TWENTIETH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF VEDANTA

TWENTIETH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF VEDANTA Jawaharlal Nehru University: 28-31 Dec. 2011 Tentative Schedule DECEMBER 28 TH 2011 VENUE: AUDITORIUM, SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES DAY ONE 0830-1000: Breakfast & Registration 1000-1210: Session 1: Inaugural Session WELCOME Prof. R P Singh, Chairperson, Centre for Philosophy, JNU & Prof. Bal Ram Singh, Director, Centre for Indic Studies, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, USA VEDANTA THEME Prof. Bal Ram Singh, Director, Centre for Indic Studies, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, USA, Prof. S.S. Ramarao Pappu, Miami University, Ohio, USA INAUGURAL ADDRESS Prof. K. Ramakrishna Rao, Chairman, ICPR KEYNOTE SPEECH Dr. Karan Singh, Former Chancellor, JNU INAUGURAL REMARKS Prof. R. B. Tripathi, VC, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan INAUGURAL REMARKS Prof. Rajeshwari Pandharipande, University of Illinois, UC, USA PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS Prof. Sudhir Kumar Sopory, VC, JNU BOOK RELEASE INAUGURAL REMARKS & VOTE OF THANKS Prof Vaishna Narang Chairperson, Center for Sanskrit Studies/philosophy, JNU Coordinator: Dr. Girish Nath Jha, Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU Observer: Diwakar Mishra, Research Student (Sanskrit), JNU 1210-1240: HIGH TEA (Lawns of SSS Auditorium) 1240-1330 Session 2: Keynote Speaker- 2 Chair: Prof. K Srinivas, Pondicherry University Speaker: Dr. Subramanyam Swamy, Chairman, Board of Governors, School for Communications and Management Studies Topic: TBA Coordinator: Dr. Girish Nath Jha, Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU Observer: Baldev Ram Khandoliyan, Research student, Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU 1330-1415: LUNCH BREAK 1415-1545: Session 3: Vedntic Pedagogy Chair: Prof Vaishna Narang, Professor, Centre for Linguistics, JNU and Chairperson, Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU 031 - Learning Methodologies (Vedantic pedagogy) - Dr. R. Suresha 054 - Pedagogy of Vednta: The Education of Body, Mind and Spirit - Mohammad Shaheer Siddiqui 057 - Putting the Super Accelerated Learning Theory (SALT) Into Classroom Practice - Dr. Maureen P. Hall Coordinator: Dr. Jayprakash Narayan, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, Delhi Observer: Madhav Gopal, Research Student, Center of Linguistics, JNU

1545-1645 Session 4: Keynote Speaker-3 Chair: Prof. Rajeshwari Pandharipande, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA Speaker: Prof Ashok Aklujkar, University of British Columbia, Canada Topic: How Ancient India Sliced Air Variously Coordinator: Dr. Ram Nath Jha, Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU Observer: Kabita Das, Research Student (Philosophy), JNU 1645-1700: TEA BREAK 1700-1900: Session 5: History, Vedanta and Indian Culture Chair: Prof. Vijaya Lakshmi, Centre for Historical Studies, JNU 045 -, और र - Dr. Sangeeta Kumari 076 - Śankara s philosophy: An Ethical perspective - Dr. Reena Kannojiya 119 - Advaita Vedānta and its Social Significance - Dr. K. Srinivas 019 - म- म : - Dr. Autar Lal Meena Coordinator: Dr. Hari Ram Mishra, Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU Observer: Puja Rai, Research Student (Philosophy), JNU 1900-2000: Session 6- POSTER SESSION1 2000-2100: DINNER 29 TH DECEMBER 2011 DAY TWO VENUE: PARALLEL SESSIONS A IN SSS AUDITORIUM, B IN SSS COMMITTEE ROOM ALL KEYNOTE TALKS IN SSS AUDITORIUM 0800-0900: Breakfast & Registration 0900-1100: Session 7A: Indian Cosmology and Psychology Chair: Prof. Uttam Pati, School of Biotechnology, JNU 009 - Reassessing the Notion of Time and Space in Cosmology of Sākhya, Vednta and Globalization - Dr. Alka Saharan 011 - Looking Beyond the Controversy of Creationism versus Evolutionism: Some Remarks on Indian Cosmogony - Dr. Ananda Mishra 074 - The Advaita Concept of Testimonial Perception: Some Reflections - Prof. Raghunath Ghosh 082 - - Dr. Sachchidanand Mishra Coordinator: Dr. Ajay Kumar Mishra, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, Delhi Observer: Sachin Kumar, Research Student (Sanskrit) JNU 0900-1100: Session 7B: Samvda in Vednta Philosophy Chair: Prof. Shashi Prabha Kumar, Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU 006 - An Excursion with Advaitavda s Theory of Error - Dr. Arup Jyoti Sarma 041 - म म र र उ र म : - Mr. Haretee Lal Meena 108 - म - Mr. Vishav Bandhu Sharma 100 - र : र म ( म ) - Ms. Sushila Kumari

