Manuscripts in Syllabus? Academics Divided over Centre’s Push for Gyana Bharatam Mission
Basant Kumar Mohanty | 15 September 2025 | The Telegraph
A new scheme to glean knowledge from ancient manuscripts, preserve them and include them in school and college curricula has stirred concern among academics over passing on unverified information to students.
The Gyana Bharatam Mission’s (GBM) objectives include conservation, digitisation and integration of wisdom stored in manuscripts into textbooks.
Last week, the government organised a three-day conference on “Reclaiming India’s Knowledge Legacy through Manuscript Heritage” to discuss and chalk out plans for the GBM….