Garhwal Post Bureau
Ranikhet, 1 Jul: Continuing its mission of creating high quality schooling and scientific data accessible to college students, particularly these from rural and distant areas of Uttarakhand, the Science Popularisation Cell, Government PG College, Ranikhet, has joined as a Knowledge Partner, alongside with the Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology (UCOST), Dehradun, for the one-week free on-line course, “Bhagavad Gita with Scientific Views”.
The programme is being organised by the Bhaktivedanta Institute, Kolkata, and is being carried out from 1 to 7 July 2026, from 7 to eight:15 p.m. day-after-day.
The course goals to current the timeless knowledge of the Bhagavad Gita via the angle of recent science, encouraging contributors to discover the concord between scientific inquiry, philosophy, ethics, and spirituality. It is anticipated to profit college students, lecturers, analysis students, and most of the people by selling scientific mood, crucial considering, and value-based schooling.
The lectures shall be delivered by BS Vrajapati Swami (Vasudeva Rao), President of the Bhaktivedanta Institute and an alumnus of IIT Kanpur, and BS Vrajendra Kumar Swami (Varun Agarwal), Director of the Bhaktivedanta Institute and an alumnus of IIT Kanpur. Participants attending the whole course will obtain a digital certificates.
Over the previous two years, the Science Popularisation Cell, underneath the coordination of Dr Bharat Pandey, has emerged as a number one platform for scientific outreach in Uttarakhand. The Cell has efficiently organised a number of prestigious nationwide and worldwide educational programmes, together with Nobel Laureate lectures by Prof David J Wineland and Prof Carl E Wieman, enabling college students from rural and hill areas to work together with world-renowned scientists. It has additionally carried out superior workshops on Nanomaterials for Energy Harvesting and Storage, Organic Field-Effect Transistors (OFETs), astronomy and cosmology, IIT Bombay Virtual Labs, and several other different scientific outreach initiatives which have impressed a whole lot of scholars in direction of science, innovation, and analysis.
Prof Pushpesh Pande, Principal, Government PG College, Ranikhet, stated that such interdisciplinary programmes enrich the tutorial setting by connecting scientific inquiry with moral and philosophical understanding. He added that the collaboration displays the faculty’s dedication to offering college students, notably these from rural and distant areas, with alternatives to be taught from eminent students and consultants.
Prof Durgesh Pant, Director General, Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology (UCOST), Dehradun, stated that science and spirituality complement one another within the pursuit of data and fact. He appreciated the collaborative efforts of the Science Popularisation Cell and the Bhaktivedanta Institute in offering significant studying alternatives that encourage scientific curiosity, innovation, and value-based considering amongst younger minds.
Dr Bharat Pandey, Coordinator, Science Popularisation Cell, stated that the programme is one other step in direction of connecting college students with interdisciplinary studying that mixes scientific views with timeless knowledge. He inspired college students, lecturers, analysis students, and most of the people to register and actively take part on this distinctive academic initiative.