Coordinator: Dr. Neeraj Sharma, Kany Mah-Vidylaya, Jlandhar Observer: Priti Ranjan, Research Student (Philosophy), JNU 1100-1130: TEA BREAK 1130-1300: Session 8A: Digital Access of Sanskrit Texts Chair: Dr. Shobha L., AU-KBC Research Centre, Anna University, Chennai 022 - Computational Lexical Resource Model for yurvedic Herbs - Mr. Baldev Ram Khandoliyan 075 - Dynamic Indexing of yurvedic Text Suruta Sahit - Mr. Rajneesh Kumar Pandey 115 - Sanskrit-Russian Statistical Machine Translation: Using Bi-lingual POS Tagged Corpora - Dr. Sudhir Kumar Mishra & Dr. Ainura Asamidinova Coordinator: Dr. R. Chandrashekar, Guest Faculty, Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU Observer: Chitresh Soni, Research Student, (Sanskrit), MLSU, Rajasthan 1130-1300 Session 8B: Vedanta and Consciousness Studies Chair: Prof. S. S. Rama Rao Pappu, Miami University, Ohio, USA 080 - Philosophical Contestations on Consciousness: Vednta and German Idealism - Prof. R.P. Singh 023 - Illusion of the Individual Self: Tracing Māy in the Neural Labyrinth - Bins Sebastian 092 - Nature of that (tat) in That thou art in the 2nd group of six chapters of the Gtghrthadpik of Madhusdana Sarasvat - Mr. Niranjan Saha Coordinator: Dr. Santosh Kumar Shukla, Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU Observer: Muzaffar Karim, Research Student (Philosophy), JNU 1300-1400: Session 9- POSTER SESSION2 1300-1400: LUNCH 1400-1500: Session 10: Keynote Speaker-4 Chair: Prof Rakesh Bhatnagar, School of Biotechnology, JNU Speaker: Prof T S Rukmani, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada Topic: How much adhikra has a commentator to interpret any stra text Coordinator: Dr. Rajneesh Kumar Mishra, Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU Observer: Mayank Shekhar, Research Student (Sanskrit), JNU 1500-1730: Session 11A: Indian Cosmology and Psychology Chair: Dr. Ashutosh Angiras, SD College, Ambl 039 - Advaita Vednta and Ethical Implausibility - Mrs. Madhumita Mitra 059 - म म ग र - Mr. Mohan Singh Rajput 102 - Triguna: A Ninth Perspective of Personality Psychology? - Mr. Swaroop 109 - र म रम - Mrs. Sapna Jain 117 - Understanding the mystery of life through scientific and Vedic explorations - Ms. Sonam Grover & Dr. Abhinav Grover Coordinator: Dr. C. U. Rao, Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU Observer: Archana Tiwari, Research Student (Sanskrit), JNU 1500-1730: Session 11B: Interpretation of Key Texts Chair: Dr. Santosh Kumar Shukla, Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU 027 - म म र - Mr. Bipin Kumar Jha & Mr. Dipesh Katira

053 - : म - Mr. Mayank Shekhar 062 - ग उ र - Mr. Natesha L 110 - म - म म म - Mr. Vivek Karmakar 004 - र र - - Mr.Pramod Kumar Agrawal Coordinator: Dr. Kuldip Shukla, Guest faculty, Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU Observer: Mukesh Kumar Mishra, Research Student (Sanskrit), JNU 1730-1745: TEA BREAK 1745-1845: Session 12: Keynote Speaker-5 Chair: Prof R. P Singh, Center of Philosophy, JNU Speaker: Prof R. L. Singh, University of Allahabad Topic: An axiological view of avidy Coordinator: Dr. Ram Nath Jha, Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU Observer: Manasi Kelkar, research student (Linguistics), JNU 1900-2030: Cultural program 2030: Dinner 30 th DECEMBER 2011 DAY THREE VENUE: PARALLEL SESSIONS A IN SSS AUDITORIUM, B IN SSS COMMITTEE ROOM ALL KEYNOTE TALKS IN SSS AUDITORIUM 0800-0900: Breakfast & Registration 0900-1100: Session 13A: Vedanta and Interfaith Dialogue Chair: Lothar Pirc, Maharishi Ayurveda Health Center 003 - र और म म म म - Mr. Afzal Ahmad 018 - Symbolical Projections of Fire Element in the Art of Nicholas Roerich - Mr. Vladimir Zaitsev & Natalia Kravchenko R. 060 - Basics of Natural Healings in yurveda and Taoism - Monica Kuwar Rathore 061 - Transformation of Vedntic Philosophy and Message to the Muslim World Through the Translation of Mahbhrata into Persian - Nahid Akhtar Siddiqui Coordinator: Dr. R. Chandrashekar, Guest faculty (Sanskrit), JNU Observer: Zairunisha, Research Student (Philosophy), JNU 0900-1100: Session 13B: Vedanta and Vara System Chair: Prof. Brijesh Kumar Shukla, University of Lucknow 029 - और : म - Dr. Ram Sewak Dubey 068 - The Nature and Theory of Origin of Vara in The Bhagavadgt - Dr. Pravin Pralayankar 084 - और - Prof. Sangeeta Gajanan Waychal 083 Vednta and Vara System - Prof. Sachindra Mahto Coordinator: Dr. Santosh Kumar Shukla, Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU Observer: Devendra Singh Rajput, Research Student (Sanskrit), JNU

