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SUMMARY:16th India Studies Seminar: Science in Ancient India
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Join Prof. Pankaj Jain in conversation with Prof. Subha
 sh Kak where they will discuss about the lesser-known early Indian contribu
 tions to science which include a comprehensive theory of mind, Pāṇini's rem
 arkable Sanskrit grammar, Piṅgala's binary numbers, and more.\n
They will a
 lso talk about the work of Kaṇāda who dared to propose a system that encomp
 asses space, time, matter, and observers - a feat no physicist has attempte
 d to date.  This webinar presents an overview of such scientific discoverie
 s in ancient India.\n
About the Speaker:\n
Dr. Subhash Kak is an Indian-Ame
 rican computer scientist. He is the Regents Professor of Computer Science D
 epartment at Oklahoma State University–Stillwater, an honorary visiting pro
 fessor of engineering at Jawaharlal Nehru University, and a member of the I
 ndian Prime Minister's Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council 
 (PM-STIAC). \n
Prof Kak has published on the history of science, the philos
 ophy of science, ancient astronomy, and the history of mathematics. In 2019
 , the Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri, the fourth highest ci
 vilian award in India, for his contributions on the history of mathematics,
  science, ancient astronomy and philosophy of science.\n

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 rder-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.3rem;"><span style="color: #000
 000; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Join Prof. Pankaj Jain in conversation
  with Prof. Subhash Kak where t</span>hey will discuss about the lesser-kno
 wn early Indian contributions to science which include a comprehensive theo
 ry of mind, Pāṇini's remarkable Sanskrit grammar, Piṅgala's binary numbers,
  and more.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bot
 tom: 1.3rem;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
 They will also talk about the work of Kaṇāda who dared to propose a system 
 that encompasses space, time, matter, and observers - a feat no physicist h
 as attempted to date. </span> This webinar presents an overview of such sci
 entific discoveries in ancient India.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; 
 margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.3rem;"><b>About the Speaker:</b></p><p st
 yle="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.3rem;">Dr. S
 ubhash Kak is an Indian-American computer scientist. He is the Regents Prof
 essor of Computer Science Department at Oklahoma State University–Stillwate
 r, an honorary visiting professor of engineering at Jawaharlal Nehru Univer
 sity, and a member of the Indian Prime Minister's Science, Technology and I
 nnovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC). </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box
 ; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.3rem;">Prof Kak has published on the hi
 story of science, the philosophy of science, ancient astronomy, and the his
 tory of mathematics. In 2019, the Government of India awarded him the Padma
  Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India, for his contributions on
  the history of mathematics, science, ancient astronomy and philosophy of s
 cience.</p></div>
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