Guest guest Posted June 18, 2003 Report Share Posted June 18, 2003 It is Vedic all the way Author: Report PTI Publication : The Free Press Journal June 12, 2003 In a move to popularise Vedic maths, the World Academy of Vedic Mathematics, a private promotional body would train professionals to inculcate the traditional concept among students, reports PTI. "Of late many people having little initiation in Vedic maths, were imparting wrong concepts of the traditional discipline creating misgivings among the people," academy Vice President R. P. Jain said. "We want to make people aware about what vedic maths is all about how it helps increase speed, accuracy and analytical power and give one the choice to perform the same calculation in different methods in split-minute time," Jain said. "Vedic maths rooted in our ancient Vedic resources helps to solve complicated and long-winded mathematical equations in a simplified way and is based on 16 simple principles," he said. According to former Indian envoy to UK and one of the proponents of the discipline, Dr I. M. Singhvi, vedic maths was traditionally taught through sutras, a thread of knowledge, a theorem, or a "repository of truth" formulated as a proposition to couch a rule or principle. The training programme is expected to commence sometime this year. The academy also held workshops for general public at several places including Pune, Hyderabad and now in Kolkata. Talking about the three-day workshop, held in the city from June9, a Vedic maths expert Dr Avijit Das said interest about Vedic maths has been on the rise among both the initiated and uninitiated. "Altogether 197 persons representing different age groups and strata of society attended the workshops," he said. Das came down heavily on "detractors' of Vedic maths and said a lobby was at work against propagation of Vedic science thus "depriving out students of the rich tapestry of our mathematics which gave the world the numerals now in universal use." Commenting on recent controversies about inclusion of Vedic science in the curricula of institutions, Das said, this would make people more aware about the real benefit of Vedic maths which helps in holistic development of the brain making children more inventive of their methods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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