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Integrating Indian Knowledge System into Political Science Curriculum: Opportunities and Challenges under NEP 2020

Author(s) Abhijith Prasobh
Country India
Abstract Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) have become an important aspect of the curriculum reform in India after the promulgation of the National Education Policy 2020. Political Science, a field dealing with issues of power, state, governance, justice, citizenship, public institutions and political thought, has a natural affinity with IKS as Indian intellectual traditions abound with reflections on the nature of the state, the nature of the law, ethics, social order, republican traditions, public duty, welfare, decentralisation and constitutional morality. This research paper examines opportunities and challenges of incorporating IKS in the Political Science curriculum for NEP 2020 for cutoff up to March 2025. The paper contends that incorporation of IKS can decolonise the curriculum, enhance civilisational literacy, foster comparative political theory, facilitate interdisciplinary learning and link students with Indian political sources of political theory. The process, however, has some difficulties, including the potential for the use of ideology, lack of well-trained faculty, limited critical translations, uneven institutional capacity, risk of romanticization, and the need to balance tradition and constitutional values. The paper suggests an evidence-driven and inclusive critical framework of integration of IKS comprising ancient, medieval, modern, tribal, regional, Buddhist, Jain, Bhakti, Sufi, Gandhian, Ambedkarite and constitutional traditions. It believes that the use of IKS should not be considered as an addition or decoration to learning but rather an academic framework that can be applied in the comparative, analytical, and democratic learning process in Political Science.
Keywords Indian Knowledge System, Political Science curriculum, NEP 2020, Indian political thought, higher education, curriculum reform, governance, decolonisation
Field Sociology > Politics
Published In Volume 16, Issue 3, March 2025
Published On 2025-03-07
DOI https://doi.org/10.71097/IJTAS.v16.i3.1356
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