Fwd: Talk on Samskrit Knowledge Systems by Rajiv Malhotra at IITM Jan 22

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From: Devendra Jalihal <d...@ee.iitm.ac.in>
Date: 9 January 2016 at 12:43:52 PM IST
To: Raj Varadarajan <raj_var...@yahoo.com>, Tulapurkara E G <egt....@gmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: Talk on Samskrit Knowledge Systems by Rajiv Malhotra at IITM Jan 22

Here is to invite you for a talk by Rajiv Malhotra on Samskrit Knowledge Systems. Please attend and invite your friends and family to attend the same.

Devendra Jalihal

Title: Rejuvenating Traditional Samskrit Studies and Samskritic Knowledge Systems
Date and Time: Friday, January 22, 2016, 3:15 pm
Place: CLT, IITM


Abstract: In this talk, Rajiv Malhotra focusses our attention on the subtle but surely tragic state of affairs of traditional Samskrit Scholarship losing out on its leadership positions in Samskrit and samskrti studies worldover more so in India. Discussing his latest book, Rajiv shows how these scholars can be better informed about the challenges to their efforts without getting to lose out on their roots. He also touches about what responses could be appropriate given these state of affairs.


Bio:
Rajiv Malhotra is an Indian-American scholar and public intellectual on current affairs, world religions, cross-cultural encounters and science. He has been focussing primarily on interventions that challenge and disrupt many assumptions concerning Indian Civilization and its studies.

He has authored widely read books and articles including Breaking India (Amaryllis, 2011), Being Different (HarperCollins, 2011) and Indra's Net (HarperCollins, 2014)

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Devendra Jalihal
Professor, Dept of EE
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai 600 036
Ph: 044 2257 4418, Fax: 044 2257 0120

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Devendra Jalihal
Professor, Dept of EE
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai 600 036
Ph: 044 2257 4418, Fax: 044 2257 0120