Course Name: Introduction to Basic Spoken Sanskrit

Course abstract

The knowledge of Sanskrit is very helpful for anyone who is interested in delving into the original texts relating to various subjects from the Indian traditional knowledge systems. This language, however, is often presented as a difficult language to learn for many and moreover as a classical language of the past that is of no special relevance in the contemporary world. Those who have been exposed to it in school often regard it as nothing more than a scoring subject and have little appreciation for the variousdimensions of the language. The objective of this course if to give students a taste of Sanskrit as a living language by introducing them to its basic grammatical structures so that they can start understanding simple texts as well as allow them to use it in daily life. It also seeks to give them an understanding and appreciation of the beauty of the different aspects of this language from its sounds to its rich content so that they feel enthused enough to delve further into it.


Course Instructor

Media Object

Anuradha Choudry

DrAnuradhaChoudry is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. She has an interdisciplinary backgroundin Sanskrit, Yoga, Indian Psychology and is well-versed in various languages. In 2007, she was awarded the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship of the European Union for a MLit in Crossways in European Humanities. She has been a Visiting Faculty for Sanskrit in Ghent University, Belgium, and other Institutions and works closely as an Instructor for Yoga Psychology and Sanskrit and mantras for several organizations worldwide including the European Union of Yoga and the Irish Yoga Associationamong others. She also had conducted and organized several workshops, conferences and seminars in India and abroad. Her publications includetwo books on Happiness - Indian Perspectives (2017) and Perspectives on Indian Psychology (2013), several articles and a few book chapters.
More info

Teaching Assistant(s)

Dolon Chanpa Mondal

M.A.

 Course Duration : Feb-Mar 2020
  View Course
 Enrollment : 18-Nov-2019 to 24-Feb-2020
 Exam registration : 16-Dec-2019 to 20-Mar-2020
 Exam Date : 26-Apr-2020

Enrolled

3799

Registered

56

Certificate Eligible

37

Certified Category Count

Gold

16

Silver

9

Elite

7

Successfully completed

5

Participation

2

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold




Legend

AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 3 out of 4 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
Introduction to Basic Spoken Sanskrit - Toppers list

ANIL KUMAR NILESHWAR 99%

Philips India

SAMBHU POTTY. V 99%

GOVT. AYURVEDA COLLEGE, TRIPUNITHURA

MANIKANDAN P 99%

THE MADURA COLLEGE

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 3799

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 346

Assignment Statistics



Was an excellent course and has provoked to me dive deeper into the subject. Heartfelt thanks for dealing with subject in English cum Sanskrit. It was definitely motivating and I am awaiting the Advanced level course in the subject. Gratitude and regards to Prof. Anuradha Choudry and all involved. Concepts, pronounciation and explanation was apt and to point with excellent lucid presentation.


Excellent teaching.


Excellent course. The course instructor was very passionate about the the subject and made the course very interesting. My regards to her for the dedication shown. Though  I registered for exam I  decided not to attend because I felt it could be  risky during pandemic. Please send the exam (send the key separately) questions by mail so that I will have the satisfaction of evaluating myself


congratulations and thanks to Dr. Mithilesh Kumar Jha sir for conducting FDP programmes in Political Science, which are very useful. Then they were very much useful to the students studying in the medium of regional languages. 


Assignment

Exam score

Final score

Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.