Roger Kornberg, Nobel Laureate 2006 (Chemistry)

Stanford University Medical School

Department of Structural Biology

Fairchild Building - 1st floor

299 Campus Dr. Stanford CA, 94305-5126, USA

 

Topic:

The Knowable  Nature of Scientific Truth   

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Yash Pal (PADMA BHUSHAN)

(Former) Chairman, University Grants Commission,

(Former) Secretary, Department of Science & Technology,

(Former) Chief Consultant, Planning Commission, 

(Former) Distinguished Scientist, Indian Space Research Organization,

(Former) Director, Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad,

(Former) Professor, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,

National Mahatma Gandhi Fellow

 

 

Topic:

Besides Our Basic Humanity, Only the Perspectives of Science can Provide us Social and Personal Values 

 

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Jagdish N. Srivastava

Director, Institute for the Exploration of Higher Reality
Editor-in-Chief: Jour. Stat. Plan. Inf.
CNS Research Professor Emeritus
Colorado State University
, USA

 

Topic:

Why More of Science and Spirituality But Less of Religion for World Peace and Prosperity?

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Anita Goel

Founder, Chairman, & Scientific Director
Nanobiosym, Inc
Founder, Chairman, & CEO

Nanobiosym Diagnostics, Inc

200 Boston Avenue, Suite 4700
Medford, MA 02155

 

 

Topic:

Molecular Evolution: A Role for Quantum Mechanics on

the Dynamics of Molecular Machines that Read & Write DNA

 

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Paul Utkuru

101 Carriage Hill Court

Columbus, NJ 08022, USA.

Retired Professor of Medical Physics

Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Vanderbilt University

Nashville,TN and the Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, USA

 

Topic:

Science, Psychic Phenomena, Cyclical Cosmology and Reincarnation

 

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A.K. Mukhopadhyay

Head, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine

All India Institute of Medical Sciences

New Delhi – 110 029

 

 

Topic:

Three Consciousness(es), Mind and Information

 

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Subhag Swami

Monk

International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), India

 

 

 

Topic:

Exploration for the Ultimate Reality through Spirituality

 

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Abhishek Tiwari
Thomas M. Siebel Center
for Computer Science

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

201 N. Goodwin Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801, USA

 

 

Topic:

Molecular Intelligence

 

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Bhaswat S. Chakraborty

Senior Vice President

1389, Trasad Road

Research & Development Centre

Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Dholka – 387 910

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

 

Topic:

Unfoldment of Collective (Cosmic) Consciousness in Indian Spiritual Traditions

 

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Sudipto Ghosh

Dept. of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

IIT Kharagpur

Kharagpur-721302, India

 

 

Topic:

Mathematisation of Nature

 

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Ramgopal Uppaluri

Dept. of Chemical Engineering

IIT Guwahati

Guwahati - 781039, India

 

Topic:

Time: Explorations from Science, Philosophy and Spirituality

 

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T. Malai

Bhaktivedanta Institute

RC/8, Manasi Manjil Building

Raghunathpur, VIP Road

Kolkata -700 059, India

 

 

 

Topic:

Some Recent Trends in Consciousness Studies: A View from the Vedanta

 

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Ayush  Goyal
Oxford University Computing Laboratory,
Wolfson Building
Parks Road
Oxford, OX1 3QD,
England

 

Topic:

Consciousness in Relation to Bioelectric Neural Circuitry

 

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Prabhat Kumar Singh
Department of Civil Engineering
Institute of Technology
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi -  221005, India

 

Topic:

Intelligent Design, Fine Tuning & Evolution Theory: A Synopsis of Competent Rational Theories

 

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Manoranjan Sinha

Department of Aerospace Engineering

IIT Kharagpur

Kharagpur-721302, India

 

 

Topic:

Synthesis of Vedic and Modern Cosmology - A Big Challenge Ahead

 

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D. Narayana Dutt

Dept. of Electrical Communication Engineering

Indian Institute of Science

Bangalore 560012, India

 

 

Topic:

Mathematical Techniques for Study of EEG Data Recorded During Meditation

 

