India, July 5 -- Many still believe IKS is an amorphous concept, understood merely as a nostalgic invocation of a golden past with little bearing on the present. That reading is deeply flawed.

In recent years, Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) have found their way into the mainstream of policymaking, NEP 2020 curriculum reform, and even public discourse. Yet, despite the visibility, we are nowhere close to treating IKS with the depth, seriousness, or institutional rigour it deserves. IKS is often reduced to a slogan, a sentimental celebration, or worse, a site of culture war. But if Bharat is serious about decolonizing its mind and shaping a knowledge order rooted in its own intellectual traditions, we need more than performative gestures. ...