1100-1115: TEA BREAK 1115-1215: Session 14: Keynote Speaker-6 Chair: Prof. G Mishra, Madras University Speaker: Lothar Pirc, Maharishi Ayurveda Health Center, USA Topic: Vedanta: Mahrii Mahesh Yogi s insights into the ultimate knowledge of life and its application to bring world peace Coordinator: Dr. Rajnish K Mishra, JNU Observer: Minakshi Singh, research student, Philosophy, JNU 1215-1330: Session 14A: Vedanta and Spiritualism Chair: Prof. R. K. Pandey, Shri LBS Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Delhi 028 - म म : र और र र र - Mr. Diwakar Mishra 025 - Spiritual Quest and Science-Vedntic Perspective - Dr. Anjali Dewan 002 -The Limits of Thought in Advaita Vednta - Dr. Adarasupally Natraju Coordinator: Dr. Ram Nath Jha, Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU Observer: Kabita Das, Research Student (Philosophy), JNU 1215-1330: Session 14B: Applied Vedanta (Yoga, yurveda and Music) Chair: Prof. Bharat Gupt, Dept of English, Delhi University 070 - र म उ ग - Mrs. Poulomee Dasgupta 051 - ग - Dr. Manu Sharma 048 - Vedanta and Music - Dr. Mrs. S. Siddhartha Coordinator: Subhash Chandra, CDAC, Kolkata Observer: Bandita Das, Research Student (Philosophy), JNU 1330-1430: LUNCH 1430-1630: Session 15A: Vednta and Corporate World Chair: Prof. T S Rukmani, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada 033 - Vedāntic Perception of the Organizational Behavior- Section: Corporate World and the Vedānta - Dr. S. Ramaratnam 087 - Vednta and the Corporate World - Mr. Sastry Kumara Swamy Kuppa 098 - ग : म - Vidwan Suman K S 120 - Embedding Value Systems in Governance The Way Of Indian Dhrmic Heritage - S. Ram Mohan Coordinator: Dr. Alka Saharan, Miranda House, Delhi University Observer: Maryam Nasr, Research Student Centre for Philosophy, JNU 1430-1630: Session 15B: Vednta Metaphysics Chair: Prof. Shukla Mukherjee, Rastriya Sanskrit Sansthan, Delhi 001 - - Mr.Srinivasa Kumar N Acharya & Shrinivasa Varakhedi 063 - म - Neelam Sharma 101 - ग र र म म - Ms. Anita Swami 030 - म म म - Dr. Jyotsna Srivastava Coordinator: Dr. Umesh Kumar Singh, Delhi

