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Mains issueGS-1Editorials23 June 2026

A Trojan horse has breached the IITs

Source: thehindu.comOriginal report

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The article critically analyzes the current implementation of the 'Indian Knowledge System' (IKS) project in educational institutions like IITs. It argues that the project, instead of focusing on genuine indigenous intellectual contributions such as Panini's linguistics, Nyaya logic, Kerala school of mathematics, or Wootz steel, promotes 'Puranic science,' mythology as history, and ritual as technology, lacking verifiability.

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The article critically analyzes the current implementation of the 'Indian Knowledge System' (IKS) project in educational institutions like IITs. It argues that the project, instead of focusing on genuine indigenous intellectual contributions such as Panini's linguistics, Nyaya logic, Kerala school of mathematics, or Wootz steel, promotes 'Puranic science,' mythology as history, and ritual as technology, lacking verifiability.

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