vedanta program schedule and abstracts
Symposium on Science, Vedanta and Foundations of Physics
July 6-7, 2011
Center for Indic Studies, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Program Schedule
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
(Please click on the Title for the respective abstract and the Speaker's name for the speaker's biography)
| 8:00-8:30AM | Registration and Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:30-8:45AM |
Welcome and Introduction |
Bal Ram Singh, PhD, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth |
| 8:45-9:30AM | Ways to know Non-duality |
Jerry Solfvin, PhD, Center for Indic Studies, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth |
| 9:30-10:15AM | Consciousness in Vedanta: Foundationalist Perspective | RP Singh , PhD, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi |
| 10:15-10:30AM | Break | |
| 10:30-11:15AM | Universal Laws in Science of Spirituality |
Neeraja Venkateswaran, PhD, Radix BioSolutions, Georgetown, TX |
| 11:15-12:00PM | Analysis of the Overlapping Suprastructure Vigyam concept of Bhagavadgita | Pandit Ramadheen Ramsamooj ,MEd, 3R Foundation, Dartmouth, MA |
| 12:00-1:00PM | Lunch | |
| 1:00-1:30PM | Life of Erwin Schrodinger, a slide presentation | |
| 1:30-2:15PM | The Energy Perspective in Neurophysics and Vedanta | Vinod Deshmukh , MD, U.Florida |
| 2:15-3:00PM | Combining Modern Biomedical and Ancient Vedic Approaches in the Understanding and Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases . | Diana I. Lurie , PhD, University of Montana |
| 3:00-3:30PM | Break | |
| 3:30 -4:15PM | Panian System of Language - A Computational Paradigm | Girish Nath Jha , PhD, Jawaharlal Nehru University |
| 4:15-5:15PM | Panel Discussion - Conflicts and Cooperation among Science and Philosophy | Jerry Solfvin, Sidhar Rapelli, Neeraja Venkateswaran, Venkat Venkateswaran |
| 6:00-7:30PM | Social and Dinner | |
| 7:30-8:00PM | Life and Discoveries of Sir JC Bose | Ms. Shivi Chandra, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth |
Thursday, July 7, 2011
| 8:00-8:30 AM | Registration and Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:30-8:45AM | Announcements | Bal Ram Singh, PhD,Universityof Massachusetts Dartmouth |
| 8:45-9:30AM | On the Relationship of Space and Sound to Brahman | MG Prasad , PhD,Stevens Institute of Technology, NJ |
| 9:30-10:15AM | Compostiion of Matter and the Guiding Force in Non-Dual Existance | Kodumudi Venkat Venkateswaran, PhD Omni Array Biotechnology India(P) Ltd |
| 10:15-10:30AM | Break | |
| 10:30-11:15AM | Reality Without Geometry- Vedanta and Quantum Physics | NS Rajaram, PhD,Center for Indic Studies, UMass Dartmouth |
| 11:15-12:00PM | How the understanding of 'time' can be reconciled between Vedanta and Modern Physics | Sukalyan Sengupta, PhD, Universityof Massachusetts Dartmouth |
| 12:00-1:00 PM | Lunch | |
| 1:00-2:00 PM | Is Consciousness the Unified Field? A Field Theorist's Perspective | John Hagelin , PhD,Maharishi University of Management |
| 2:00-2:45 PM | Single Molecule Physics-QM Effects in Living Systems: From the cosmological scale to the nanoscale | Anita Goel, MD, PhD, Harvard Unversity and Nanobiosym Diagnostics, Inc |
| 2:45-3:00 PM | Break | |
| 3:00-3:45 PM | The Concepts of Vaiseshik Elements of Substance in Modern Chemico-Physics | Bal Ram Singh, PhD,Universityof Massachusetts Dartmouth |
| 3:45-4:45 PM | Commentaries - Converging Future of Vedanta and Science | NS Rajaram, Diana Lurie,Vinod Deshmukh, Anita Goel, others |
| 4:45-5:00 PM | Conclusion | |
| 7:00 PM | Dinner at Ayur Shri |