I gave a talk for the Hinduja Foundation that was subsequently published as "Science and Vedic Studies" in JIP in 1998.  PDF.  And although not aimed at Indian materials, I made a preliminary exploration of issues of trust in a lecture -> paper a few years ago.  I consider networks of trust to be at the heart of the issue of scientific truth, following Michael Polanyi.

Wujastyk, D. Baatz, U. & Biffl, G. (Eds.) "Whom Do We Trust? Authority, Authenticity and the History of Science" in Die Krise und das Gute Leben, NÖ Forschungs- und Bildungsges. mḃ.H und Donau-Universität Krems (Hg.), 2015, 37-46.

also at the academia.edu site, I believe.

There are other critical writings on this topic, including especially works by Mira Nanda.  Her 2016 essays Science in Saffron: Skeptical Essays on History of Science is good but hard to get.  Her best-known work is Prophets Facing Backwards.

Best,
Dominik

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Professor Dominik Wujastyk
,

Singhmar Chair in Classical Indian Society and Polity
,

University of Alberta, Canada
.

South Asia at the U of A:
 
sas.ualberta.ca



On Sat, 17 Nov 2018 at 19:03, Dean Michael Anderson via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

"Engineering students across the country will be introduced to a new kind of “science fiction” in the next academic year, thanks to the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE)....

what is seen as an attempt to instil pride and awareness about India's fabled past so that they are not swept off their feet by the advancements in science and technology in the West.

The objective might be laudable, but the claims made in “Bharatiya Vidya Saar”, edited by Dr Shashibala, have drawn flak."



I have heard that Dominik has written one or two articles that address some the more outrageous of these claims.

Are those available anywhere? Are there papers by others as well?

Best,

Dean



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