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B. Prabhakar

Technical Leader

LSI  Research

7th Floor, Inventor Block

ITPL, White Field Road

Bangalore - 560066, India

 

 

Topic:

Bio-feedback and Meditation

 

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Panel Discussion I:  Science, Ethics and Spirituality: A Need for a Balanced Approach

 

Panelists:  T. Hanuman Chowdary,   Kota Harinarayan, Ramamurthi Rallapalli, A.D. Sahasrabudhe,  

B. S. Murthy  and  Jyoti Kumar

 

T. Hanuman Chowdary

Advisor, Satyam Computers, Hyderabad

Former IT Advisor, Govt. of A.P., Hyderabad

 

 

 

 

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Kota Harinarayana (PADMASHREE)

Raja Ramanna Fellow

Structures Division

National Aerospace Labs

P B No:1779, Airport Road

Bangalore - 560017

( Former Vice Chancellor, Central University, Hyderabad, India

 

 

 

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Ramamurthi Rallapalli  

General President Elect. Indian Science Congress, 95th Session,
ISRO Hon. Visiting Scientist,
(Formerly Vice-Chancellor INSA Senior Scientist)
Department of Fishery Science and Aquaculture
Sri
Venkateswara University

Tirupati - 517502

 

 

 

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A.D. Sahasrabudhe

Director

College of Engineering, Pune, India

 

 

 

 

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B.S. Murty (Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2007)

Professor

Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Chennai 600 036, India

 

 

 

 

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Jyoti Kumar

Department of Design

IIT Guwahati, India

 

 

 

 

 

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Panel Discussion II:  Role of Spirituality to Imbibe Values in Education

Panelists: D.  Acharya,  P. B. Sharma, S. SadagopanB. H. Baruah , H. K. Satapathy,

      A.D. Sawant and  J. Chavan

 

 

 

Damodar Acharya

Director

IIT Kharagpur, India

 

 

 

 

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P. B. Sharma (moderator)

Vice Chancellor

Rajiv Gandhi Technological University, Bhopal, India

 

 

 

 

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S. Sadagopan
Director
IIIT Bangalore
26/C Electronics City
Bangalore 560 100 INDIA

 

 

 

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Hare Krishna Satapathy

Vice-Chancellor

Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidhyapeeth, Tirupati, India

 

 

 

 

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A.D. Sawant

Pro-Vice Chancellor

Mumbai University, India

 

 

 

 

 

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Jayanti Chavan

President

Institute of Science & Religion

Haware's SPLENDOR
H-705, 7th Floor,

Plot No. 56, Sector - 20, Kharghar
Navi Mumbai- 410210, INDIA

 

 

 

 

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An Interactive Session:  Need for the Synthesis of Science and Spirituality

 

Panelists:  Roger Kornberg, Yash Pal,  Vijay Kumar Saraswat, Anita Goel, and  Subhash  C. Mishra

 

 

 

Roger Kornberg

Nobel Prize 2006 (Chemistry)

Stanford University Medical School

Department of Structural Biology

Fairchild Building - 1st floor

299 Campus Dr. Stanford CA, 94305-5126, USA

 

 

 

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Yash Pal (PADMA BHUSHAN)

(Former) Chairman, University Grants Commission,

(Former) Secretary, Department of Science & Technology,

(Former) Chief Consultant, Planning Commission, 

(Former) Distinguished Scientist, Indian Space Research Organization,

(Former) Director, Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad,

(Former) Professor, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,

National Mahatma Gandhi Fellow

 

 

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Vijay Kumar Saraswat (PADMASHREE)

Chief Controller R&D (MSS) &

Program Director AD for development of Air Defense Systems

DRDO

Government of India

 

 

 

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Anita Goel

Founder, Chairman, & Scientific Director
Nanobiosym, Inc
Founder, Chairman, & CEO

Nanobiosym Diagnostics, Inc

200 Boston Avenue, Suite 4700
Medford, MA 02155
, USA

 

 

 

 

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Subhash  C. Mishra

Dean of Academic Affairs & 

Professor  of Mechanical Engineering

IIT Guwahati, India

 

 

 

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