics.
- - sutra-based algebra (ancient Indian method using mathematical formulas)
- - division of polynomials using the Paravartya Yojayet Sutra
- - Kala Gaṇana (traditional Indian timekeeping)
- - Sūrya Siddhānta and Āryabhaṭīyam, explains the structure of cosmic time—from Yugas and Kalpas to Brahma’s day (Brahma Varṣa)—and introduces divine time cycles like Vishnu Varṣa and Shiva Varṣa
- - panchaṅga (Indian calendar) and how it determines auspicious moments (muhūrtas)
- - ancient Indian Vedic time units of Ghatis and Vighatis compare with modern systems like Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and Indian Standard Time (IST).
- - references to V.D. Savarkar's work in history readings
If you do not wish your children and your children's children studying this kind of an education then SIGN / SHARE the petition
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