Observer: Rajesh Kumar, Research Student (Philosophy), JNU 1630-1700: TEA BREAK 1700-1800: Session 16: Keynote Speaker-7 Chair: Prof Deepak Kumar, Zakir Hussain Center for Educational Studies, JNU Speaker: Pt Ramadheen Ramsamooj, 3R Foundation, Dartmouth, USA Topic: The Super Accelerated Learning Theory (SALT) model of education Coordinator: Dr. Ajay Kumar Mishra, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, Delhi Observer: Pragya Mohapatra, Research Student (Philosophy), JNU 1800-1900: Session 17: Keynote Speaker-8 (SKYPE) Chair: Prof Bal Ram Singh, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, USA Speaker: Rajiv Malhotra, Infinity Foundation, USA Topic: Being different: an Indian challenge to western universalism Respondent: Prof R P Singh, Center for Philosophy, JNU Coordinator: Dr. Girish Nath Jha, Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU Observer: Manoj Kumar Panda, research student, Philosophy, JNU 1900-2000: Session 18: Keynote Speaker-9 Chair: Prof R C Panda, Banras Hindu University, Vras Speaker: Daniel Raveh, Tel Aviv University, Israel Topic: Debating Patajali s notion of Freedom a Dialogue with Day Ka Coordinator: Dr. Alka Saharan, Delhi University Observer: Manoj Kumar Panda, research student, Philosophy, JNU 2000: Dinner 31 st DECEMBER 2011 DAY FOUR 0800-0900: Breakfast & Registration 0900-1030: Session 19A: Vedanta Philosophy and Language Chair: Prof. F D Manjali, Center of Linguistics, JNU 042 - र म - Dr. Kanta Rani Bhatia 016 - र - Mr. Arun Kumar 105 - Contribution of Bhartṛhari s Vākyapadīya to Indian Philosophy of Language and Meaning - Mr. Ved Mitra Shukla 093 - gama Prama in Advaita Kmra Śaiva - Ms. Shruti Rai Coordinator: Dr. Hari Ram Mishra, Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU Observer: Ghazala Rizvi, Research Student (Philosophy), JNU 0900-1030: Session 19B: Vedanta Philosophy and Lifeworld Chair: Prof Satya P. Gautam, Vice- Chancellor, M.J.P. University, Bareilly 020 - - Dr. A. Venkata Radheshyam 099 - Perception as a Means of Valid Knowledge in the Upaniadic Philosophy - Mr. Surjya Kamal Borah 094 - The Doctrine of Karma-Sannyāsa and the Theme of Renunciation

in R.K. Narayan s Fiction - Mr. Soham Pain 097 - Doctrine of Bhakti Rasa in Śr Chaitanya Caritāmrta - Dr. Subhash Phogat Coordinator: Dr. Kuldip Shukla, Guest Faculty, JNU Observer: Piyush Aggarwal, Research Student, (Sanskrit) JNU 1030-1200: Session 20A (invited session): Sanskrit and its promotion in the new age Chair: Pt. Ramadheen Ramsamooj, 3R Foundation, Dartmouth, USA Aravinda Rao, Sanskrit Studies in India: need for preservation and steps Girish N Jha, Promoting Sanskrit through Science & Technology Shukla Mukherjee, Sanskrit promotion initiatives by Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan Sanskrit Bharti, Delhi representative Coordinator: Dr. Kuldip Shukla, Guest Faculty, Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU Observer: Kumar Nripendra Pathak, Research Student, (Sanskrit) JNU 1030-1200: Session 20B (invited session): Sanskrit strrtha Chair: Prof Shashiprabha Kumar, Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU Speakers: Prof R K Pandey, SLBSSVP, New Delhi Dr. C U Rao, Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU Dr Santosh K Shukla, Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU Dr. R N Jha, Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU Dr H R Mishra, Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU Coordinator: Dr. Rajneesh K Mishra, Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU Observer: Diwakar Mishra, Research Student (Sanskrit) JNU 1200-1215: TEA BREAK 1215-1315: Session 21: Keynote Speaker-10 Chair: Prof Ashok Aklujkar, University of British Columbia, Canada Speaker: Prof Rajeshwari Pandharipande, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Topic: Interpreting Vednta in the 21 st Century: issues and solutions Coordinator: Dr. Girish Nath Jha, JNU Observer: Rajnish Kumar Pandey, Research Student (Sanskrit) JNU 1315-1430: LUNCH 1430-1530: Session 22: Keynote Speaker-11 Chair: Prof. B N Mullick, School of Life Sciences, JNU Speaker: Prof Bal Ram Singh, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA Topic: Scientific Analysis of Vedntic Dharma of Matter and Consciousness Coordinator: Dr. Girish Nath Jha, JNU Observer: Rajnish Kumar Pandey, Research Student (Sanskrit) JNU 1530 1700 hrs: Session 22: Valedictory Session Theme: Vedanta: Retrospects and Prospects Chair: Prof Sudha Rani Pandey, VC, Uttaranchan Sanskrit University, Haridwar Prof. Bal Ram Singh, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA Prof. G Mishra, Madras University Prof. Bhuvan Chandel, Member- Secretary, CSC Prof. Rajeshwari Pandharipande, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA Prof. Makrand Paranjape, Center of English, JNU Prof. T S Rukmini, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

Coordinator: Dr. Girish Nath Jha, Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU Observer: Pawan Kumar, research student, Philosophy, JNU 1700-1730: Conclusion & Vote of Thanks: Dr Girish Nath Jha, Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU 1900: DINNER