International Webinar by IIT Kharagpur on Indian Knowledge Systems to Explore Revival of Indian Scientific Heritage Studies in Technical Institutes
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Top global experts in Indic Studies to speak on
Arthashastra (Economics),
Sanskrit for Natural Language Processing,
Vedic and Ancient Indian Mathematics – Numeral System, Bijaganita and Jyamiti,
Rasayana (Chemical Sciences),
Ayurveda (Biological Sciences),
Jyotir-tatha Mahajagatika Vidya (Positional and Astronomical Sciences),
Prakriti Vidya (Terrestrial/ Material Sciences/ Ecology and Atmospheric Sciences) and
Nandana Tathya tatha Vastu Vidya (Archaeology, Iconography and Architecture)
Chief Guest: Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Hon’ble Shiksha Mantri
Guests of Honour: Shri Sanjay Dhotre, Hon’ble MoS, Education Ministry and Shri Amit Khare, Secretary Higher Education, Govt. of India
Speakers:
Shri Sanjeev Sanyal, Principal Economic Advisor, Govt. of India and Dr. Deepa Sankar, Chief of Education, UNICEF, Uzbekistan (Europe and Central Asia Region) on Arthashastra, Prof. Gérard Huet, National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation, France, Prof. Clemency Montelle, University of Canterbury, New Zealand and Prof. K. Ramasubramanian, IIT Bombay on Vedic and Ancient Indian Mathematics, Prof. Amitabha Ghosh, Former Director, IIT Kharagpur on Positional and Astronomical Sciences, Dr. Rajrani Kalra, Urban and Regional Geography Expert, California State University, San Bernardino, USA on Archaeology, Iconography and Architecture, Prof. Anil D. Sahasrabudhe, Chairman, AICTE and Prof. Shishir K. Dube, Former Director, IIT Kharagpur as panelists for the session on ‘WAY FORWARD for IITs in Indian Knowledge Systems’, among others.