Gita Dharampal Abstract This essay examines Dharampal’s interpretation of Mahatma Gandhi as a civilisational figure whose political praxis emerged from, and resonated with, India’s deep cultural consciousness. Moving beyond conventional portrayals of Gandhi as merely a nationalist leader, Dharampal situates him within a long-standing civilisational continuum shaped by ethical restraint, community-centred organisation, and moral conceptions of power. Tracing Dharampal’s own in

Location : Kuvempu University, Shivamogga, 20-22 Feb 2025 Theme/Session - 1 : Knowledge in Society – The Foundation for an Equitable and Just Society Theme/Session - 2 : Poverty and the Knowledge question –role of Indigenous/Traditional Knowledge Theme/Session - 3 : Kannada Knowledge Traditions Theme/Session - 4 : Imagining Swaraj in the 21st century -- some Knowledge issues Theme/Session - 5 : Knowledge in Development Discourse, and Peoples Movements Theme/Session - 6 : Arti

V Balaji Abstract This paper revisits the pioneering contribution of the late Professor C.V. Seshadri, specifically his proposal of Shakthi as a parameter for optimising resource utilisation across food, ecology, energy, and economic systems. Shakthi, envisioned as an integrative metric combining energy and mass, aimed to align resource allocation with sustainable practices in nutrition, industry, and environmental management. While Seshadri’s groundbreaking ideas remained in

Status and Prospects after 25 years Compiled by C N Krishnan Abstract: Textiles sector has traditionally been the backbone of industry...

Kuvempu University, Shivamogga, 20-22 February 2025 ( www.kuvempu.ac.in/eng & www.ppstindia.in/convention ) Sunil Sahasrabudhey...

“When the looms spin by themselves, we'll have no need for slaves.” - Aristotle J.K. Suresh G. Sivaramakrishnan Abstract: Developments in...

Rahul Goswami Abstract: Who decides today what 'knowledge' is? What means do they use, technical or ideological? In an attempt to answer...

Avinash Jha Abstract: Pramāṇa theories open the doors to how knowledge was envisaged and conceptualised in Indian philosophical...

Possible implications for the world and India Bala Parthasarathy and Harsha Garlapati Abstract This paper attempts to introduce the...

Rajeev Sangal Abstract Laws of robotics were formulated in fiction so that robots do not allow any harm to come to human beings, and yet...

Aryaman Jain Abstract: In response to the ecological crisis, a 'Climate Sector' has taken shape. This 'Climate Sector' aims to solve...

Observations and Reflections on some Emerging Trends. A V Balasubramanian Abstract. In India a large number of medical systems coexist....

रवीन्द्र कुमार पाठक An English Summary of the paper is available at the end of the Hindi version सारांश इस लेख में भारत में नदी, तालाब और...

Darshan Shankar Abstract Education systems in every society are closely linked to its political economy. The Indian education system...

Krishna Gandhi Abstract : An attempt is made in this article to explain the genesis of the term 'Development' and its implied meanings....

- Some aspects of its Organisation, Linkages and Content C.N.Krishnan Abstract: This paper presents some problems of the Engineering...