YUGAYATRI

(a non profit organisation working for the national reconstruction of
Bharat
based on her cultural ethos.)

                        Organises

                    Two days workshop on


        SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL TRADITION OF INDIA

Sponsored by IGNCA - delhi
23rd & 24th September 2000
B M S Engineering College Auditorium, Basavanagudi, Bangalore

Did you know that.......

Zero and Decimal system was used during Vedic Age in  Bharat !
Susruta(before 2500 B.C) explained the method of  plastic surgery and
surgical
operations in his book Susruta Samhita !
The details of the method of the preparation of Alkali by our ancestors,
described in Susruta Samhita and also in Rasaratna Samuchchaya !
Mahavira recognises the existence of two roots for a quadratic equation in

8th century A.D. !

Size of an atom was discussed in the Mundakopanishat before 1000 B.C. !
The structure of plant cell is explained in great detail in Vrikshayurveda

of Sage Parashara more than 5000 years ago !
Shantiparva of Mahabharata gives the procedure of photosynthesis in plants
!
Pythagoraus theorem was explained by the authors of Shulva sutra at least
a
thousand years before Pythagoraus !
Bhela of 6,000 years back goes to the extent of describing blood
circulation
even in the foetus !

To get more information on such topics in the most fundamental manner and
to know what some of our Rishis had discovered you should attend  this
workshop.

Programme:
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Dr. A.R. Vasudeva Murthy (former professor of IISc)
      -   Chemical technology in ancient India

        - Metallurgy and Metal working.
Prof. K.H. Krishnamurthy (former professor of JIPMER Pondichery)
        -   Specialities of Ayurveda
        -   Medicinal Plants
Dr. S.Shamasundar (YUGAYATRI)
        -   Science  in Chandogyopanishat
Prof. S.Balachandrarao (Principal - National College)
        -   Ancient Indian Astronomy
Dr.M.K. Sridhar ( Professor, National College )
        - Herpetology in ancient India
Dr. S.N. Padiyar ( Samskrita Bharathi )
        - Vedic Mathematics
Prof. S.Sundara Rajan ( HOD Botany. St. Josephs Collage )
        - Ancient Indian Botany
Dr. N.S. Rajaram (Mythic Society, former scientist of NASA )
        - A Scientific foundation for the study of ancient India
Prof. K.S. Kannan (HOD Sanskrit, National College, Jayanagar, Bangalore)
      -   Natural language processing and Computers
Dr. Suryanatha Kamat (Mythic Society)
        -   History of Textile Industry
Sri. V. Nagaraj (YUGAYATRI)
        - Some Ancient Indian Scientists and their works

The workshop is open for all the interested persons. Teachers and college
lecturers will get the OOD facility, if they attend this workshop.

Fees for the workshop will be Rs. 100 / - only
(this includes Registration, Lunch, Tea/Coffee and Course material).

The inauguration of workshop is on 23rd of September,2000 Saturday at 9.30
am.
Registrations of participants starts at 8.30 am on same day in the
function
place. Each day will have 5 lecture sessions followed by discussions will
end at 5.30 pm. The Valedictory function is arranged on Sunday, 24th of
September,2000 at 5.00 pm.

For registration and other details contact
    Santhosh G R on 3237487 or 3237427
    Email roots@rediffmail.com

YUGAYATRI, #326, near 8th main, 4th block, 3rd stage,
Basaveshwaranagar, Bangalore-79