Scientist Ramakrishna Ramaswamy (left), the chief guest at the convocation on Tuesday, being presented with a memento by IISER-K director Sourav Pal Picture by Abhi GhoshThe Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Kolkata (IISER-K) is set to launch a humanities department on its Mohanpur campus in Nadia to widen the pool of elective subjects for students. IISER-K director Sourav Pal announced the introduction of the humanities and computer science departments while speaking at the seventh convocation of the institute. Speaking to The Telegraph later, Pal said: “For humanities, we are not offering any degree course. Students pursuing BS-MS courses will be able to study the humanities subjects as their elective papers…. “Full-fledged degree courses in some humanities subjects will be considered later.”A BS-MS student has to study one elective subject every semester.

Source: The Telegraph June 11, 2019 19:41 UTC