Talk on Indian Classical Astronomy by Dr. S. Balachandra Rao, M.Sc., Ph.D.*
Date: Kartika 23, 1942 (Saka), 14th November 2020 at 11.30 am IST
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Dr. S.Balachandra Rao (b.1944) last year retired as Director, Bhavan' Gandhi Centre of Science & Human Values, after serving there for 15 years post-retirement from National College, Currently he is a Member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), head-quartered in Paris, and has authored about 30 books - 15 each in English and Kannada - on Indian Mathematics and Astronomy and published several research papers - singly and jointly - in national and international journals.
Dr. Rao is Hon. Professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) and former Member of the Research Council of the National Commission for History of Science. Dr. Rao is also a former Member of the Editorial Board of Indian Journal of History of Science, INSA. New Delhi. Currently he is a member of the National Commission for History of Science, New Delhi.
Dr. Rao has been working on research projects in Indian Astronomy under Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, since 1993. Recently Dr. Rao’s English Expositions with mathematical notes of the famous Sanskrit astronomical texts, “Graha- laghavam” of Ganesha Daivajna and “Karana Kutuhalam” of Bhaskara-II (authored jointly with Dr. S.K.Uma), have been published by INSA, New Delhi.
Dr. Rao presented an invited paper on “Copernicus, Nilakantha Somayaji and Ganesha Daivajna - A comparative Study” in the science section of the 13th World Sanskrit Conference held at Edinburgh, Scotland in July 2006.
In the recent volume “Science in India” edited by Prof. Jayant Narlikar, Dr. Rao’s two articles have appeared: (i) “Origins of Indian Astrology” and (ii) “Grahalaghvam – Special features and efficacy of Procedures”(jointly with Dr. S.K.Uma and Dr. Padmaja Venugopal).
Besides nearly 20 books in Kannada on Mathematics and Astronomy, the latest addition to the list of his publication is ‘Indian Astronomy – Concepts and Procedures’.
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