Symposium
on
Foundations of
Mathematics & Spirituality
September 6, 2025
Visvesvaraya Hall,
National Institute of Technology, Patna
organized by
Bhaktivedanta Institute Kolkata
In collaboration with
NIT Patna
About Symposium
Mathematics has long been recognized as a powerful tool for understanding the nature of reality. Great thinkers such as Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, and Galileo Galilei have extensively used mathematical principles to decode the mysteries of the universe. Newton’s laws of motion, formulated through calculus, describe the predictable behaviour of objects in motion. Einstein’s theory of relativity, built on complex mathematical frameworks, reshaped our understanding of space, time, and gravity…
Poster
Guests & Speakers
Prof. Henk Barendregt
Emeritus Professor, Radboud University, Netherlands
Prof. Pradip K. Jain
Director, NIT Patna, India
Prof. Manohar Lal Kaushik
IGNOU, New Delhi, India
Prof. Om Prakash
IIT Patna, India
Prof. Sandeep Kumar
IIT BHU, Varanasi, India
And many more…
Schedule
Topics
Cantor's Theory of Transfinite
Intuition and Paradoxes in Infinite Mathematics
Issues in the Foundations of Set Theory
Category Theory and its Foundations
Mathematics and Consciousness
Mathematics, Spirituality and Reality
Infinity in Maths, Science, IKS and other Ancient Wisdom
And many more…
Key points this
Symposium will Explore
The symposium offers a platform to examine how mathematical principles such as set theory, and different types of infinity manifest in natural phenomena, reinforcing the idea of an underlying mathematical order in the universe.
By merging mathematical theories with spiritual insights, researchers can explore models that attempt to explain consciousness, perception, and the nature of reality.
By studying figures like Georg Cantor, Gödel, Blaise Pascal and Srinivasa Ramanujan — who combined mathematical inquiry with metaphysical ideas — the symposium can shed light on the evolving relationship between logic and intuition.
Mathematics reveals objective truths that transcend cultural and temporal boundaries, raising questions about the nature of reality, existence, and universal constants.
The symposium encourages interaction between mathematicians, philosophers, and spiritual scholars, fostering innovative ideas that merge scientific inquiry with Indian Knowledge System reflection.
And many more…
Venue
Visvesvaraya Hall, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Patna, Ashok Rajpath, Mahendru, Patna, Bihar-800005
"We are thus impelled to the conclusion to which so many things point, although they do not amount to a coercive scientific proof, that besides this material world there exists another purely spiritual order of things, with activities as various, as the present, and that this world of spirit we shall one day inherit."
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss
Mathematician & Astronomer
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