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Ancient India’s contribution to economic ethics is shaped by four objectives of life (purusharthas), achieved in the context of four stages of life (ashramas), four vocations of life (varnas), and four branches of knowledge (vidyas).  Hindu treatises such as the Vedas, Upanishads, Ramayana, Mahabharata, and Puranas; political economy treatises like Arthashastra and Shukraniti; and law books such as Manu-Smriti, Yajnavalkya-Smriti, and a liberal digest on them by Lakshmi Devi have affected the Indian way of life, including economic life.  Emphasis on actions in harmony with univers

India and US are the two largest democracies and among the five largest economies of the world.  Together they can build relationship that could shape the world in the coming decades if not centuries.  The relationship has evolved into a ‘global strategic partnership’ and is considered ‘natural’ by both countries and their citizens. It is high time that the relationship is focused on thoughtful futuristic cooperation.  India desires to become a leading power.

In this talk we will give a historical perspective of Euclid’s famous parallel postulate which was considered to be obvious.  However this problem remained unsolved for over 2000 years.  We will explain how the solution to this problem opened interesting research directions in the study of  low-dimensional topology.

Covid-19 first appeared in China around December 2019.

In dealing with the pandemic, there are many important decisions to be made by elected officials. The main goal of our research is to predict future Covid-19 outcomes using past data to make out-of-sample forecasts.

The role of Knowledge in Society

Impact of the pandemic on the Financial Markets: Comparison of US and Indian markets.

Relations between the two Asian giants India and China, have plummeted to an all-time low after a physical scuffle between the Indian Army and the PLA soldiers. After some quick damage control, both sides decided to diffuse the situation  and are engaged in talks to resolve few longstanding issues. At the core of the problem lies the border dispute which has been simmering since both countries attained independence more than seven decades ago.  China finds India's emergence as a regional power an impediment to its agenda of becoming an undisputed leader.

In this lecture, Dr. Vijay Bhatkar shares his mystical romance with Mathematics in his long career. After recalling the amazing contributions of Pingala, Aryabhatta, Madhava, Ramanujan, and the contemporary scientists, from the mathematical viewpoint, he jumps to his own unbelievable philosophical entry in Mathematics, where as an engineer, he was called upon to develop   India’s electronic industry, that introduced him to computers and information technology.

Analysis of evidence from multiple disciplines reveals problems with the present-day narratives of the deep history of India. In this talk, the speaker will present multi-disciplinary evidence that raises several questions on such narratives. By analyzing the data, models, methods and evidence, the speaker will critique existing narratives and present a thesis for the deep antiquity of the Indian civilization.

Technology always had an impact on higher education even in the days of the Industrial age. For example, printing technology allowed education to be free of location and time with publications of books and journals. A single book could be printed and copies sent all over the world.