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26/09/22 06:31 AM IST

Bharat Vidya

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  • Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will launch Bharat Vidya, an online learning platform for Oriental and South Asian studies.
Bharat Vidya 
  • The Bharat Vidya is designed and developed by the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI).
  • Bharat Vidya is a first-of-its-kind online platform, which will offer both free and paid courses covering various aspects of Indology about art, architecture, philosophy, language, and science.
  • The Bharat Vidya will have six courses at the beginning including Veda Vidya, Bharatiya Darshanshastra, Sanskrit learning, 18 Parvas of Mahabharata, Fundamentals of Archaeology, and Kalidasa and Bhasha.
  • BORI will collaborate with Indian and Foreign universities for awarding credits for its courses.
Source- Indian Express 

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