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Association for Vedic Studies, Inc.

(WAVES)

A

Multi-disciplinary Academic Society

Organization

Background

Objectives">Aims &

Objectives

Activities

& Chapters:">Branches &

chapters

Committees:">Standing

Committee

Membership

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WAVES announces an International Conference:

Contemporary Views on

Indian Civilization

July 28 - 30, 2000

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Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA

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Participation

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A Brief Introduction to

WAVES:

India,

from ancient times, has made significant contributions to the world

civilization, culture

and knowledge in all areas of human pursuits. These contributions,

mostly unknown to the

wider world, in many situations unacknowledged and often distorted,

need attention for

good understanding and appreciation of the human past. World

Association for Vedic Studies

(WAVES), a non-religious academic society with no ideology, open for

membership and for

participation to all persons irrespective of color, place of birth,

ethnicity, religion or

any other persuasion, is a society to work in this multidisciplinary

area.

Governing

Council / Organization

 

PRESIDENT

Professor Bhu Dev

Sharma, Professor of Mathematics (on

Sabbatical), Xavier Uni., New Orleans, LA-70125, bhudev_sharma

(Interim Mailing Address: c/o Satish C. Sharma, 7 Dal Mandi,

Meerut

Cantt., UP, India, Phone +99-121-661-278; or Delhi Phone

+91-11-743-2986)

 

VICE

PRESIDENTS:

1. Professor

Hans Henrich Hock,

Professor of Sanskrit,, Program in South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies,

Department of Linguistics,

707 S Mathews, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801;

(217)333-0357 (O); (217)352-5423

(H); Fax (217)333-3466; hhhock

@staff.ucic.edu

2. Padma

Vibhushan Dr. Vidya Niwas Misra, Fr Vice

Chancellor, M-3 Badshah Bagh, Varanasi-221002, U.P., India;

+91-542-356-309

3. Professor

Bhikhu Parikh, Professor

of Politics,

Department of Politics and Asian Studies, University of Hull, Hull,

UK,

011-44-1482-345-530(H); 44-1482-466-209; Fax 44-1482-208; S.Ryan (AT) pol-as (DOT) HULL.ac.uk

4. Professor

Farley Richmond, Head,

Dept. of Drama &

Theatre, Fine Arts Bldg., Uni. of Georgia, Athens, GA-30602-3610;

(706)542-2890(O),

(706)227-1780 (H) ; Fax (706)542-2080 (O);

rches.uga.edu">richmond (AT) arches (DOT) uga.edu

 

GENERAL

SECRETARY

Mr. Satya D.

Gupta, 10531 NW 43 Ct.,

Coral Springs, FL 33065; (954)752-1715; Fax

(954)346-8648; satyagupta (AT) juno (DOT) c

om

 

PUBLIC

RELATION OFFICES

Dr. Chhaya

Rai, Professor and Chair,

Dept. of Philosophy, Rani Durgavati University,

Jabalpur, India; (761)316-831 (H); Fax (761)323-752; rdulib (AT) bom6 (DOT) vsnl.net.in

SECRETARIES:

1. Professor

Hope Fitz, Professor of

Philosophy, Webb Hall,

#356, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT 06226;

fitzh@ecsuc

..ctstateu.edu;

2. Mr.

Ramen Nandi, (Adm,

Engineer, NYC Dept. of

Environmental Protection); 127 Highland Ave., Jersey City, NJ 07306;

(201)333-4264 (H);

(718)595-3799 (O); Fax (201)333-7334;

..att.net">bnandi (AT) worldnet (DOT) att.net

3. Professor

Carl Olson, Dept of

Religion, Alleghany

College, Meadville, PA 16335; colson (AT) pellns (DOT) alleg.edu

4. Professor

Avinash Sathaye,

Professor of Mathematics, 703

Patterson Office Tower, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

40506-0027, USA,

(606)257-8832 (O); (606)277-0130(H);

">sohum (AT) ms (DOT) uky.edu< /p="">

 

TREASURER

Dr. Deen B.

Chandora, 4117 Menloway,

Atlanta, GA 30340; (770)939-5172; Fax

(770)478-1099; muktac

handora (AT) worldnet (DOT) att.net

 

DEPUTY

TREASURER

Mr. Dhirendra A

Shah, 780 Ullswater Cove,

Alpharetta, GA 30202; (770)664-8779; Fax

(770)664-8780; siaram (AT) aol (DOT) com

 

JOINT

SECRETARIES

1. Professor

Surendra N. Dwivedi,

Endowed Professor, Dept

of Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Lafayette, LA-

70504; (318)482-5361

(O); (318)981-9572(H); Fax (318)262-5472;

..edu">dwivedi (AT) usl (DOT) edu

2. Professor

Shive Chaturvedi,

Professor, Dept. of Civil

and Environmental Engineering & Geodetic Science, Ohio State

Uni., Columbus, OH 43210;

(614)292-2617 (O); Fax (614)292-3780;

u.edu">chaturvedi.1 (AT) osu (DOT) edu

3. Dr.

Thomas Forsthoefel, Dept

of Religious Studies,

Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA 16546; (814)824-2353 (O); (814)835-6967;

