Sahyadri College launches a lecture series by ‘Professors of Practice’
Sahyadri Arts College has launched a 'Professors of Practice' lecture series to bring experts from various fields, including social activism and literature, into the classroom. The initiative aims to provide students with practical knowledge from professionals outside of traditional academia.
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This model bridges the gap between theoretical education and real-world social and professional experience, enriching the curriculum with diverse perspectives.
Sahyadri Arts College, a constituent college of Kuvempu University in Shivamogga, has launched a series of lectures by “Professors of Practice," under which activists, thinkers, writers and experts from various fields will take classes.
As part of the first series of lectures, on Friday, the students had the opportunity to listen to K.T. Gangadhar, a senior activist of the farmers' movement, M. Gurumurthy, State convener of Dalit Sangharsha Samiti; N. Ravi Kumar, a poet and journalist; Padmakshi K., a writer; and Preetham, a physician and writer.
Mr. Gangadhar spoke to the students of economics about the agricultural economy. Mr. Gurumurthy took a class for students of political science on the history of the Dalit movement in Karnataka and the changes it brought in the lives of downtrodden people of the State. Mr. Ravi Kumar spoke on ‘”Democracy and Media” to students of Journalism and Mass Communication.
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