Lucknow: Bachelor Students (UG) from Political and Economics at Lucknow University (LU) and related colleges will now learn about the political and economic theory of India from right to left Spectrum – from Mahatma Gandhi, Swami Vivekanand and VD Savarkar to MN Roy, RAM Manohar Lohia and Chaudhary Charan Singh.
In political science, for the first time two leading right-wing numbers – the father of the Hindutva ideology and Hindu leader Mahasabha VD Savarkar and Deen Dayal Upadhaya, the founder of Bharatiya Jan Sangh (BJS) who put forward the theory of integral humanism, will be included in a new paper about “political thinkers India”.
In the same paper, the syllabus will now also cover complex studies on Swami ViveKanda’s life and work and MN Roy, whose philosophy is until now it is only touched at the UG level.
Vivekananda established Hindus in the main religions and introduced the West with Indian philosophy Vedanta and Yoga, in addition to contributing to the concept of Indian nationalism and the Hindu reform movement.
On the other hand, Roy is a member of the Revolutionary Party and International Founder of the Indian Communist Party and the Mexican Communist Party.
Similarly, for the first time, the Syllabus UG Economics will include the philosophy of RAM Manohar Lohia, Chaudhary Charan Singh and Deen Dayal Upadhaya.
Lohia is a Gandhian, socialist, and leading politician, also credited as “original thinkers” in developing the philosophy of socialism in the Indian context.
His contribution in politics, sociology and the economy will be taught.
Singh is also a Gandhian and champion of farmers’ rights.
He also served as Chair of the Minister of Indian Prime Minister.
Economic ideas and criticism of the discourse of development in India from a agrarian and rural perspectives will be part of this paper.
The nuances of the economy in the Theory of Integral Humanism from Upadhyaya, which is also an icon of RSS and one of the BJS architects, the predecessor of the BJP which is now in power, will be taught.
And, the last but not least, there will be a detailed study of the economic concept stated by the father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi, such as the principle of trust, independent village units and economic order based on simplicity, decentralization, cooperation, equality, non-violence values and human.
There will be no separate papers about these leaders in the economic field, but chapters on various problems will include their teachings.
According to Teacher Lu, these inclusions have been carried out in the Silabus UG Four Year course designed in accordance with New Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
Proposal has been approved by the Board of Studies of Political and Economics Studies.
Now, they will be submitted before the Faculty of Arts and then Lu’s Academic Council for final approval.
“It is very important for students to understand our country through our thoughts ‘economic icons’.
Foreign policy will not work in the context of India as our culture, challenges, and practices.
Our thinkers say the fruits of development must reach the last man , “said Head of Department of Economics Prof.
MK Agarwal.
When contacted, the head of political science, Prof.
Manuka Khanna, “students will learn Indian political theorists and how Indian political thinking has influenced Western political thinking.”
UG Lu Course to cover Gandhi, Savarkar, Lohia