Fax (814)824-2438; tforstho@me

rcyhurst.edu

4. Dr.

Adolf von Wurttemberg,

Asian Studies, 230 Cox

Hall, Emory University, Atlanta; avonbad (AT) emory (DOT) edu; (404)727-7619

 

MEMBERS

1. Professor

S. Cromwell Crawford,

Department of Religion,

University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822; (808)956-4200 (O);

Fax (808)956-9894; szabocraw (AT) aol (DOT) com

2. Rahul

Peter Das, Institut fur

Indologie,

Martin-Luther-Universitat, Hall-Wittenberg 06099, Halle, Germany, das.rp (AT) t-online (DOT) de 49-4106-4443

(H); 49-345-5523-652

(O); fax 49-4106-653463

3. Professor

Klaus Klostermaier (will

be moving from to

UK), Department of Religion, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg,

Manitoba, CANADA R3T 5V5;

(204)474-6276 (O), kklostr@c

c.umanitoba.ca

4. Professor

June McDaniel, Director

of Religious Program,

Department of Philosophy & Religious Studies, College of

Charleston, SC 29424-0001;

(843)953-5687 (O); Mcdanielj@cofc

..edu

5. Professor

K. L. Seshagiri Rao,

Editor, Encyclopedia of

Hinduism, 937 Assembly St., Suit 1018, Carolina Plaza, Uni. of South

Carolina, Columbia,

SC 29208, (803)777-7834 (O); (803)781-9432 (H); Fax (803)777-1176; srao (AT) eh (DOT) sc.edu

6. Dr. S.

R. Rao (Retd. Director,

Institute of Marine

Archaeology, Panjim Goa), 1233 34th Cross, 4th T Block, Jainagar,

Banglore 560041;

phone 80-640-009; Fax 80-663-7556

7. Dr.

Jatindra Kumar Saha,

Dept. of Environmental

Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, England, UK PL4 8AA;

+44-1752-233-005 (O);

+44-1752-778-668; Fax +44-1752-233-035; J.Saha (AT) plymouth (DOT) ac.uk

8. Professor

S. N. Sridhar, Director,

Center for Indian

Studies, East 5350 Mellville Library, State University of New York,

Stony Brook, NY

11794-3386, (516)632-9742 (O); (516)751-1810 (H); Fax (516)751-7050

(H)

9. Dr.

Klaus Witz, Associate

Professor, Curriculum

& Instruction, 322 Education Bldg., 1310S 6th St., MC-708, Uni.

of Illinois,

Champaigh, IL 61820; (217)333-4505 (O); (217)344-0680 (H); k-witz (AT) staff (DOT) uiuc.edu

 

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Background:

A major conference,

'International

Conference on Indus Sarasvati Age and Ancient India', was held in

Atlanta (Georgia,

USA), October 4-6, 1996 with over 300 participants from all over the

world - U.S.A.,

India, Nepal, Caribbean, Belgium, U. K., Canada, Italy, Netherlands,

Mauritius, Mexico,

Austria, and Surinam, etc. It was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of

Trinidad &

Tobago, Hon'ble Basdeo Panday, and participants included leading

archaeologists,

historians, philosophers, political-scientists, linguists,

religionists, Sanskritists,

Vedic-scholars, scientists, engineers and persons of medicine. The

participants, being

greatly impressed by the quality of presentations and organization, in

the concluding

session, decided to form an academic organization to hold similar

conferences and to build

other academic activities for Vedic studies.

 

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Objectives">Aims

and Objectives (Article IV of

the 'Articles of

Incorporation') of the Society:

The general purposes for which

the Society is formed

are as follows:

(i) To promote Vedic and ancient

Indian studies in

all its forms and in all countries; (ii) To conduct multidisciplinary

activities for

research and study of Vedic and ancient Indian traditions including its

history,

philosophy, science, psychology, literature, scriptures, linguistics,

archaeology, and so

on. (iii) To support researches and studies in various Vedic

sub-specialties such as

chronology, rituals, philology, astronomy, yoga, Ayurveda, classical

religious works

(Vedas, Puranas, Epics, Shastras, Smrities, etc.), Sanskrit and other

Indic languages,

linguistics, and contemporary works; (iv) To encourage research in

developing all aspects

of Vedic and ancient Indian traditions; (v) To promote universal,

intellectual, ethical

traditions enshrined in Vedas and other works of ancient Indian origin.

General: WAVES is a

non-religious academic body

with no ideology. It is open for membership and for participation to

all persons

irrespective of color, place of birth, ethnicity, religion or any other

persuasion.

 

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Activities: This Society, for

furtherance of its aims and objectives, will

undertake to do the following:

To organize activities (such as

conferences,

discussion groups, workshops, lectures, camps, concerts, performances),

sponsor, promote,

establish, develop, control, supervise, support, encourage and run

institutions (such as

centers, schools, reference libraries), and publishing (such as

journals, monographs,

periodicals, books, magazines, papers etc.) for dissemination of

knowledge and findings on

Vedic and ancient Indian traditions.

