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23 June 2026

GS-1Editorials23 Jun 2026thehindu.com

A Trojan horse has breached the IITs

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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