The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, has launched a Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems. It will focus on a deeper study of mathematics and astronomy in India; architectural engineering (including vastu and silpa sastra); Indian political and economic thought; and Indian aesthetics grammatical traditions.
Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, president, and Shri Kumar Tuhin, director- general of the Indian Council of Cultural Relations, inaugurated the Centre. Mr. Sahasrabuddhe called for a deeper study of India’s contribution to science and technology, architecture, linguistics, arts, culture, economics and politics and suggested that the findings be disseminated.
Aditya Kolachana is the Centre’s principal investigator. The faculty members include Arun Menon; Manu Santhanam; Santosh Kumar Sahu; Sudarsan Padmanabhan; Rajesh Kumar; and Jyotirmaya Tripathy. The Indian Knowledge Systems Division of the Union Education Ministry is funding the Centre.
