Ancient Indian education is often associated with the Gurukul system, which persisted until the introduction of English education. While much focus is placed on its structure, the pedagogical aspects are less explored.
In his talk, "Ancient Indian Education Systems: An Exploration in the Backdrop of Modern Concepts," Prof. B. N. Jagatap, formerly of IIT Bombay and a Distinguished Scientist at BARC, delves into the teaching methods of ancient India, drawing connections with contemporary educational thought. He incorporates insights from ancient texts and the 12th-century Tamil grammar work Nannool, authored by Jain monk Pavananthi Munivar.
The online Talk in English is at 5.30 pm IST on Saturday, February 1, 2025.
About the Speaker:
Prof. B N Jagatap was formerly Distinguished Scientist & Director, Chemistry Group of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai and Senior Professor at the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. Currently, he is the Director of Uniphos Environtronics Pvt Ltd, a UPL group of Company and co-founding director of Srujan Educational Consultancy LLP.
Prof. Jagatap is the Chairman of the Governing Council of the S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences (Kolkata) and worked as the Chairman of the Research Council of the National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (New Delhi). He is the Chairman of the Steering Committee of SVASTIK, the national initiative on Communicating Scientifically Validated Traditional Indian Knowledge to Society. He is also the Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the National Innovation Foundation. Currently he is the President of the Indian Nuclear Society.
Dr Sunita T Pandey. "Vrikshayurveda: A Legacy of Agriculture". Jan 4, 2025
It is widely known that Ayurveda pays equal attention to the maintenance of good health as well as to the treatment of diseases. But did you know that there is a branch of this discipline that pays the same attention to the maintenance of the good health of plants and to the methods for the treatment of plant diseases? In fact there is an enormous and elaborate corpus of literature in this field of Vrikshayurveda which offer a range of practices in the nutrition and treatment of plants.
In her talk titled, "Vrikshayurveda: A Legacy of Agriculture for Safe and Sustainable Food Production", Dr Sunita T Pandey of the G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, provides and overview of this area of study, explains its roots in Ayurveda and demonstrates how many of its rich and varied ancient practices can still be found in our farms.
The online Talk in English is at 5.30 pm IST on Saturday, January 4, 2025.
About the Speaker:
Dr Sunita T Pandey, who holds a PhD in Agronomy, serves as Professor in the Department of Agronomy of the G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Uttarakhand where she has over three decades of experience in teaching, research and extension work. She was the recipient of the Faculty Excellence Award in 2021, 2022 & 2023.
Her passion is to rejuvenate, innovate, validate, and popularize the eco-friendly sustainable time-tested and time-honoured ancient and medieval Vrikshayurveda-based agricultural practices. She has guided 20 research scholars in Masters and Doctoral programs on the validation of Vrikshayurveda based practices
She was instrumental in establishing the Y L Nene Training & Research Centre at GBPUAT, Pantnagar with the financial Support of Indian Knowledge System (IKS), division of Ministry of Education, Government of India. As Principal Investigator, she leads a multidisciplinary team of over thirty scientists is working on various research projects in this domain.
Dr Pandey has a number of research publications to her credit in her specialization and is the Senior Editor of Vrikshayurveda newsletter published by AAHF. She serves as a Member on several State and National level working committees on natural farming, including those established by ICAR, CSIR-NIScPR, NCERT and Government of Gujarat among others. She also serves as Honorary Executive Secretary, Asian Agri-History Foundation (AAHF), GBPUA&T, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand.
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