Janapada University, Karnataka offers Short term Courses at Diploma and certificate level in various disciplines.

Short term Courses

1. Courses on Folk Arts

a. Certificate Course in Folk Music
b. Certificate Course in Folk Dance
c. Certificate Course in Folk Crafts
d. Certificate Course in Folk Architecture
e. Certificate Course in Folk Paintings and Drawings
f. Certificate Course in Rangoli
g. Certificate Course in Tattooing
h. Certificate Course in Hase Chittara
i. Certificate Course in Kodava Folk Arts

2. Courses on Folk Theatre:

a. Certificate Course in Leather Puppetry
b. Certificate Course in Marionette (Puppet shows)
c. Certificate Course in Puppet Making
d. Certificate Course in Doddata
e. Certificate Course in Sannata
f. Certificate course in Making of Bayalata stage materials and costumes
g. Certificate Course in Theatre Costumes : Production and Marketing.
h. Certificate Course in Badagutittu
g. Certificate Course in Tenkutittu

3. Courses on Traditional

Knowledge Systems:

a. Certificate Course in Folk Cookery
b. Certificate Course inDomestic Cooking
c. Certificate Course in Drinks and Beverages
d. Certificate Course in Food recipes of Fairs and Festivals
e. Certificate Course in Folk Medicine
f. Certificate Course in Tribal Medicine
g. Certificate Course in Traditional Animal Husbandry and Medicine
h. Certificate Course in Medicinal Plants: Preservation and Conservation
i. Certificate Course in Traditional Cultivation Systems
j. Certificate Course in Traditional Animal Husbandry
k. Certificate Course in Traditional Horticulture Systems
l. Certificate Course in FolkGames
m. Certificate Course in Martial Arts

4. Courses on Yakshagana Tradition:

a. Certificate Course in Mudalapaya Yakshagana
b. Certificate Course in Paduvalapaya Yakshagana
c. Certificate Course in Badagutittu Yakshagana
d. Certificate Course in Tenkutittu Yakshagana
e. Certificate Course in Talamaddale Practice
f. Certificate Course in Making of Yakshagana Stagematerials and costumes.

5. Courses on Folk Crafts:

a. Certificate Course in Pottery
b. Certificate Course in Blacksmithy
c. Certificate Course in Goldsmithy
d. Certificate Course in Brassmithy
e. Certificate Course in Carpentry
f. Certificate Course in Cane and Bamboo Craft
g. Certificate Course inWeaving
h. Certificate Course in Leather Making
i. Certificate Course in Embroidery

6. Courses on Tourism:

a. Certificate Course in Village Tourism
b. Certificate Course in Eco-Tourism
c. Certificate Course in Medicinal Tourism
d. Certificate Course in Cultural Tourism

7. Post Graduate Diploma Courses:

a. Post Graduate Diploma in Traditional Sculpture
b. Post Graduate Diploma in Traditional Architecture
c. Post Graduate Diploma in Traditional Cultivation of Ragi
d. Post Graduate Diploma in Traditional Cultivation of Jowar
e. Post Graduate Diploma in Traditional Cultivation of Paddy
f. Post Graduate Diploma in Traditional Horticulture
g. Post Graduate Diploma in Traditional Diary Practices
h. Post Graduate Diploma in Tourism and Travel Management
i. Post Graduate Diploma in Folk Song Traditions
j. Post Graduate Diploma in Folk Epic Traditions
k. Post Graduate Diploma in Folk Ballads
l. Post Graduate Diploma in Yakshagana
m. Post Graduate Diploma in Bayalata
n. Post Graduate Diploma in Sannata Performance
o. Post Graduate Diploma in Folk Musical Instruments: Production and Marketing

8. Other Courses to be developed:

a. Certificate Courses for working women
b. Certificate Courses for Jail inmates
c. Certificate Courses for Children
d. Certificate Courses for women

Departments-

Department of Studies in Folkloristics
Department of Studies in FolkReligion
Department of Studies in Comparative Folklore
Department of Studies in Folk Literature
Department of Studies in Folk Speech
Department of Studies in Folk Arts
Department of Studies in Folk Crafts
Department of Studies in Traditional Knowledge Systems
Department of Studies in Traditional Science and Technology
Department of Studies in Rural marginalised communities
Department of Studies in Rural and Tribal Communities
Department of Studies in Rural and Tribal Women and Children
Department of Studies in Rural and Tribal youth Services and Games
Department of Studies in Tourism
Department of Studies in Folk Communication
Department of Studies in Rural and Tribal Development
Department of Studies in Rural and Tribal Business and Management

Contact-

Karnataka Janapada Vishwavidyalaya
Shiggavi Taluk, Haveri District, Gotagodi, Karnataka 581197