6th AISSQ Conference on
Integrating Capabilities with Values
Delhi Technological University
March 12-14, 2011
Sixth AISSQ Conference (AISSQ-2011), held during 12 -14 March 2011 was jointly organized by Bhaktivedanta Institute Kolkata and Delhi Technological University, New Delhi, with a theme of “Integrating Capabilities with Values”. H. E. Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, (the then) President of India, inaugurated the Conference at Vigyan Bhawan, DTU, New Delhi. Smt. Sheila Dikshit, (the then) Chief Minister, Delhi; Dr. Narendra Jadhav, Former Member, Planning Commission, GOI; Prof. Werner Arber, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine; Prof. P. B. Sharma, Former Vice Chancellor, DTU; also graced the occasion. More than 400 delegates participated in the Conference. The conference also featured a National Level Students’ Essay Competition on “What is Life – Scientific & Indian Spiritual Perspectives on the Nature, Purpose, Meaning and Origin of Life”, where the winners were given the chance to present their essays during the Conference.
Conference Poster
Integrating Capabilities
with Values
Rapid advances in Science and technology in the twenty-first century are mere reflections of higher-dimensional creative capabilities of mankind. On the other hand, spirituality based on traditional wisdom addresses the inner experience of the self based on the realization of the philosophical context of reality. Both science and spirituality appear to be contradictory on a superficial basis, but their complementary nature is understood with a deeper and rational outlook. While science enables the realization of human capabilities, spirituality addresses the value system and the meaning and purpose of one’s own existence. With the central theme of ‘Integrating Capabilities with Values’.
Delhi Technological University, New Delhi, India
March 12-14, 2011
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Rapid advances in science and technology in the twenty-first century are mere reflections of the higher-dimensional creative capabilities of mankind. On the other hand, spirituality based on traditional wisdom addresses the inner experience of the self based on the realization of the philosphical context of reality. Both science and spirituality appear to be contradictory on a superrficial basis, but their complementary nature is understood with a deeper and rational outlook. With the central theme of ‘Integrating Capabilities with Values’, this volume of 6th All India Students’ conference on Science and spiritual Quest provides penetrating insights in various fields of science- spirituality such as Life and its Origin, Consciousness, Health and fitness.