MFIS Foundation Day Lecture

Mimamsa Foundation for Indic Studies started its journey on 1st of May 2022 as Mimamsa – An Indic Inquiry with a purpose of developing a forum dedicated to a thorough, objective and authentic Indic Inquiry. Apart from publishing strongly researched articles, MFIS engages in a variety of activities like lecture series, interviews, podcasts, courses, workshops among others to take Indic studies to the people. Each year on 1st of May, we at MFIS organise Foundation Day lecture wherein we invite an eminent scholar, academic, public intellectual to deliver an address on the core theme and vision of MFIS that serves as an inspiration of us and also as an guiding light of MFIS’s activities.

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3rd Foundation Day Lecture | Topic: Integrating Indian Knowledge System into Academic Disciplines: A Way Forward

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What is Indian Knowledge System and how it is going to be integrated in the academics???  Renowned Sanskrit scholar and Vice Chancellor, Central Sanskrit University, will give us the way forward on this in the “3rd Foundation Day Lecture of MFIS (MFIS)”.

About Dr. Shrinivasa Varakhedi 

Dr. Varakhedi is Vice-Chancellor of the Central Sanskrit University, New Delhi. He was awarded with Maharshi Badarayana Puraskar conferred by the President of India for his contributions in inter-disciplinary studies. His research areas are Sanskrit Computational Linguistics, Indian Schools of Logic, Indian Philosophy and Literature.

2nd Foundation Day Lectue |   Topic: How Old is Indian Civilization? Inferences from Archeological Findings

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What connects Indian civilization with the Harappans? Is there material, cultural and civilizational continuity between them? What the latest scientific studies reveal about the ‘our past’? To know this and much more, tune in to MFIS 2nd Foundation Day Lecture by Dr Vasant Shinde. Subscribe our YouTube channel here for more updates.

 
About Dr. Vasant Shinde
 
Former Professor and Vice-Chancellor at the Deccan College, Post-Graduate and Research Institute, Deemed University, Pune and presently Adjunct Professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, IIC Campus, Bangalore and Director General, National Maritime Heritage Complex, Gandhinagar is a world renowned archaeologist and one of the foremost scholars in South Asia.

1st Foundation Day Lecture | Topic: Reclaiming Indic Studies: Towards a Rooted Academic Ecosystem

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Mimamsa Foundation for Indic Studies, began as Mimamsa – An Indic Inquiry on 1st of May 2020. To mark its First Foundation Day, Mimamsa Organised 1st Foundation Day lecture on the topic “Reclaiming Indic Studies: Towards a Rooted Academic Ecosystem” by well known Computer Scientist and Indologist Padmashri Dr. Subhash Kak.

 
About Dr. Subhash Kak
 
About Resource Person – Dr. Subhash Kak is Regents Professor at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, USA. His research is on artificial intelligence, quantum computing, archaeoastronomy, and history of science.