Webinar: B.A. (Hons.) Liberal Arts @ Jyoti Dalal School of Liberal Arts by Collegedunia Web Pvt. Ltd.

About This Webinar

The Jyoti Dalal School of Liberal Arts is another path-breaking initiative of NMIMS, a pioneer in the field of education. Our Liberal Arts program provides a broad foundation across disciplines that we believe is essential for the holistic development of a student in today’s dynamic world. Our program is structured to help students develop a well-rounded personality, strong academic skills, and the ability to apply knowledge for both personal development and career enhancement. While our core courses are grounded in the Humanities and the Social Sciences, we also believe in enhancing scientific values and thinking in our students. Through our transdisciplinary approach, we want to inculcate critical thinking, research skills, ethics and integrity in creating citizens of tomorrow.

Liberal Arts program is aimed to develop some key areas:
- Research Skills
- Critical and Analytical Skills
- Transdisciplinarity
- Career choices aligned to student interests

Agenda

Why Liberal Arts as a career option?
How do we look at Liberal Arts education?
Our program B.A. hons. Liberal Arts highlights
A brief about the school and the university
Q&A Round

Presenters

Dr. Megha Agarwal

Assistant Professor (Literature), NMIMS JDSOLA

- PhD in English and Comparative Literature, Goldsmiths College, University of London (2014 to 2018)
- MA in Comparative Literary Studies and Criticism, Goldsmiths College, University of London (2011 to 2012)
- BA in English Literature, St. Xavier’s College, University of Mumbai, India (2008 to 2011)
- International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, Jamnabai Narsee School, Mumbai, India (2006 to 2008)

Dr. Uthara Suvrathan

Assistant Professor (Archaeology and History (South Asia)), NMIMS JDSOLA

Uthara Suvrathan (MA, MPhil: JNU; PhD: Univ. of Michigan) works at the intersection of archaeology and history to examine the organization of polities and places on the margins of larger states and empires in pre-modern South Asia. She is also interested in archaeological approaches to landscape studies and in issues of pre-modern trade and contact across the Indian Ocean. In addition, she works on issues of museum education, public outreach and the digital humanities, with a particular interest in the sharing of information among researchers, as well as between academics and the wider public.