Soon, Mumbai University to offer engineering in Marathi

MUMBAI: Engineering will soon be offered in Marathi. Undergraduate commerce subjects will have credits for research. Emerging subjects such as blockchain, artificial intelligence and machine learning will figure in the course offerings of Mumbai University (MU).

MU’s academic council, which met on Tuesday, cleared the decks for a host of new initiatives. It also declared the new academic calendar open from June 14 with the first term ending on October 30 and keeping in mind festivals such as Ganeshotsav and Diwali. The second term would begin on November 15 and close on May 1, with a break during Christmas. The academic session of 2022-23 will start from June 12, 2022.

Earlier, the All India Council for Technical Education approved a proposal to teach engineering in regional languages. “There will be radical changes in teaching of engineering under the faculty of science and technology. AICTE’s recommendation to teach engineering in regional languages was also approved in today’s meeting. Therefore, engineering will soon be offered in Marathi in affiliated colleges of MU. At the same time, courses in emerging new subjects have been introduced in eight areas of engineering keeping in view the industrial needs,” said an academic council member. These include artificial intelligence and data science, artificial intelligence and machine learning, cyber security, internet of things, data engineering, computer science and engineering (data science), computer science and engineering (internet of things and cyber security, including blockchain technology).

For the first time, research field case studies will be included in the university to enhance student skills and improve their proficiency in a particular field. “Case studies will be introduced in the fourth semester of BMS (bachelors in management studies), BAF (bachelors in accounting and finance) and BBI (bachelors in banking and insurance) courses under commerce. For this, 30 hours have been set aside and two credits will be awarded. Field case studies will also be conducted for botany, zoology and chemistry under science and for economics, geography, sociology and anthropology,” said a dean.

For administration, the concept of schools has been approved and would be implemented to bring various subjects under one umbrella. Students will be able to pick subjects under various disciplines. The academic council approved establishment of various schools such as those for Indian and foreign languages, social sciences and performing arts. To create awareness about National Cadet Corps, nod has been given to introduce it as an optional subject. There are NCC units in 68 colleges. 

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