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The Builder Who Never Asked Why: Technical Skill and the Examined Life
An Indian Express op-ed by Professor Jaison Manjaly of IIT Gandhinagar, published online on 8 October 2026, argued that the humanities and social sciences belong at the centre of the IITs. It cited the Sarkar Committee report of 1948, Section 6(1)(a) of the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 and the National Education Policy 2020, which calls for more arts and humanities in engineering institutions.
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