10/94 Veda and Ayurveda in the Western World

Tue Sep 20 20:55:31 UTC 1994

                     HEALTH, SCIENCE AND THE SPIRIT:
                 VEDA AND AYURVEDA IN THE WESTERN WORLD

                         Inaugural Conference 
                               of the
                  Dharam Hinduja Indic Research Center
               Columbia University in the City of New York

October 28 - 29, 1994
Kellogg Center
School of International and Public Affairs
Columbia University
420 West 118th Street
New York, NY

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1994

8:30 a.m.	Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m.	Welcomes

		Jack Hawley, PhD, Acting Director, Dharam Hinduja Indic
                  Research Center
		Hon. Harry Cahill, President, The Hinduja Foundation
		S. P. Hinduja, Chairman, The Hinduja Foundation

9:30 a.m.	Address   

		Science and the Spirit:  A Century of Dialogue between
                  India and America
		Diana Eck, PhD, Harvard University

10:45 a.m.	Refreshment Break

11:00 a.m.	Roundtable Discussion:  The Meaning of Science and Health
                  in Indian Religion Abroad 
		Moderator:  Paul Solman, Business Correspondent, 
                  MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour

		Discussants:
		(on the Vedanta Society) Richard Seager, PhD, Hamilton
                  College and William Conrad, physicist
		(on Transcendental Meditation) Alan Hodder, PhD, Hampshire
                  College and Nancy Lonsdorf, M.D., Maharishi Ayurvedic
                  Medical Center
		(on ISKCON) Shrivatsa Goswami, Sri Chaitanya Prema
                  Sansthana and Joseph Sylvester (Bhagavat Das)

1:00 p.m.	Buffet Lunch

2:30 p.m.	Address
		Modern Insight into Ancient Wisdom about the Quantum
                  Mechanical Body: Subtle and Causal Bodies as Understood 
                  in Ayurveda
		Deepak Chopra, MD 
		Executive Director, Sharp Institute for Human Potential
                  and Mind-Body Medicine

3:45 p.m.	Refreshment break

4:00 p.m.	Ayurveda in India:  An Overview
		Moderator:  Kenneth G. Zysk, PhD, New York University

		Tradition and Practice:  Origins and Development of
                  Ayurveda in India
		Francis Zimmermann, PhD, College de France

		Ayurveda in India Today
		R. H. Singh, PhD, Institute of Medical Sciences, 
                  Banaras Hindu University

6:00 p.m.	Conference reception

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1994

8:30 a.m.	Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m.	Spirituality and Health:  Ayurvedic Treatment in the
                  Modern World
		Moderator:  Kenneth G. Zysk, PhD, New York University

		Rejuvenation Therapy
		Scott Gerson, MD, New York City

		Ayurveda:  The Science of Self-Healing
		Vasant Lad, The Ayurvedic Institute

		Veda in Human Physiology & Overview of Maharishi
                  Ayurveda Research
		Hari Sharma, MD, FRCPC, College of Medicine, The Ohio
                  State University

11:45 a.m.	Refreshment break

12:00 noon	Ayurveda in the Clinical Setting:  Specific Health Problems
		Moderator:  Fredi Kronenberg, PhD, Richard and Hinda
                  Rosenthal Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons, 
                  Columbia University

		R. H. Singh:     Asthma/Skin Disorders
		Nancy Lonsdorf:  Women's Health Problems
		Robert Svoboda:

1:30 p.m.	Buffet Lunch/informal discussion of Ayurvedic treatments for
                  specific conditions & other topics. 
		Preregistration by topic will be required at the conference:

		Hepatitis:  (to be announced)
		Skin Disorders:  R. H. Singh
		Toxic Effects of Chemotherapy:  Deepak Chopra
		Women's Health:  Nancy Lonsdorf
		Pancakarma:  (to be announced)
		Kayakalpa:  (to be announced)
		Immune Functions:  (to be announced)
		[Other topics to be determined]

3:00 p.m.	Toward the Future:  Policy Options, Research Needs
		Moderator:  Craig Heller, PhD, Dept. of Biological Sciences,
                  Stanford University

		Methodological Issues in Research
		Hari Sharma, M.D., FRCPC, College of Medicine, The Ohio
                  State University

		Research Strategies with Herbs
		Michael Balick, PhD, Institute of Economic Botany,
                  New York Botanical Gardens

		Reconciling the Traditions of Ayurveda and Western Medicine:
                  The Importance of Methodology
		Craig Heller, PhD, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Stanford
                  University

		Establishing Therapeutic Efficacy in Alternative Medicine
		Geoffrey P. Redmond, MD, Pres., Foundation for Developmental
                  Endocrinology, Inc.

5:00 p.m.	Adjournment

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Registration fee:  $ 100  (Columbia students and faculty, $ 25)
		   Fee includes 2 continental breakfasts, 2 lunches and
                     Friday evening reception.

To register:	   Send a check or money order to:
                     The Dharam Hinduja Indic Research Center
                     Columbia University, Box 59
                     420 W. 118th Street, NYC  10027.
Include your full name, mailing address, telephone number and professional
affiliation.

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About the Dharam Hinduja Indic Research Center:

The Center was established at Columbia University by Srichand P. Hinduja
on May 19, 1994 in memory of his late son, Dharam, a student in America
who cared deeply about human and spiritual values and the betterment of
relations between India and the Unite d States. 

The Hinduja Group, a worldwide business complex run by the four Hinduja
brothers, is active in international trade, finance, banking,
manufacturing, power, transport, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals,
industrial project development, petroleum and lubr icants.  With offices
in Europe, India, the Middle East, the Far East and the United States, the
Group employs 20,000 people. 

Through the Hinduja Foundations in India, Europe and America, the Hinduja
family makes resources available for philanthropic activities in the areas
of health, education, social welfare, art, culture, and sports.  The
Center at Columbia, dedicated to res earch on the Veda (the earliest
religious texts in an Indo-European language) and the later Vedanta
(philosophical texts) of India, works closely with other leading
universities and scholars throughout America, sponsoring research,
seminars, and conferenc es.  The Center has also funded positions at
Columbia for research and teaching in Sanskrit and classical Hinduism. 
Beginning in 1995, it will offer doctoral and post-doctoral fellowships as
well. 