IIT Jodhpur launches Centre of Excellence on Arts and Digital Immersion

The centre aims to promote learning and activities in diverse fields such as visual arts, performing arts, augmented reality, virtual reality and digital gaming.  

The School of Liberal Arts at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur has launched the Centre of Excellence on Arts and Digital Immersion, a first-of-its-kind initiative, which was inaugurated by Padma Bhushan awardee classical vocalist Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty. 

The Centre of Excellence derives its inspiration from the National Education Policy (2020) which encourages an expanded vision of liberal arts without any compartmentalisation between arts, science and technology. The School of Liberal Arts aims to explore the intersection of art and digital technology and bring academics, performers, and researchers belonging to diverse fields together to pursue the common objective of promoting art and artistes, both local and global.  

Chhanda Chakraborti, adjunct faculty, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Jodhpur, said, “The centre aims to promote learning and activities in diverse fields such as visual arts (such as painting, sculpture, photography), performing arts (such as music, theatre, dance), performance arts (such as art with body, space, sound, light), augmented reality, virtual reality, and digital gaming.” 

The centre intends to explore the intersection between art and the digital medium in the form of art analytics, content development, social history and sociological analysis of newer art forms. It will also serve as a platform for artistes to secure their livelihood and intellectual property rights.  

Centre of Excellence on Arts and Digital Immersion first among IITs  

The institute stated the Centre of Excellence on Arts and Digital Immersion is one of the first among the IITs and perhaps also in the country. School of Liberal Arts, IIT Jodhpur, is proud to host it and plans to transform it into a research and development hub with a difference.  

As part of its future plan, the centre aims to engage IIT Jodhpur students in academic programmes and offer courses at masters level to explore the convergence of art and technology. 

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