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Share inputs to instil confidence in society about our traditional knowledge and practices

Share inputs to instil confidence in society about our traditional knowledge and practices
Start Date :
Mar 03, 2022
Last Date :
Aug 31, 2022
23:45 PM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)
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India has a rich legacy of practices and knowledge touching different spheres of life and a scientific heritage traversing various Science & Technology (S&T) domains. The ...

India has a rich legacy of practices and knowledge touching different spheres of life and a scientific heritage traversing various Science & Technology (S&T) domains. The traditional knowledge of India is available in various forms such as classical texts, manuscripts and/or as oral communication that has been passed on over thousands of years. This valuable knowledge is often part of our daily practices as well. Some of the traditional practices are livelihood means of the concerned knowledge holders. Our traditional practices exist in synergy between human needs and nature, often balancing resources and requirements in a local context. However, with time, India’s Traditional Knowledge Systems are eroding rapidly, and the nation has also been witnessing erosion in people’s faith towards our traditional knowledge. A grave concern is the mindless attitude of some to mimic non-Indian cultures and disdain for our traditions. It’s important to recognize that traditional heritage is an integral part of any country’s development and progression. This calls for necessary attention and action from the concerned stakeholders in the country to build further on our scientific inheritance. Only a well-informed and balanced society can drive the advancement of the country.

Under the visionary leadership of our Hon’ble Prime Minister and President, CSIR Society, Shri Narendra Modi, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is spearheading the efforts to collaborate with the relevant partners from across the country and implement the national initiative SVASTIK (Scientifically Validated Societal Traditional Knowledge) for communicating India’s traditional knowledge to the society. CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (CSIR-NIScPR) is the nodal organization to implement this national initiative.

The prime mission of the initiative is to conserve scientifically validated traditional practices, and instil confidence in citizens regarding the scientific values of our traditional knowledge/practices.

We invite the suggestions of academicians, researchers, subject-matter experts, students, NGOs, and the public on how to instil confidence in society about our traditional knowledge and practices. This will help us in our mission to inculcate a scientific temper and instil confidence in citizens by stimulating the Science-Scientist-Society connect towards our traditional knowledge and practices.

Click here to read more about the SVASTIK Initiative of CSIR-NIScPR. (PDF 1519 KB)
Or visit the website - https://niscpr.res.in/nationalmission/svastik

How much are you aware of our traditional knowledge and practices? Participate in MyGov quiz and check your awareness of the traditional knowledge of India. Quiz Link: https://quiz.mygov.in/quiz/quiz-on-indian-traditional-knowledge/

The last date to share your ideas and suggestions is 31st August 2022.

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dr rajan bajirao patil
dr rajan bajirao patil 4 years 3 months ago
मेरा एक सवाल है ? नशामुक्ती के लीये भारत सरकार जोभी काम कर रही है क्या एक भी व्यक्ती उससे नशामुक्त हुवा है? जैसे की विज्ञापन ……तो ईतना खर्चा क्यु ? हमने अब तक २ लाख लोगोको नशामुक्त कीया है । आओ मीलते है ।
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Air Cmde JWR Chinniah
Air Cmde JWR Chinniah 4 years 3 months ago
Everything that we claim about discovery of '0', π, Fibonacci sequence should be brought as documents with clear cut proofs of our discovery.
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Surya Kant Agrawal
Surya Kant Agrawal 4 years 3 months ago
To control incidents creating religious disharmony in country like happened in Gurudwara Be-Adbi, Church vandalism, Descaration of mosques, of Hindu religious symbols, beliefs. Recent DU professor insult is unthinkable in other religion. Majority of the country is insulted of their beliefs for 350 years by Wazu on Shivling/Jyotirling. For these please: 1. Amend criminal law to incorporate offences of creating religious disharmony like Blasphemy law in Pakistan but with reduced punishment upto 10 years. This should be evidenced based not witness statement based. It should be non bailable cognizable offences. 2. Remove word secular from Constitution Preamble.We are secular by conduct and same need not be specific. It gives impression that certain section are more privileged. 3. Please repeal places of worship act if needed to protect ancient civilization. 4. Most of reservation benefits are cornered by those who are already well off. Please do away all form of reservations
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CsRamakanth
CsRamakanth 4 years 3 months ago
madam/sir our Vedas puranas jambudvipa constellations are all probed and studied bygreeks which motivated Alexander to come to Bharatavarsha who was inspired byour Rishis his gurus and mentors like Aristotle Plato other geographers Erathosenes Strabo to vouchsafed that jambudvipa bears more than two harvest in a year later Fahein Hiuen Sang other Buddhists recorded such facts and travellers Jean Bapsite Travanier Francois Bernier confirmed the facts and for those feigning doubts Alexander Cunningham discovered all the sites and proved that Jambudvipa and Bharatavatsha are existing and will contribute for the welfare of the world
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Lakshmi Devi Priya J
Lakshmi Devi Priya J 4 years 3 months ago
Education is the best changer of society that is never going to change. Education can be implemented with our traditional practices of India via scientific reasonings along the basic science from primary education rather than higher education. As a Tamil saying goes," ஐந்தில் வளையாதது ஐம்பதில் வளையுமா?", children growing with the idea of scientific traditional practices might not lose faith and continue to grow with their family too.
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CHINMAY KUMAR CHOUDHURY
CHINMAY KUMAR CHOUDHURY 4 years 3 months ago
Namaskar. I would like to mention the following points : 1. Afforestation 2. Export of food products which are being prepared by organic farming. 3. Provision of Platforms to showcase bamboo made goods to the world. 4. Hills are full of greenery & natural beauty where tribal people live peacefully. Their traditional items, culture etc must be shown internationally which will develop our tourism industry. 5. Free internet facilities must be made available in rural areas so that people have the opportunity to showcase their tradition & sale their goods & services to the world. Thank you.
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Vinita Jindel
Vinita Jindel 4 years 3 months ago
My thoughts are regarding our antique education system. The same rote starting with useless baba black sheep rhymes which does not teach any morals. Nursery education should instil compassion, cleanliness, love to their country, respecting all elders and basic Indian culture and qualities. Tolerance and helping each other should be part of the projects. Practical application of our rich culture and history should be part of the school curriculum. English as a language is good but we don't want English citizens in our country.
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Arushi Singh B
Arushi Singh B 4 years 3 months ago
Elders are known to be storehouse of traditional values, skills and morale. Present paper is an attempt to discuss the traditional knowledge of elderly people, their role and highlights many areas where it can be useful for elderly themselves. Some insights are offered for strategic utilization of traditional knowledge and experience of elderly to address the need and improve the quality of elderly life in terms of socio-psychological, cultural, economic and health aspects. This valuable traditional information can be made accessible, affordable and adaptable to the specific needs of elderly people. Presently, the loss of biological diversity and erosion of traditional knowledge systems (TKS) are issues of great concern. Most of these systems of knowledge are unique and are often known only to a few individuals or communities. This traditional knowledge includes mental inventories of local biological resources, animal breeds, local plant, and crop and tree species. Traditional knowledg
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sainath jaywant girme
sainath jaywant girme 4 years 3 months ago
I think to maintain confidence for good governance online submission is first stage of documents, The second stage is to give more people with IT sectors reliable apps to give them jobs and online jobs easily availability to overcome jobless conditions from society. Thnks
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