GUWAHATI: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati is launching a Master’s programme in Liberal Arts.
It will be offered by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Guwahati from the academic year 2022-2023.
The first batch of 30 students will be admitted from the upcoming July 2022 semester based on specific admission criteria to be announced soon.
The programme aims to offer cross-disciplinary and multidisciplinary training to students and hone their ability to think critically and creatively about social, political, and aesthetic issues that concern our world today and would align with the NEP2020.
By engaging in meaningful cross-disciplinary and multidisciplinary conversations, students will learn to make informed judgments and choices, while also remaining aware of their ethical implications.
Professor T G Sitharam, Director IIT Guwahati emphasised that the main motive of this liberal arts programme is to promote a multidisciplinary approach in all aspects of higher education so that the youth are exposed to critical thinking, analytical reasoning, encourage creativity, multi-lingual and traditional knowledge while they prepare for complex and wide-ranging jobs.