varanasi with an aim to promote and foster transdisciplinary research in diverse disciplines the banaras hindu university bhu has launched a new scheme promotion of transdisciplinary research which will help in bringing its faculty members together to work in new areas of study and research the scheme will help establish a network of faculty members of humanities and social sciences including arts indian languages culture law and knowledge systems with the sciences and engineering disciplines bhu spokesperson rajesh singh said a threemember committee has been constituted for the implementation of the scheme prof ramesh chand of the institute of agricultural sciences is the convener of the committee while prof madhoolika agrawal of the institute of science and dr gaganpreet singh of the department of history are the other two membersthe promotion of transdisciplinary research scheme is expected to identify new areas of study which may bring exceptional benefits for inter and transdisciplinary research it is also in line with the national education policy 2020 which puts a greater focus on multidisciplinarity of research and education he addedconsidering the need for greater academic interaction between faculty members researchers and students from various disciplines the institution of eminence bhu governing body under the chairmanship of the vicechancellor prof sudhir k jain had approved the scheme the scheme will provide funding to the joint projects of faculty members from more than one faculty that aim to create new conceptual and methodological innovations beyond disciplinespecific approaches bhu offers hundreds of disciplines in various streams ranging from those related to ancient indian knowledge systems to modern sciences and technology the vc said that bhu is the most suitable place in terms of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research given the diversity of disciplines available with the varsity