Heritage Must Not Replace Rigour in Mathematics
Arghya Bandyopadhyay | 13 November 2025 | Deccan Herald
The University Grants Commission’s (UGC) draft Mathematics Curriculum, 2025, unveiled in August, has triggered an unexpected upheaval in India’s academic community. Framed under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the draft promises to create a. “forward-looking” syllabus that offers students a “robust foundation in mathematical concepts and skills”. Yet, behind this reformist language lies a troubling imbalance – an excessive tilt towards ancient Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) that risks eroding the very rigour on which mathematics must stand.