Research Journal

Publishing peer-reviewed

research journal, Journal of

Studies on Ancient India.

Conferences: Organized

India Conference

on Indian Identity & Cultural Continuity,

December 27, 1997,

Speaker Hall, New Delhi, which was inaugurated by Former President of

India Dr. Shankar

Dayal Sharma.

Second biennial

International Conferences

on New Perspectives on Vedic & Ancient Indian

Civilization, August

7-9, 1998, at Loyola Marimont University, Los Angeles,

California.

 

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Branches & Chapters: The Society has a branch in India and

shall have branches in different

countries and chapters in different regions within a country.

 

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Committees:">Standing

Committees: Society's

many activities

and academic pursuits shall be channeled through its 'Standing

Committees' which are

currently being constituted. Presently, these (along with their chairs

and some members)

in two categories, are as follows:

A. ACTIVITIES: 1.

Conferences (Dr. Deen

B. Chandora, Interim Chair, Ms. Deborah Davis, Mr. T. R. Reddy); 2.

Publications:

(Dr. Alok Kumar, Chair, Ms. Deborah Davis, Dr. Amresh Das), 3.

Finance/Fund raising

(Dr. P. Mahizanan, Chair, Dr. Shanti Lunia), 4. Public Relations

(Dr. K.

Klostermaier, Interim Chair, Mr. Shankerpersad Bhatt); 5.

International Coordination

(Mrs. Renu Malhotra, Chair, Dr. Bhu Dev Sharma, Mr. Robert Arnett, Mr.

Raylu Vishwanadha);

6. University/College Campus Affairs (Dr. Onkar P. Dwivedi,

Chair), 7. Lectures/Seminars

(Dr. Joseph Warren, Interim Chair, Mr. Robert Arnett), 8. Academic

Interaction:

(Prof. Gerald T. Carney, Chair, Dr. Jyotpaul Chaudhuri, Dr. Satish

Bhatnagar), 9. Youth

affairs (Dr. Shyam N. Shukla, Interim Chair, Mrs. Reeta Singh), 10.

Women affairs

(Mrs. Kamlesh Kapur, Interim Chair, Dr. Doris Klostermaier, Mrs.

Chandra Prabha Bhatnagar,

Dr. Vanaja Dhruvrajan, Mrs. Sashi Chitranjan); 11. India

Institutional Connections

(Dr. T. R. N. Rao, Chair, Mrs. Lakshmi Kasturi, Nitin Goel), 12.

Communications (Mr.

Shyam Tiwari, Chair, Dr. Yashwant Malaiya).

B. ACADEMIC: 1.

Archaeology &

Anthropology (Dr. Subhash Kak, Interim Chair), 2. History &

Social Sciences

(Dr. Shiva Bajpai, Interim Chair), 3. Language, Literature &

Linguistics (Dr.

Robert Goldman, Chair); 4. Science & Technology (Dr. Ravi

Kulkarni, Chair, Dr.

ECG Sudarshan, Dr. Richard Thompson, Dr. Balmohan V. Limaye); 5.

Ayurveda, Health

Sciences & Martial Arts (David Frawley, Chair, Dr. Phillip B.

Zarrilli) 6. Vedas

& Upanishads (Professor Rajeshwari Pandharipande, Chair, Dr. R.

L. Kashyap, Mr.

Raylu Vishwanadha); 7. Smirities (Dr. K. Klostermaier, Interim

Chair); 8. Epics (Dr.

T. R. Rukmani, Chair, Dr. D. Prithipaul); 9. Puranas (Dr. Shiva

G. Bajapi, Interim

Chair, Dr. Richard Thmpson), 10. Contemporary Works and Issues

(Dr. George M.

Williams, Jr., Chair, Dr. Bhu Dev Sharma, Dr. Kusumita Pederson); 11

Philosophy.

(Dr. S. S. Rama Rao Pappu, Chair, Dr. Mahesh Mehta); 12. Dharm

Shastras, Ethics &

Rituals (Dr. Rama N. Sharma, Chair, Dr. Mandan Misra); 13.

Agriculture, Plant &

Animal Sci. and Ecology (Dr. Anand K. Yadava, Chair, Dr. Harbans L.

Bharadwaj).

 

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Membership:

US$50.00 per year/ US$500.00

for life for Ordinary Members. Members shall receive free copies of

Society's proposed

research journal. Membership subscription, from outside USA, should be

paid through checks

in US dollars payable on a bank in USA Please make checks payable to

'WORLD ASSOCIATION

FOR VEDIC STUDIES', and mail the same to the General

Secretary.

 

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Inquiries:

Contact the President, Gen.

Secretary or another office bearer for membership and other

information.

 

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Organization

Background

Objectives">Aims &

Objectives

Activities

& Chapters:">Branches &

chapters

Committees:">Standing

Committee

Membership

Application

Inquiries

Quarterly Research

Journal

Report on LA Conference

Report on Delhi

Conference

Publication< /b="">