Balasore, June 2: Fakir Mohan University here would soon introduce more than half-a-dozen courses in its post-graduation curriculum.

The university’s vice-chancellor, Kumarbar Das, said the decision to introduce the courses, including one in Oriya, was in line with the objective to cater to students who were more interested in language and basic subjects than technical streams.

Ironically, the university, which is named after doyen of Oriya literature Fakir Mohan Senapati, does not offer any course in Oriya at the post-graduation level. The newly appointed vice-chancellor of the university, Das said he was ‘seriously’ considering introducing the subject at the post-graduate level within two years.

“I am trying my best to launch post-graduate courses in Oriya and other subjects such as Bengali and Sanskrit. I have a plan to establish a school of literature studies, which would facilitate students to take up research work. But my first priority would definitely be introducing courses in Oriya language,” he said.

Other subjects that would be introduced would include physics, chemistry, mathematics, economics, political science and sociology. At present, the university offers post-graduation courses in the social sciences, biotechnology, environmental science, business administration, computer application, applied physics and ballistics, and population studies. “Knowledge of these basic subjects would go a long way in strengthening one’s foundation. These are the mother subjects that need special attention. If we run after the market-oriented subjects such as information technology, we have to face the shocks of market fluctuation like what happened during the global economic meltdown in 2007-08,” Das, who is also an economist, said.

“The world was badly hit during the economic recession. So, I do not vouch for the market-oriented subjects,” he said, adding the basic subjects should be strengthened and popularised.

“I would prefer to revamp the basic courses than commercialise education,” he added.