Oct 15-29: Shaastric Modeling - A Unique National-level Training Workshop

[Sai Susarla]

namassarvebhyaH,

For contemporary academic discourse to be enriched with bharatiya knowledge-based insight, Her traditional thought needs to be collated across multiple shaastras, distilled and paraphrased into a form intelligible to non-traditional academic & scientific community. Shaastras need to be presented as coherent scientific models that can be evaluated side-by-side with contemporary models of various subjects.

However, traditional knowledge as available to us and studied by scholars in shaastra granthas is not always in a form that is readily consumable by today's audience trained in a context often different from the original one. Hence we believe the need of the hour is to bridge this semantic gap and empower our young shaastra scholars to participate, innovate and lead in contemporary academics.

Over the past few years, under the guidance of stalwart scholars including Prof. Shrinivasa Varakhedi, Prof. Nagaraj Paturi and Prof. V.N. Jha, MITADT School of Vedic Sciences Pune has been experimenting with ways to bridge this gap and  inculcate shaastriya-chintanam, a step beyond shaastra-adhyayanam.

Based on the lessons learnt, MITSVS is excited to announce Shaastric Modeling, a first-of-its-kind National workshop series in technology collaboration with Vedavaapi Foundation and academic collaboration with some leading Sanskrit Universities - CSU Prayagraj, KKSU Ramtek and KSU Bangalore.

To know more and enroll, please visit

https://mitvedicsciences.edu.in/announce/shaastric-modeling/

The workshop offers hands-on training to impart the following new skills for Shaastra vidwans to spur innovative shaastra-based contributions to the world’s knowledge. The aspects covered in this program are:

• Shaastra Mapping – pictorially representing a shaastra grantha’s discourse
  
• Shaastra Mining – answering complex questions on a shaastra authentically.
  
• Shaastric Modeling – applying shaastric thinking to bring a fresh perspective to modern academic disciplines.

With these skills, the participant will become eligible to participate in Applied Shaastra projects at various institutions guided by MITSVS and Vedavaapi.org. We are happy to report that KKSU and KSU are embarking on projects for Shaastra mapping of Jyotisha, Vaastu, Vyakarana and Yoga texts.

Program at a Glance

• Title: National Workshop on Shaastric Modeling: Re-contextualizing Bharatiya Thought
• Organizers: MIT SVS Pune, Vedavaapi Foundation Bangalore,
• Collaborators: KKSU Ramtek, KSU Bengaluru, CSU Prayagraj
  
• Instructors: MIT SVS faculty and Prof. Shrinivasa Varakhedi, Hon. Vice-chancellor, KKSU, Ramtek
• Why Attend: Hands-on training to paraphrase Shaastra texts into Mindmaps and participate in Concept mapping and new Shaastric modeling projects
• Delivery Mode: Online via Zoom
• Duration: 2 weeks, 5 sessions per week (Mon-Fri, 1.5 hrs each)
• Dates: October 15 – 29, 2021 (7.30 – 9pm IST) - starting on Vijaya Dashami.
  
• Audience:
  • Shaastra teachers and learners in Gurukulas / PaaThashaalas
  • Samskrit faculty teaching at University departments or colleges with fluency in Shaastric Samskrit
  • Research scholars (completed or pursuing PhD) in Shaastras with fluency in Shaastric Samskrit
• Fee: Rs. 4,800/- (India residents), USD 90 (non-India residents),
  • 50% off for Research scholars (copy of current Student ID required)
• Certificate: Available as FDP subject to attendance in all sessions and evaluation.
• Medium of Instruction: Mix of Sanskrit and English.
• Contact Email: info....@mituniversity.edu.in
  

View further details of the program including syllabus and rationale.

We welcome generous donors to sponsor deserving scholars in need to attend this transformative workshop.

bhavadiiyaaH,

- Vaishnavi Nishankar, Suryanarayana J and Sai Susarla - Organizers
MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune.