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International Collaboration and R&D Cell are organizing a talk by Prof. Bal Ram Singh

International Collaboration and R&D Cell are organizing a talk by Prof. Bal Ram Singh

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International Collaboration and R&D Cell , JNU

 

organizing a talk by

 

Prof. Bal Ram Singh

President, Institute of Advanced Sciences, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA

 

 

on

 

 Interrogating Vedantic Knowledge for International Advancement of Science and Technology

 

Tuesday, 12th Sept, at 3pm in Lecture Hall, JNU Convention Center

 

 

Abstract: Indigenous knowledge system throughout the world has been traditionally developed through the observation of and close interaction with nature. The knowledge was mostly the basis of European renaissance during 14th-17th century that has created the modern science and its derivative in terms of technology. The most comprehensive archive of the indigenous knowledge system is still in India, but remains mostly unexplored, despite its potential to transform the world from its current unsustainable path of exploiting natural resources for personal comfort and convenience. There is a monumental scope of international collaboration in mining the Vedantic knowledge and its epistemology for scientific understanding and appropriate technology, including biotechnology. India’s academic and intellectual class needs to take notice of this opportunity to find a purpose and provide international leadership in integrative sciences for a sustainable life.    

 

 

Chair: Prof Anirban Chakraborty, School of Computational & Integrative Sciences

 

About the speaker : Prof Bal Ram Singh  has been a professor since 1990 at UMass Dartmouth (until 2014) and Institute of Advanced Sciences (current), conducting research on the molecular mode of action of botulinum and tetanus neurotoxins, cranberry natural products,  Ayurvedic and herbal products, and also on yoga, mind, and consciousness. He has published 12 books and nearly 300 articles, latest being Protein Toxins in Modeling Biochemistry (Springer, 2016). Dr. Singh is Editor/Associate Editor of four journals, including Biochemical and Biophysical Research Reports, Ayurveda Journal of Health and International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management, and is the Editor-in-Chief of Vedic WAVES, an online blog of the World Association of Vedic Studies. He is the President of the Institute of Advanced Sciences. At the Institute, he is also the Executive Mentor of the School of Indic Studies where his research includes Ayurvedic science and technology, Yoga and Consciousness, Vedic education pedagogy, and Vedic social and political traditions.  He is also the President of Prime Bio, Inc., a biotech company of 19 years, working with botulinum and tetanus toxins, vaccines, antibodies, detection and diagnostics, drug delivery, biosensors, green chemistry, nanomaterials, and drug development. Dr. Singh has been visiting professor at Georgetown University, Harvard Medical School, Yang Ming University (Taiwan), and Jawaharlal Nehru University (India). He is an Honorary Professor at Amity University Haryana, Gurgaon, India, and Dean of International Academic Programs at Srimaharshi Research Institute of Vedic Technology (SRIVT), Guntur, AP, India. He is also Director of the Uberoi Foundation’s Teacher Training Program. Dr. Singh is the President and Director of Maryada Foundation (USA), a non-profit organization to promote science and education. He also the President of ABHAS (Antarrastriya Avadhi Bhasa Samiti) Foundation, located in Greater Boston, MA, USA. His honors and awards include Chancellor’s Innovative Teaching Award (1995), UMass Dartmouth; Scholar of the Year Award (1995), UMass Dartmouth; 1997 Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award. Dr. Singh’s other recognitions include 2004 University Service Award, UMass Dartmouth Alumni Association, New Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce in 2008, Chancellor Colloquium Speaker at UMass Dartmouth in 2009. Dr. B. K. Singh Memorial Lecture speaker at Department of Chemistry, University of Allahabad, India, in 2010, A.C. Mukherjee Distinguished Annual Lecture Speaker, Department of Philosophy, Allahabad University, India, in 2012. In addition, Dr. Singh has been invited speakers to over 268 seminars and presentations, in addition to chairing dozens of meetings, conference and symposia sessions at national and international levels. Dr. Singh serves on the Boards of Directors of World Association of Vedic Studies (WAVES, (USA) and Education Society for the Heritage of India (ESHA, USA), Expert Advisor to Hindu University of America, Advisory Board of MLBD Research and Resource Foundation (India), Executive Committee, Center for Excellence in Integrative Medicine (Boston, MA), Founding Member, and Eirion Biopharma (NY). Dr. Singh has been consultant to several national and international biotech, biopharma, and legal companies. Dr Singh received his M.Sc. and M. Phil. Degrees from Jawaharlal Nehru University, India in Life Sciences during 1979-1982, and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Texas Tech University in 1987.He completed his post-doctoral training in University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1990, before joining the faculty of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.