The Ashoka University, OP Jindal Global University and Shiv Nadar University co-hosted a conference titled The future of liberal arts in India 2015. The conference was organised in collaboration with Carleton College; Yale-NUS, Claremont McKenna College; Pomona College; the Raman Research Institute and the University of Chicago Centre in New Delhi. It brought together senior leaders and faculty of higher education from institutions across India and the world to discuss the challenges and opportunities for high quality teaching, scholarship and research for the liberal arts and sciences in India. The three-day conference, attended by over 100 Indian and international participants.
The conference focused on topics such as reconciling traditional and modern India; innovative approaches to higher education in the humanities and arts; innovative curriculum in social science and sustainability; how liberal arts can foster global connections and collaboration and approaches of teaching and learning in research universities in India. Speaking at the conference, C.Rajkumar, VC, Jindal Global University said: “Emphasis on engineering and medical education is so huge that the challenge is to break through this thinking. A course in liberal arts instills values.”