Ponniyin Selvan Varalaatru Peravai

Shri P.A. Ramakrishnan Memorial Lecture on Educational Reforms by Shri Michel Danino, will be held on 28th Mar 10 at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chennai - at 10 AM.

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Born in France in 1956, Michel Danino left for India in 1977 after
four years of higher scientific studies. He first participated in the
English translation and publication of books related to Sri
Aurobindo and Mother. Researching the origins of Indian
civilization, he authored a study of
the Aryan problem (2 ed. 2000), which was expanded in 2006 to
a 420-page book in French Les
Belles Lettres, Paris). An English edition is under preparation. In the
meantime, a major study of the Sarasvati river,
(Penguin India, 2010) has just come out.
Michel Danino has lectured at many higher educational and
cultural institutions all over India, and authored papers on the
Indus-Sarasvati civilization, the Aryan problem, India's scientific
heritage, ecological issues, and the challenges faced by Indian
culture today. He has also done original research into the
mathematics and metrology behind the town-planning of some
cities. Some of those papers have been published in journals of
culture and archaeology.
In 2001, Michel Danino convened the
(www.ifih.org) with 160 eminent founder
members, whose mission is to promote the essential values of
India's heritage, especially in the educational field. In 2005, IFIH
concluded for NCERT a major survey of 11,000 school students
probing their views on culture and education.. IFIH has started work
on a series of multimedia educational DVDs on specific aspects of
India's heritage.
Michel Danino's other interests include Nature conservation and
photography.He lives near Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu.
The Invasion That Never Was,
(L'Inde et l'invasion de nulle part,
The Lost River: On
the Trail of the Sarasvati
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INTERNATIONAL FORUM
FOR INDIA'S HERITAGE
Email: [email protected]
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