Indian Knowledge System to retain India’s glorious ancient past

India, a land of sages and seers, is well known for its rich cultural heritage and exuberant diversity. Also, it is known as one of the oldest civilizations in the world. In addition, great scholars and scientists of ancient India gave birth to various scientific theories that laid the foundation for modern science and technology. …

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INTRODUCTION TO INDIAN KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM : CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS – A Review by Anand Parthasarathy

Access and download the article in pdf from: http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/59965 Title: Book Review: Documenting India’s Rich Heritage of Knowledge Authors: Parthasarathy, Anand Issue Date: Jul-2022 Publisher: NIScPR-CSIR, India Page(s): 31-33 ISSN: 2582-6492 (Online); 0036-8512 (Print) Appears in Collections: SR Vol.59(07) [July 2022]   To Buy the book from #PHILearning website click https://www.phindia.com/Books/BookDetail/9789391818203/introduction-to-indian-knowledge-system-bhat-mahadevan-nagendra #Amazon click https://amzn.to/3RzxlAM #Flipkart click …

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Introduction to Indian Knowledge System – Chapter Review by Pallavi Ghosh

Recently, the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), introduced a mandatory course on the Indian Knowledge System (IKS) while revising the Engineering and Management Curricula in 2018. This is meant to help students gain awareness of their rich heritage and the wealth of knowledge produced by the Ancient Indians. This textbook responds to the …

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Book Launch of our Introduction to Indian Knowledge System

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) hosted a book lauch event for PHI Learning’s new title Introduction to Indian Knowledge System on Monday, May 16 at the AICTE Auditorium, Delhi. The Union Minister of Education, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan launched the textbook at the event which hosted several senior dignitaries of AICTE and the …

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Introduction to Indian Knowledge System: Concepts and Applications – Book Review by Pallavi Ghosh

Recently, the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), introduced a mandatory course on Indian Knowledge System (IKS) while revising the Engineering and Management Curricula in 2018. This course is meant to help students gain awareness of the wealth of knowledge produced by the Ancient Indians. Our latest publication, Introduction to Indian Knowledge System responds …

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Science, Engineering & Technology in Ancient India: Time – A perspective from Puranas by Prof. Mahadevan B.

In the Indian tradition the purāṇas are supposed to discuss certain mandatory themes. These form the five characteristics (Lakṣaṇas) of a Purāṇa. One of them is to elaborately describe the origin of the Universe. Obviously notion of time becomes important to discuss origin of the Universe. Also we need use of large numbers to measure …

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