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Note from Editors
Vedas present a 10,000 years of continuous intellectual
tradition and a virtual goldmine of research material
for serious scholars of Indic tradition. In today’s context
where ‘modern’ scientific research seems have hit a dead
end, Vedas need a comprehensive relook and packaging
in the contemporary lingo for larger benefit. The younger
generation today needs Vedas much more now than it did
earlier. How is the relevance of something we consider good
to be established for a sceptical new world is the big question
ancient civilizations like India have to answer. Since the
new world takes pride in scepticism, argumentation, science
and technology, we may perhaps think of offering Veda in
a new platter to our younger generation. It is this idea that
the organizers of the International Veda Conference agreed
to take up as a challenge.
A Summary of the Conference
The International Veda Conference IVC-2016 was
organized at the School of Sanskrit and Indic Studies,
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi in collaboration
Central Institute of Indian languages, Mysore during 15-18
Dec. 2016 under the chairmanship of Prof. Girish Nath Jha,
Chairperson of then host centre. The event had a huge response
in terms of submission of full papers out of which we selected
a few for presentation in the conference and publication in the
post-conference proceedings. The inaugural session was held
in the auditorium II, Convention Centre, JNU. The session
was started with the Vedic Mangalacarana & Lighting of
Lamp and welcome speech & conference theme by Prof.
Girish Nath Jha. The inaugural address was
