NEW DELHI: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has invited expressions of interest (EOI) from authors, critics, and faculty members of higher education institutes to write textbooks in 12 Bhartiya languages for undergraduate-level courses in Arts, Science, Commerce, and Social Sciences. This initiative is part of the effort to align with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020’s goal of providing learning opportunities to students in universities in Indian languages.
The commission has invited applications for writing books in Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.
“UGC is working on providing textbooks at the undergraduate level in arts, science, commerce, and social sciences in 12 Bhartiya languages. We are identifying nodal universities in different states that will coordinate the exercise of forming teams of authors capable of writing high-quality textbooks in Bhartiya languages,” a UGC official said.
It is also mentioned that interested authors should send their acceptance until January 30, 2024 (11:59 pm) to the UGC and furnish their Expression of Interest (EOI) through the form available at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdrW7yAOOHSPqGoLcQKiHEYWh-oz94LxjOCwVyl-8jWLQYwKw/viewform
(An Expression of Interest (EOI) is a formal document prepared by a buyer for a seller, demonstrating the former’s willingness, ability, and a price range for purchasing the latter’s business, asset, or security)
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