IITs have lot to offer to humanities students too
Tuesday, 08 July 2008, 17:40 IST
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New Delhi: Science is science and humanities is humanities...But it does look like the twain have met - at least at the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT)! Now the IITs have more to offer than just engineering - studying there is an option for those interested in humanities, management and even law. India has seven IITs. Almost all of them offer management programmes while IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur and IIT Kharagpur offer programmes in humanities. IIT Kharagpur has even a law programme. IIT Delhi is in the process of starting a two-year MA programme, which should begin in the next year or two. "We are planning on starting a master of arts (MA) programme in development studies and cultural studies, with maybe about 15-20 seats," V. Upadhyay, acting head of the humanities and social sciences department, IIT Delhi, told IANS. "The programme will have an inter-disciplinary approach, making it different from similar courses at other colleges." IIT Madras started a five-year integrated MA programme in economics, English and development studies in 2006. Admission is through the Humanities and Social Sciences Entrance Examination (HSEE), held in May. The number of seats per batch has grown from 30
Source: IANS
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