We recently had our first marquee event for 2007: Talk & mixer with Prof. Subhash Kak on:
"Science, Economics, Spirit. India's Knowledge Capital-Past and Promise"
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Snaps from the Event now available here!
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Event Summary for mixer with Prof. Subhash Kak:
The New York chapter of the IIT Delhi Excellence Foundation organized its first marquee event of 2007 on April 26, in the form of a talk/mixer with Dr. Subhash Kak. Dr. Kak is currently Delaune Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Professor in the Asian Studies and Cognitive Science Programs at the Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. For an hour or so, he delivered a captivating and intellectually stimulating talk on "Science, Economics, Spirit. India's Knowledge Capital - Past and Promise". His premise was that there's something inherently different in the cosmology of Indians as a people. While the Western mind optimizes on the basis of economics, thereby driving the engine of capitalism, the Indian mind seeks a balance between the scientific and the spiritual points of view. He then proceeded to give examples from Indian architecture and Indian scriptures on the co-existence of this harmony.
It is impossible to do justice to the depth of Dr. Kak's knowledge and thinking that he showed us last week via this e-mail, so for those who're interested, we would urge you to read his publications, which are available online. Pictures of this event available here!
IITDEF would like to thank Rakesh Kaul for inviting Dr. Kak for this event. Saurabh Aggarwal led the IITD volunteer team for this event, and was supported by Rahul Ajmera, Apoorv Mathur, Jayant Malik, Mohit Agnihotri, Inderpreet Singh, Kshitij Bhatia and Sandeep Tyagi
Our special thanks to Rajiv Khanna, Sr. Partner at Greenberg Traurig for helping us arrange an excellent venue. We would also like to thank Aroon Shivdasani of the Indo American Arts Council, which helped publicize this event, and Premala Naidoo of Billimoria Wines for providing us complimentary drinks
Our next event is a poker/teen-patti fund-raiser on May 19/20. We will send out details in the next week or so.
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"Science, Economics, Spirit. India's Knowledge Capital-Past and Promise"
Date: April 26, 2007 (Thursday)
Time: 6:30-7:00 Wine; 7:00-8:00 Intro+Talk; 8:00-9:30 Mixer/drinks/networking
Venue: Conf. Room 15 ABC, 200 Park Ave. (Metlife Building), New York, NY
(For additional details, please view the pdf flyer 
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About Professor Kak:
Subhash Kak, born in Srinagar, Kashmir, obtained his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in 1970. He is currently Delaune Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Professor in the Asian Studies and Cognitive Science Programs at the Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. His awards include the Science Academy Medal of the INSA (1977), Kothari Prize (1977), Halliburton Award (1982), UNESCO Tokten Award (1986), National Fellow of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (2001), and the Distinguished Alumnus Award of IIT Delhi (2002). He has authored 15 books and more than 300 journal articles in various areas of science (quantum physics, information theory, neural networks), and Indian studies (astronomy and mathematics, literary history, art, and music). His books include The Astronomical Code of the Rgveda (2000), The Wishing Tree (2001), The Gods Within (2002), and The Architecture of Knowledge (2004). He has written essays on Indian science, art, and philosophy for several encyclopedias.
- read his wiki entry - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subhash_Kak
- or, his blog - http://subhash-kak.sulekha.com/default.htm
- Einstein's twin paradox solved? - http://www.physorg.com/news90697187.html
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