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Retired Sanskrit Scholars to Teach via Osmania University Digital Lessons
Some very smart people in India know a lot about Sanskrit, a very old language.
Many of them are retired teachers.
A university called Osmania University wants to record these teachers.
They will visit the teachers at their homes.
Then they will use computers and artificial intelligence to make online lessons.
There will be 440 lessons in total.
Students will be able to watch these lessons to learn Sanskrit.
The project is paid for with money from IIT Bombay and the Indian government.
This way, students can learn from the best teachers even if they live far away.
Osmania University's EMRC is developing a new digital Sanskrit course taught by retired scholars.
The centre secured a ₹70-lakh project from IIT Bombay under the Ministry of Education's Indian Knowledge Systems division.
The project will create 110 hours of Sanskrit content, developed into 440 digital lessons using artificial intelligence.
EMRC teams will travel across India to record retired Sanskrit professors and experts at their homes.
The lessons will be offered as minor courses through the IKS Division.
- Who
- Retired Sanskrit professors and experts across India, Osmania University's Educational Multimedia Research Centre, IIT Bombay, and the Ministry of Education's Indian Knowledge Systems division.
- What
- Creation of a new digital Sanskrit course with 440 AI-assisted lessons built from 110 hours of recorded teaching content.
- Where
- India; lectures recorded at scholars' homes across regions and delivered through Osmania University's EMRC.
- When
- Not specified in the articles.
- Why
- To give students access to senior Sanskrit scholars' specialised knowledge and pass Indian knowledge traditions to future generations.
Key facts
- Institution
- Osmania University (Educational Multimedia Research Centre)
- Project cost
- ₹70 lakh
- Funding source
- IIT Bombay under the Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) division of the Ministry of Education
- Content volume
- 110 hours of Sanskrit teaching content
- Digital lessons
- 440 lessons created using artificial intelligence
- Course format
- Minor courses offered through the IKS Division
- Recording method
- EMRC teams recording retired professors at their homes across India
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