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News: “On the shoulders of Giants” a seminar on “Synthesizing Science & Spirituality”
“On
the shoulders of Giants” a seminar on “Synthesizing Science & Spirituality”
was jointly organised by students of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Kharagpur and Bhaktivedanta Institute (BI) Kolkata on the sanctified evening of
March 2nd, 2013 at SN Bose auditorium, IIT Kharagpur. In this
assembly more than one hundred students and professors, from various courses
and departments, participated energetically. In the opening ceremony of this
seminar bouquets of flowers were presented to the speakers to welcome them. It started
from the chief guest and one of the speakers Shri Varun Agrawal (Director,
Bhakitvedanta Institute Kolkata) and then it further moved to other speakers
Professor S Ghosh, Dr. P L Narasimhan and Ms. P Sampath from IIT Kharagpur. Right
after the welcome ceremony the first issue of student ezine i.e. Science and
Spiritual Quest, published by BI Kolkata, was inaugurated on the holy stage by all
the speakers, professors and guests. At this occasion, Professor S Ghosh
briefly explained meaning of the title of present seminar as well as its
purpose. The first talk of this seminar was presented by a student research
scholar from IIT Kharagpur, Ms. P Sampath on Scientific and Vedantic Exploration
of God. The next lecture was then delivered by Dr P L Narasimhan who uttered
some of the spiritual knowledge and advanced technology of Indian Vedic society
at the ages of Lord Rama and Lord Krishna. His words filled whole auditorium
with the colours of Bhakti and enlighten the minds of intellectuals into deep
thinking of Vedic science. The stage and auditorium were then covered by a big
round of applause when Shri V Agrawal was introduced and called on the stage to
demonstrate the Gods Mechanics. It was really an astonishing experience for
students and professors of IIT Kharagpur when a person dressed in saffron,
costumed like a saint, fully charged with spirituality was delivering his talk
on the fundamentals of physics, chemistry and engineering with the help of
various typical formulations and quotes of many noble laureates. He raised
several fundamental issues of modern science which are still undefined. Shri
Agrawal concluded his talk with a request to be a Spiritual
Engineer/Scientist-Saint to explore the hidden fundamentals of science and
spirituality. He also requested to the audience to search for the Divine
Engineer, God in the cosmos and glorify him with the help of your scientific
and engineering knowledge. At the end, he advised; engineers who are ethically
motivated, spiritually charged and technologically equipped, will distinguish
India from rest of the world. Next, it was the time of Professor Ghosh to
deliver the final lecture of the evening. It was again critically analysed,
well designed and a highly informative lecture on “Origin of life”. He
explained limitations of modern science and how these issues can be cover up.
One of the important remarks of his lecture was based on consciousness to find
out ultimate reality. He convincingly proposed to develop the consciousness in
spiritual direction and apply it in routine work. After the lecture of Prof.
Ghosh all the speakers answered to the questions raised by students during
discussion session. At the ending ceremony, all the speakers were requested to
receive their mementos which were offered by Prof. M Sinha. Prof Sinha then
delivered vote of thanks to all the speakers, guests and volunteers. The
program was closed with a delicious dinner Prasadam. The books published by BI
Kolkata were also the area of attention and people showed lots of interest to
buy these books.
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