AICTE's Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) Division Selects 15 Proposals In 6 Focus Areas – BW Businessworld

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After receiving an overwhelming response for its research project, AICTE selects 15 projects out of 156 research proposals across nine focus areas.

The Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) Division of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) announced that it has received an overwhelming response for its research project, and out of 156 applications received selected 15 projects proposals in six focus areas.
Almost 1/3rd of the applications received were for Science, Engineering, Technology, and only four were selected. Among others, four were selected for Linguistics, Phonetics, Epistemology, Language Technology, three for Indian Traditional Knowledge Base, two for Arts, Literature, Culture, Aesthetics Folklore, Education, and one each for Management, Administration, Law, Governance, and Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy.
Research and development activities in IKS is an essential component of the education system since it creates new knowledge and insight and imparts excitement and dynamism in NEP2020, as well as making them need-based in view of the national requirements.
The grand vision for the IKS Division of Ministry of Education at AICTE is to initiate a process of training generations of scholars who will show the ‘Indian way’. The IKS Division of Ministry of Education at AICTE has been established with a vision to promote interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research on all aspects of IKS update and disseminate IKS knowledge for further innovations and societal applications.

Focus Area
Received Proposals
Selected
Science, Engineering, Technology
55
4
Health, wellness
14

Psychology, Cognition
8

Linguistics, Phonetics, Epistemology, Language technology
10
4
Management, Administration, Law, Governance 
6
1
Arts, Literature, Culture, Aesthetics folklore, Education
24
2
Indian Classical Music, Drama
3

Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy
10
1
Indian Traditional Knowledge Base 
26
3
Total:
156
15

List of selected proposals:
S.N
Name of the PI
Title of the proposal
Name of University/Institutions 
1
Dr Laxmidhar Behera
Impact of Indian Classical Raga on human cognitive function A neuropsychological study using EEG
IIT Kanpur

2
Dr Amba Kulkarni
Sanskrit Word Order following the Steps of target language
University of Hyderabad

3
Dr Rabi Narayan Mohanty
Traditional Principles of Settlement Planning in Heritage Temple Sites of Odisha / erstwhile Kalinga Region
IIT BHU, Varanasi

4
Prof. Parameshwari K
Sanskrit to Indian Language Machine Translation cum Language Accessor
University of Hyderabad

5
Dr Anil Kumar Gourishetty
Development of conversational Sanskrit translator using Neural Machine Translation.
IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand

6
Dr Avlokita Agrawal
Designing a Prototype settlement for a Contemporary Sustainable Town as per the prescriptions of Vaastushastra
Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

7
Prof. V. Ramanathan,
Exploring mineral acids in Rasayana Shastra texts from ancient and medieval India
IIT BHU, BHU Campus, Varanasi

8
Dr Somashekara
Development of Ecofriendly Ancient Indian Clay, Ceramic Idols/potters of Traditional Importance by Extrusion Based 3D printing
IIT Dharwad WALMI campus, Karnataka 
9
Dr Sanjay Swami
Revitalizing Indigenous Knowledge of Sustainable Farming Practices in North East India by Integrating Conservation, Research and Entrepreneurship
School of Natural Resource Management, College of Post Graduate Studies in Agricultural Sciences, (CAU-Imphal), Umiam Meghalaya
10
Dr V. Jothiprakash,
Decoding Ancient Knowledge of Temple Tanks on Lord Shiva’s Pancha Bootha Sthala
IIT Bombay
11
Tapan Kumar Basantia
Reflections of Traditional Indian Knowledge in Pala and Daskathia and their Educational Implications in Rural Social Context
Central University of South Bihar 
12
Prof. Arnab Bhattacharya
Automated Question-Answering System for Ramayana
IIT Kanpur
13
Dr Nagendra Kumar
Combustion experiments to understand the by-products of the Agnihotra Pricess
IIT Bombay
14
Dr Sukhada
Neeti Shastras and Modernity: Understanding the Reflective Equilibrium between Hermeneutics of Normative Texts and Practice
IIT(BHU), Varanasi.

15
Dr Anurag Tripathi
Analysis of Sound Spectrum of Mantras and their Relation with Geometric Patterns of Yantras
IIT Kanpur

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