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Th
e F
utu
re o
f Li
bera
l A
rts
in In
dia
Th
e F
utu
re o
f Li
bera
l A
rts
in In
dia
Und
erg
rad
uate
Lib
era
l A
rts
in Ind
ia:
A C
onfe
rence
U
nd
erg
rad
uate
Lib
era
l A
rts
in Ind
ia:
A C
onfe
rence
on
on
New
Dir
ect
ions,
New
Curr
iculu
m,
and
New
N
ew
Dir
ect
ions,
New
Curr
iculu
m,
and
New
In
stit
uti
ons
Inst
ituti
ons
Ram
an R
ese
arc
h Inst
itute
, B
ang
alo
re,
Jan.
7-9
, R
am
an R
ese
arc
h Inst
itute
, B
ang
alo
re,
Jan.
7-9
, 2
01
42
01
4Sponso
red b
y Y
ale
Univ
ers
ity, Pom
ona C
olle
ge a
nd t
he R
am
an R
ese
arc
h Inst
itute
Underg
raduate
Li
bera
l A
rts
Educa
tion
in
India
-
New
dir
ect
ions,
N
ew
Tech
nolo
gy,
New
C
urr
iculu
m,
and
New
In
stit
uti
ons
for
the
21
st
Centu
ry L
ibera
l A
rts
Educa
tion
in
India
is
ta
king
root
in
a
num
ber
of
new
inst
ituti
ons
and i
nit
iati
ves,
m
aki
ng t
his
an o
pport
une t
ime t
o s
how
case
so
me o
f th
ese
new
ventu
res,
and e
xplo
re
how
In
dia
n lib
era
l art
s ca
n develo
p in
it
s ow
n
way,
build
ing
its
ow
n
aca
dem
ic
tradit
ions
that
create
la
stin
g
and
meanin
gfu
l im
pact
for
soci
ety
. A
dvance
s in
onlin
e e
duca
tion,
pedagogy,
and c
urr
iculu
m
are
converg
ing,
and w
e h
ope t
o c
reate
a
stim
ula
ting
work
shop
where
le
aders
in
advanci
ng
India
n
Hig
her
educa
tion
can
dis
cuss
the f
utu
re landsc
ape o
f educa
tion in
India
.In
our
meeti
ng,
we
will
dis
cuss
th
e
best
str
ate
gy f
or
imple
menti
ng o
nlin
e a
nd
libera
l art
s hig
her
educa
tion in
In
dia
in
a
way
that
will
help
so
lve
som
e
of
the
challe
nges
that
India
fa
ces
in
the
new
ce
ntu
ry.
Libera
l A
rts
Educa
tion
can
help
cr
eate
a
new
genera
tion
of
gra
duate
s tr
ain
ed to
th
ink
creati
vely
about
com
ple
x
issu
es
such
as
the u
rban-r
ura
l div
ide,
the
rapid
ly
develo
pin
g
natu
re
of
India
n
eco
nom
y.
Libera
l A
rt
Educa
tion
merg
es
scie
nce
and
tech
nolo
gy
wit
h
hum
anit
ies,
philo
sophy,
and t
he a
rts
to a
ddre
ss s
om
e o
f th
e d
eeper
issu
es
faci
ng I
ndia
.Lib
era
l A
rts
Educa
tion
pro
vid
es
"holis
tic"
educa
tion
inte
nded t
o f
ost
er
creati
ve a
nd independent
thought.
It
is a
n e
duca
tion t
hat
can l
ibera
te
people
to
purs
ue th
eir
pass
ions,
enablin
g
them
to
do
their
best
and
expand
their
ca
paci
ties
in a
ll field
s. O
ne g
oal
of
such
an
educa
tion i
s to
pro
duce
gra
duate
s w
ho w
ill
appro
ach
the w
orl
d w
ith a
more
bala
nce
d
pers
pect
ive,
and w
ho c
an c
reate
new
jobs
and p
rogra
ms
to h
elp
oth
ers
wit
h a
sense
of
soci
al
resp
onsi
bili
ty.
How
is
libera
l art
s best
su
ited
for
the
India
n
conte
xt?
W
hat
has
been t
he e
xperi
ence
of
the n
ew
init
iati
ves
in l
ibera
l art
s in
India
?We u
se t
he o
ccasi
on
to
not
only
ass
ess
th
e
rele
vance
of
and
need f
or
Libera
l A
rts
educa
tion i
n I
ndia
but
to a
lso m
eet
wit
h P
resi
dents
, fo
unders
and
Vic
e
Chance
llors
of
leadin
g
libera
l art
s in
stit
uti
ons
and f
oundati
ons
to e
ngage in a
n
exch
ange o
f experi
ence
s and i
deas
aim
ing
to
learn
and
be
moti
vate
d
or
moti
vate
act
ion
for
bett
eri
ng
the
educa
tion
of
the
youth
of
India
and t
he w
orl
d.
We w
ill m
eet
at
the
gre
en
and
sere
ne
gro
unds
of
the
Ram
an R
ese
arc
h In
stit
ute
in
B
angalo
re,
a
pla
ce c
reate
d b
y P
rof
Sir
C.
Ram
an h
imse
lf
well
over
six d
eca
des
ago f
or
rese
arc
h i
n
physi
cal
scie
nce
s. W
e m
eet
for
two days
wit
h t
ime s
et
asi
de f
or
dis
cuss
ions
betw
een
talk
s both
in a
form
al
and i
nfo
rmal
sett
ing.
Ple
ase
co
me
and
help
us
dis
cuss
and
envis
ion t
he f
utu
re f
or
libera
l art
s in
India
!
Confe
rence
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