Kanpur: The Start-up Innovation and Incubation Centre (SIIC), an IIT-Kanpur incubatee, will launch its second edition of the Heritage Olympiad, Cultre, on November 14.
The second edition of this Olympiad will focus on imparting a preliminary understanding of the Indian heritage and how traditions are created and passed on to the generations ahead.
"SIIC has had a history of creating, supporting, and promoting technology and knowledge intensive innovations that uphold the Indian heritage," said Abhay Karandikar, director, IIT-K.
"Cultre's Heritage Olympiad goes beyond just imparting knowledge around the subject -- it also prompts people to learn about their country and its diverse history," added the director.
Detailing about the Olympiad he maintained that it serves the primary objective of integrating heritage education in the mainstream curriculum by making it more accessible to students at the school level and tailoring the conceptual definitions around heritage education according to the Indian context.
The curriculum for the Olympiad closely aligns with the syllabus and curriculum followed across national and international boards to ensure the development of a sound perspective of Indian heritage.
