Guest guest Posted June 18, 2003 Report Share Posted June 18, 2003 Namaste Vrn Please advise how one can get in touch withe World Academy of Vedic Mathematics. Thanks Ashwini >"vrnparker" <vrnparker >vediculture >vediculture >[world-vedic] It is Vedic all the way >Wed, 18 Jun 2003 21:21:53 -0000 > >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. > > > > > _______________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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