Governor ESL Narasimhan threw down a challenge to Vedic scientists by asking them to create solar energy power using the knowledge enshrined in Vedas.
Speaking at the 13th foundation day celebrations of the Srimaharshi Research Institute of Vedic Technology (SRIVT) here on Monday, the governor said Vedic knowledge could be put into the use of better utilisation of solar energy or water purification etc. “We must recognise that an enormous knowledge is enshrined in the various shastras. All we require today is to decipher them,” he said, adding that we don’t need a certification from the West for the benefit of ancient Indian traditions like yoga and pranayama.
Also present on the occasion, Dr Prahlada, vice-chancellor of the Defense Institute of Advanced Training, Pune opined that all modern day researches in the country were merely copying and trying to catch up with the west. According to him, the five areas where Vedic knowledge would be really useful are defense, energy, food, material and medicine.
Making an upfront request, he said, “I want armour steel, high temperature aircraft materials, and gas turbines for aircraft engines that could withstand more than 5,000 degree celcius, to be made as defined in the Vedas,” he said, and extended support for the institute’s upcoming research projects. He was very clear about his message for the youngsters, urging them to “work in teams and not merely copy the West”.
A Karthik, executive director of SRIVT, said, “We need to decode Devanagiri and Sanskrit texts to Telugu and then to technical equivalents of the same. The institute has already patented rights over an innovative product developed after decoding Vedic literature-synthesis of nano copper and its alloys through herbal route. It has also developed nano led, copper, aluminium, tin, tungsten etc which could be highly useful in defence applications. The ongoing research includes development of nano silver, gold, magnesium, nickel, silicon carbide, and carbon nanotubes,” he added.
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