<p>The Banaras Hindu University has started a postgraduate programme in <em>Hindu Dharma</em> and according to the varsity, the course is the first of its kind in the country.</p>.<p>Professor VK Shukla, who is the varsity's rector, said that this programme will help in making the world aware of many unknown aspects of <em>Hindu Dharma</em> and take its teachings to more and more people.</p>.<p>He said that this would be the first such course in the country.</p>.<p>The course will be conducted in collaboration with the departments of philosophy and religion, Sanskrit and ancient Indian history, culture and archaeology of the faculty of arts of the <em>Bharat Adhyayan Kendra</em>.</p>.<p>Forty-five students, including a foreign student, have taken admission in the first session of the course, Shukla said after inaugurating the postgraduate programme on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Sadashiv Kumar Divedi, the coordinator of the 'Bharat Adhyayan Kendra', said that this two-year course will have four semesters and 16 papers.</p>.<p>Director of the Varanasi Center of the Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts Vijay Shankar Shukla said that the idea of starting such a course was first given by scholars Pandit Ganganath Jha and Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya.</p>.<p>But due to some reasons this course could not be started at that time, he said.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>The Banaras Hindu University has started a postgraduate programme in <em>Hindu Dharma</em> and according to the varsity, the course is the first of its kind in the country.</p>.<p>Professor VK Shukla, who is the varsity's rector, said that this programme will help in making the world aware of many unknown aspects of <em>Hindu Dharma</em> and take its teachings to more and more people.</p>.<p>He said that this would be the first such course in the country.</p>.<p>The course will be conducted in collaboration with the departments of philosophy and religion, Sanskrit and ancient Indian history, culture and archaeology of the faculty of arts of the <em>Bharat Adhyayan Kendra</em>.</p>.<p>Forty-five students, including a foreign student, have taken admission in the first session of the course, Shukla said after inaugurating the postgraduate programme on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Sadashiv Kumar Divedi, the coordinator of the 'Bharat Adhyayan Kendra', said that this two-year course will have four semesters and 16 papers.</p>.<p>Director of the Varanasi Center of the Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts Vijay Shankar Shukla said that the idea of starting such a course was first given by scholars Pandit Ganganath Jha and Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya.</p>.<p>But due to some reasons this course could not be started at that time, he said.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>