Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar has turned into India’s first IIT which has commenced Odissi dance as a part of the prospectus for the BTech students.

Director RV Rajakumar conveyed this news on Friday, 11th September, 2015. He further said that the subject won’t be compulsory, and this classical dance will bear maximum 12 credits for the complete BTech course. Each credit represents weekly five hours of study for a particular course. Dance can greatly expand the spheres of students who are studying Odissi specialized course.

Odissi can be taken as BTech subject (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

The first year students can select Odissi, Yoga, or else join NCC, NSS, or a sports team like cricket, volleyball and badminton to earn one credit. They need to clear their chosen activity in order to earn BTech degree. Ten girls have already selected Odissi after it was recently initiated.

Coming to the second and third years, Odissi will develop into an elective subject. Different selections of subjects will be international relations, financial management, and entrepreneurship. In a year each of the two semesters would be hold three credits. In the final year the students can carry on or discontinue learning about Odissi course.

IIT, Bhubaneshwar (indread.com)

According to the IIT dean academic affairs NC Sahoo, “We’ve hired amazing Odissi trainers including Iliana and Kum Kum Mohanty among others for designing the Odissi prospectus and also its examination pattern. Odissi study would be adding classroom teaching, and activities, whereas the exams would cover written tests and demonstration of techniques.”

Odissi dance included in the curriculum (www.newsindianexpress.com)

This is a remarkable achievement that IIT Bhubaneswar are bringing in Odissi dance and hoping that more students are going to take Odissi course as their new BTech subject. Cheers on this note!

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