SIKER 2023: School on Indian Knowledge System and Engineering Research

About SIKER2023

The proposed workshop is part of ICSSR call to Celebrate ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’. The main theme of the workshop comes under Vishva Guru Bharat and  India’s Rich Cultural Heritage. The workshop will create a platform for discussing the contributions of Indian Knowledge System (IKS) and its rich scientific and cultural heritage and possibilities to link with modern engineering research. The objectives of the workshop can be mapped to the sub-theme Actions@75 which includes the following priorities:

• Preparing the Indian scientific and cultural heritage to make part of Digital India movement

• Develop a plan of action to connect Indian Knowledge System and modern Engineering Research in the light of National Education Policy 2020.

To implement the following objectives, the proposed workshop included the following key areas of IKS and their counterpart from the Engineering research.

• Sanskrit Language and Computational Linguistics: Sanskrit is considered one of the oldest languages in the world. It is well known that the formal representation and linguistic features of Sanskrit are closely related to computational engineering. Besides the language, Sanskrit is also a representation of the Indian Knowledge System like logic, philosophy, language, technology and culture. Engineering branches Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing are trying to process the computational properties of the languages. This workshop will discuss  Sanskrit Computational Linguistics and its applications in Indian Language Computing.
  
  

• Ayurveda and Bioinformatics: Ayurveda the knowledge repository of life and well being is one of the main contributions from India. The importance of the Ayurvedic way of life is now getting well accepted across the globe. This workshop will discuss the Ayurveda knowledge system and its engineering aspects. It also discusses the scope of linking Bioinformatics research with Ayurveda (also known as Ayurinformatics) towards the goal of precision medicine or personalized treatment.
  
  

• Agriculture and Artificial Intelligence: It is believed that evolution of the agricultural system in India started back in Neolithic times. Over centuries, India has developed indigenous ways of cultivation, harvesting, soil and water management, pest and disease management. This workshop will focus on application of modern engineering practices  for a sustainable agricultural management along with preserving the indigenous methods and techniques.

• Cultural Heritage and Digital Technologies: India is a country with a diverse cultural heritage. As a step towards protecting and preserving the rich cultural heritage of our country, we plan to conduct a workshop on introduction to Diverse Indian Culture and application of modern techniques like Augmented reality and Virtual reality to recreate the grandeur and beauty of various tangible and intangible heritages of our country.