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

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Mar 03, 2022

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Aug 31, 2022

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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/

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Vipendra kumar shukla 3 years 10 months ago

आदरणीय प्रधानमंत्री जी सादर वन्दे-मातरम् जय हिंद जय भारत राष्ट्र हित में समर्पित भ्रष्टाचार मुक्त अपराध मुक्त उत्तम एवं विकसित राष्ट्र की जिज्ञासा के साथ आपका भाई विपेन्द्र कुमार शुक्ल हरदोई उत्तर प्रदेश से

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Vipendra kumar shukla 3 years 10 months ago

भ्रष्टाचार पर सरकार की मंशा क्या है इसके सम्बन्ध में जानकारी प्राप्त करना चाहता हूँ क्योंकि इस सम्बन्ध में ज्यादा गम्भीरता लाना अनिवार्य है क्योंकि जैसा मेरे साथ हुआ ऐसा किसी के साथ न हो । क्योंकि भ्रष्टाचार से उच्च वर्ग नहीं निम्न वर्ग ही शोषित पीड़ित है हमारे जैसे हजारों लोग पीड़ित हैं उनके साथ सबसे अन्याय हो रहा है । भ्रष्टाचार मुक्त राष्ट्र गरीबी मुक्त सम्पूर्ण विकसित राष्ट्र ।

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Ignesius Ernest Thambyraj 3 years 10 months ago

In 75th year of independence, we need introspect, how much freedom we really got from our invaders: They are still able to behead our patriots; they are still able to influence large number of people to move-out of India’s culture and migrating to the so called modern culture that is breaking-down Indian family system; Most youth of India wants to migrate to their countries for prosperity; We have adopted their economic model that break down our mountains, poison our Soil and water and make rich richer and poor poorer; Our industry policies promote serving them through our dominant service industry; We are betting and life on their medical system and allowing them to demean our own medical system even through court statements; We are blindly believe their goods such as 5G when they are sold to us as scientifically advanced and our creamy layer take pride in migrating and studying their institutions and more. Education about our traditional knowledge and practices is the only way-out

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Dinesh Singh Arya 3 years 10 months ago

Traditionaly knowledge as well define the culture mostly effecive as society and challenges the culture power, Like india different religious living in different culture so on.

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Murali G B 3 years 10 months ago

Hope everyone will agree Hinduism is not a religion it is way of life. Every thing is cycling in environment and our system is designed in such a way that we follow ECO system. ECO system consists of producers, consumers & decomposers. Producers are plants they grow by consuming nutrients, water from the earth/atmosphere and through photosynthesis generate carbohydrates. Consumers consume these carbohydrates to sustain life. Consumers are 3 types - herbivores, carnivorous, & omnivorous. Decomposers are microorganisms their duty is to convert dead plants & bodies of consumers convert into nutrients put them back to soil. Balancing of all three are important, otherwise cycle gets disturbed. Knowledgeable matured team should control this. Due to abundance forest no temples/ worshipping of Bhramma the producer that time. Due respect is given only to Shiva the decomposer & Vishnu the consumer. BC Era risk assessment has no value, things changed, we must redo risk assessment & update system

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T Shekar babu 3 years 10 months ago

Living behind our rich traditional ayurvedic,yoga,yunani and indian traditional science we are trying to live in modernisation.if we concentrate on our own cultural,traditional scintific research and innovations our country could be tourch bearer to the globe.

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gfoxxxxxhe 3 years 10 months ago

The African proverb “When an elder dies, a library burns down” clearly sums up the importance of traditional knowledge preservation and cultural continuity, which the study found to be a key need and concern amongst First Nations communities in Ontario, Canada. To follow-up on elders’ suggestions that libraries are potential custodians of traditional knowledge, this paper explores how traditional knowledge preservation intersects with Library and Information Science (LIS) practices of knowledge classification, organization, and dissemination and establishes the various challenges that this intersection poses to these LIS practices. The paper concludes that libraries and other information institutions need to re-examine and reconstruct themselves in ways that take into account non-western epistemologies and worldviews and develop much needed cultural competency in order to undertake traditional knowledge custodianship

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Charudatta Mahesh Thorat 3 years 10 months ago

(हिंदी अनुवाद) - #ऐतिहासिक_वीरमरण महाराष्ट्र के शहिद वीर जवानों के स्मृती में... सकुटूंब सपरिवार ! नासिक के श्री. चारूदत्त महेश थोरात परिवार ने इस बार का १५ अगस्त त्योहार, शहिद परिवार के स्मृती में, माता पिता के साँथ सकुटूंब मनाया | सांस्कृतिक उपक्रम | चारूदत्त महेश थोरात लिखित, 'वीर मरण ' कविता को पढ कर सुनाया गया | भारत की एकता और अखंडता एवं पुरूषार्थ के प्रति भाव प्रकट किएँ गये | शहिदो के परिवार के स्मृती में तिरंगा को नमन कीया | शहिद वीरों कें माता - पिता - बहेन - भाई - सकुटूंब | _____ (मराठी अनुवाद) संग्रहित | दि. ३ एप्रिल २०१८ रोजी, परभणी (कोनेरवाडी) क्षेत्र येथील, महाराष्ट्राचे सर्वात तरूण जवान सन्माननीय शुभम भाऊ मुस्तापुरे यांस भारतीय मातृभूमीचे रक्षण करतेवेळी ऐतिहासिक वीरगती साध्य जाहली. अवघ्या २० व्या वर्षी मातृभूमीकरिता सप्रेम 'वीर मरण' अर्पण करणाऱ्या भारतभूमीच्या शहिद वीराचे मातापिता व वीर बंधू-भगिनी सपरिवार यांचे संग्रहित स्मृतीस.. स्वातंत्र्य दिवस २०२२ सोहळा... श्री चारूदत्त महेश थोरात परिवार समवेत संपन्न ! - Archived

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Madhumita Acharjee 3 years 10 months ago

Children are the future of any country. We need to imbibe and instill in them Indian traditions and practices. As we move toward international education, the number of Gurukul schools is dwindling. Children feel our practices are orthodox. Regular workshops and seminars should be arranged with groups of schools to bring awareness and share our values of tradition. Children are diverted to social media with increasing nuclear families and working parents. Schools should play a significant role in propagating traditional knowledge and practices.

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ANURAG SINGH 3 years 10 months ago

धर्म, ज्ञान और विज्ञान के मामले में भारत से ज्यादा समृद्धशाली देश कोई दूसरा नहीं। भारत ने दुनिया को सभी तरह का ज्ञान दिया और आज उस ज्ञान के कारण पश्‍चिम और चीन जगत के लोग अपना जीवनस्तर सुधारने में लगे हैं, लेकिन भारत तो अभी विकासशील देश ही बना हुआ है। यहां धार्मिक कट्टरता और राजनीतिक अपरिपक्वता ही अधिक देखने को मिलती है। फिर भी भारतीय बुद्धि का दुनिया में लोहा माना जाने लगा है तो उसी ज्ञान के बल पर जो हमारे ऋषि और मुनि हमें दे गए हैं।

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