The University Grants Commission has formed a special panel which would develop model syllabi for courses in manuscriptology and paleography in various colleges and universities across the country.
Manuscriptology is the study of history and literature through the use of handwritten documents, while paleography is the study of ancient writing systems, mostly that of the classical and medieval periods.
The eleven-member panel would be headed by Prafulla Mishra, former Director of the National Mission for Manuscripts, and include Malhar Kulkarni, professor at IIT-Mumbai; Vasant Bhatt, former Director of the School of Languages, Gujarat University; and Jatindra Mohan Mishra, professor of Sanskrit in NCERT, Delhi.
