Varanasi: The newly-built Vaidik Vigyan Kendra (Centre for Vedic Science) at Banaras Hindu University (BHU), set up to explore vedic corpus for knowledge related to various sciences and conduct multidisciplinary research and promote scientific approach and vision of seers, is likely to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his February 16 visit.
PM Modi had laid foundation of the centre, being established with financial support of UP government, in September 2018.
BHU vice-chancellor Prof Rakesh Bhatnagar said there was need for research on establishing linkage between ancient wisdom and modern knowledge and exploring Vedas, the illustrious source of knowledge, and the centre will play a major role in this.
The centre will prepare reference documents/books, formalize scientific study of various aspects of Vedic intellectual heritage, promote logical and scientific achievements of vedic scholars and collaborate with national and international research institutions to conduct joint research, said CVS co-ordinator Dr Upendra Kumar Tripathi.
The centre would run research projects and collect vedic manuscripts for publication, he added.
The centre has been established to explore the glorious past of Vedic sciences for popularising them and has a modern state-of-art laboratory for study and research on effect of Vedic mantras, rituals, yoga and meditation on human mind through neuro-psychological studies, said Tripathi.
Various branches of vedic studies like science of rituals, agamas, music, architecture, astrology, astronomy, cosmology, medicine, surgery, yoga, mathematics, metallurgy remained in oblivion and the centre aims at bridging the gap by connecting them with modern science and technology, he added.
The UP government had made a provision of Rs 16 crore for the centre in the 2019-20 state budget. Earlier, the government had provided Rs 12 crore for the construction of building and Rs 2 crore for infrastructure development.
Divisional commissioner Deepak Agrawal said PM Modi would also inaugurate the 430-bed Centenary Superspecialty Block in Sir Sunderlal Hospital of BHU among 26 projects worth Rs 1,009 crore during his visit to the city.
PM Modi had laid foundation of the centre, being established with financial support of UP government, in September 2018.
BHU vice-chancellor Prof Rakesh Bhatnagar said there was need for research on establishing linkage between ancient wisdom and modern knowledge and exploring Vedas, the illustrious source of knowledge, and the centre will play a major role in this.
The centre will prepare reference documents/books, formalize scientific study of various aspects of Vedic intellectual heritage, promote logical and scientific achievements of vedic scholars and collaborate with national and international research institutions to conduct joint research, said CVS co-ordinator Dr Upendra Kumar Tripathi.
The centre would run research projects and collect vedic manuscripts for publication, he added.
The centre has been established to explore the glorious past of Vedic sciences for popularising them and has a modern state-of-art laboratory for study and research on effect of Vedic mantras, rituals, yoga and meditation on human mind through neuro-psychological studies, said Tripathi.
Various branches of vedic studies like science of rituals, agamas, music, architecture, astrology, astronomy, cosmology, medicine, surgery, yoga, mathematics, metallurgy remained in oblivion and the centre aims at bridging the gap by connecting them with modern science and technology, he added.
The UP government had made a provision of Rs 16 crore for the centre in the 2019-20 state budget. Earlier, the government had provided Rs 12 crore for the construction of building and Rs 2 crore for infrastructure development.
Divisional commissioner Deepak Agrawal said PM Modi would also inaugurate the 430-bed Centenary Superspecialty Block in Sir Sunderlal Hospital of BHU among 26 projects worth Rs 1,009 crore during his visit to the city.
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