Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar, Prof. Nagesh V. Bettakote and Prof. Y.S. Siddegowda among Committee Chairmen
Bengaluru: Karnataka Government has constituted Committees of subject experts in different faculties to prepare academic curriculum along the lines of National Educational Policy (NEP) for Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate courses.
Speaking to newsmen here on Saturday, Deputy Chief Minister and Higher Education Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan said the Committees constituted through a Government Order will work towards preparing an academic curriculum to be implemented from the current academic year 2021-22.
The Committees will work towards preparing an academic curriculum to be implemented from the current academic year 2021-22, he said.
In all, 8 Committees have been formed. This includes 3 Committees under Faculty of Arts (Social Sciences, Humanities, Fine Arts & Visual Arts), 3 Committees under Faculty of Sciences (Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Chemical & Biological Sciences, Earth Sciences), 1 Committee under Faculty of Commerce & Management and 1 under Faculty of Engineering, he said and added that all the Committees will have to submit the report before June 30.
The Chairmen and Members of various Committees are as follows:
Social Sciences Committee
Chairman – Prof. Y.S. Siddegowda, Vice-Chancellor, Tumkur University, Tumakuru; Members: Prof. B.P. Veerabhadrappa, Prof. B.K. Tulasimala, Prof. N.R. Bhanumurthy, Prof. Harish Ramaswamy, Prof. G. Sarvamangala, Prof. V.A. Aminabhavi, Prof. A. Ramegowda, Prof. Sangeetha Mane, Prof. N. Narasimhamurthy, Prof. Niranjana, Prof. R.N. Managoli and Prof. Gopalakrishna Joshi.
Humanities & Linguistics Committee
Chairman – Prof. D.B. Naik, Vice-Chancellor, Karnataka Folklore University, Gotagodi, Shiggaon; Members – Prof. S.C. Ramesh, Prof. K.E. Devanathan, Prof. Lingaraja Gandhi, Prof. Rachel Kurian, Prof. Gangadharaiah and Prof. Gopalakrishna Joshi.
Fine Arts & Visual Committee
Chairman – Prof. Nagesh V. Bettakote, Vice-Chancellor, KSGH Music & Performing Arts University, Mysuru; Members – Prof. Jayakumar Reddy, Prof. S.N. Susheela, Prof. K. Ramakrishnaiah and Prof. Gopalakrishna Joshi.
Physical & Mathematical Sciences Committee
Chairman – Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, University of Mysore, Mysuru; Members – Prof. T.D. Kemparaju, Prof. S.V. Halase, Prof. Siddu P. Algur, Prof. S.M. Shivaprasad, Prof. Sridhar, Prof. Manjunath Pattabhi, Prof. U.S. Mahabaleshwar, Prof. P.M. Patil, Prof. Parameshwar V. Pandit and Prof. Gopalakrishna Joshi.
Chemical & Biological Sciences Committee
Chairman – Prof. K.B. Gudasi, Vice-Chancellor, Karnataka University, Dharwad; Members – Prof. L. Gomathi Devi, Prof. Dayanand Agasar, Prof. G.R. Naik, Prof. V.R. Devaraj, Prof. Balakrishna Kalluraya, Prof. H.S. Bojanayaka, Prof. Laxmi Inamdar, Prof. V. Krishna and Prof. Gopalakrishna Joshi.
Earth Sciences
Chairman – Prof. A.M. Pathan, Vice-Chancellor, KBN University, Kalaburagi; Members – Prof. Ashok Hanjagi, Prof. P. Madesh, Prof. Ashfaq Ahmad, Prof. S.V. Krishnamurthy, Prof. N. Nandini and Prof. Gopalakrishna Joshi.
Commerce & Management Committee
Chairman – Prof. P.S. Yadapadithaya, Vice-Chancellor, Mangalore University, Mangaluru; Members – Prof. M. Ramachandra Gowda, Prof. R.L. Hyderabad, Prof. H.S. Anitha, Prof. D. Anand, Prof. Vijay Bhuthpur, Prof. Cynthia Menezes, Prof. Mustiary Begum, Prof. Sudharshan Reddy, Dr. Aloysius Edward and Prof. Gopalakrishna Joshi.
Engineering Committee
Chairman – Prof. Karisiddappa, Vice-Chancellor, VTU, Belagavi; Members – Prof. K.R. Venugopal, Prof. K.N.B. Murthy, Prof. S. Vidyashankar, Prof. Puttaraju, Prof. Srinivas Balli and Prof. Gopalakrishna Joshi.
This post was published on June 20, 2021 6:26 pm