Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit to set up centre for online courses in Kerala

KOCHI: In order to promote online education, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit (SSUS) will set up an exclusive Centre for Online Courses on its main campus soon. The plan is to offer online courses in around 30 subjects.
The centre will be set up spending around Rs 90 lakh that has been allocated in the varsity’s budget for the next financial year.The decision was announced in the syndicate meeting held on Saturday when the budget was presented.
As of now, SSUS is offering an online certificate course in Mohiniyattam. The plan is to offer online courses in vedic literature, natya shastra, yoga philosophy, sociology of language, music and musicology, nyaya and Indian legal system, Indian logic, philosophy of science, techno philosophy, Sanskrit for ayruveda students, Adwaitha vedanta, medical social work, communicative Sanskrit, Sanskrit and computational linguistics, Vastuvidya, ancient Indian scriptus, basic principles of Vedanta, etc.
The syndicate has also decided to set up a new sports hostel on the main campus and the budget proposed Rs 8 crore for this. The hostel can accommodate 100 students. For art events, a permanent venue is being planned.
Other projects proposed in the budget are SSUS Digital Humanities Project (Rs 75 lakh), Centre of Academic Writing (Rs 60 lakh), SSUS Repository of Intangible Heritage (Rs 25 lakh), Centre for New Artistic Endeavours and Productions (Rs 20 lakh), etc. Around Rs 80 lakh has been allocated to improve IT-based infrastructure and online connectivity between the campuses of the varsity.