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Share inputs to instil confidence in society about our traditional knowledge and practices

Share inputs to instil confidence in society about our traditional knowledge and practices
Start Date :
Mar 03, 2022
Last Date :
Aug 31, 2022
23:45 PM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)
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India has a rich legacy of practices and knowledge touching different spheres of life and a scientific heritage traversing various Science & Technology (S&T) domains. The ...

India has a rich legacy of practices and knowledge touching different spheres of life and a scientific heritage traversing various Science & Technology (S&T) domains. The traditional knowledge of India is available in various forms such as classical texts, manuscripts and/or as oral communication that has been passed on over thousands of years. This valuable knowledge is often part of our daily practices as well. Some of the traditional practices are livelihood means of the concerned knowledge holders. Our traditional practices exist in synergy between human needs and nature, often balancing resources and requirements in a local context. However, with time, India’s Traditional Knowledge Systems are eroding rapidly, and the nation has also been witnessing erosion in people’s faith towards our traditional knowledge. A grave concern is the mindless attitude of some to mimic non-Indian cultures and disdain for our traditions. It’s important to recognize that traditional heritage is an integral part of any country’s development and progression. This calls for necessary attention and action from the concerned stakeholders in the country to build further on our scientific inheritance. Only a well-informed and balanced society can drive the advancement of the country.

Under the visionary leadership of our Hon’ble Prime Minister and President, CSIR Society, Shri Narendra Modi, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is spearheading the efforts to collaborate with the relevant partners from across the country and implement the national initiative SVASTIK (Scientifically Validated Societal Traditional Knowledge) for communicating India’s traditional knowledge to the society. CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (CSIR-NIScPR) is the nodal organization to implement this national initiative.

The prime mission of the initiative is to conserve scientifically validated traditional practices, and instil confidence in citizens regarding the scientific values of our traditional knowledge/practices.

We invite the suggestions of academicians, researchers, subject-matter experts, students, NGOs, and the public on how to instil confidence in society about our traditional knowledge and practices. This will help us in our mission to inculcate a scientific temper and instil confidence in citizens by stimulating the Science-Scientist-Society connect towards our traditional knowledge and practices.

Click here to read more about the SVASTIK Initiative of CSIR-NIScPR. (PDF 1519 KB)
Or visit the website - https://niscpr.res.in/nationalmission/svastik

How much are you aware of our traditional knowledge and practices? Participate in MyGov quiz and check your awareness of the traditional knowledge of India. Quiz Link: https://quiz.mygov.in/quiz/quiz-on-indian-traditional-knowledge/

The last date to share your ideas and suggestions is 31st August 2022.

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Kota Srinivasa Reddy
Kota Srinivasa Reddy 4 years 1 month ago
Set up led screens explaining the culture and traditions of our country near famous shrines... This is best option and it will to reach people early. Om Namah Shivaya Namah...
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Rahul
Rahul 4 years 1 month ago
Film Industry is the main inspiration to our society, so use of Ayurveda, Yoga, Sanskrit language should be shown which will motivate common citizen. Ayurveda is evolved from one among the four vedas i.e Atharvaveda. Acharya Sushruta is considered Father of Surgery, also many Indian sages lived good quality of life for more than 500 years of life, where life now has low quality as well as quality.But if Daily Regimen, Night Regimen, Season wise Regimen, Achar Rasayana, Codes of Conduct, not to control urges are followed definitely we can prevent from lifestyle disorders and achieve good quality of life.
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Farvez Basha D
Farvez Basha D 4 years 1 month ago
Understanding the nature of social dynamics and how these structures emerge from a systems perspective is of great importance to social sustainability (Lv, 2018). Above all, in Gray (2010) and Guo’s (2017) views, social sustainability also encompasses many issues such as human rights, gender equity and equality, public participation and rule of law all of which promote peace and social stability for sustainable development.
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Farvez Basha D 4 years 1 month ago
According to Kolk (2016) social sustainability is not about ensuring that everyone’s needs are met. Rather, its aims at providing enabling conditions for everyone to have the capacity to realize their needs, if they so desire. Anything that impedes this capacity is considered a barrier, and needs to be addressed in order for individuals, organization or community to make progress towards social sustainability (Brodhag & Taliere, 2006; Pierobon, 2019).
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Farvez Basha D 4 years 1 month ago
In Saith’s (2006) opinion, at the social level sustainability entails fostering the development of people, communities and cultures to help achieve meaningful life, drawing on proper healthcare, education gender equality, peace and stability across the globe. It is argued (Benaim & Raftis, 2008) that social sustainability is not easy to achieve because the social dimension seems complicated and overwhelming. Unlike the environmental and economic systems where flows and cycles are easily observable, the dynamics within the social system are highly intangible and cannot be easily modelled (Benaim & Raftis, 2008; Saner, Yiu, & Nguyen, 2019). As Everest-Phillips (2014) puts it, “the definition of success within the social system is that “people are not subjected to conditions that undermine their capacity to meet their needs”
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Farvez Basha D 4 years 1 month ago
However, in a more fundamental sense, “social sustainability” relates to the nexus between social conditions such as poverty and environmental destruction (Farazmand, 2016). In this regard, the theory of social sustainability’ posits that the alleviation of poverty should neither entail unwarranted environmental destruction nor economic instability. It should aim to alleviate poverty within the existing environmental and economic resource base of the society (Kumar, Raizada, & Biswas, 2014; Scopelliti et al., 2018).
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Muthuselvam D
Muthuselvam D 4 years 1 month ago
Kumizhi thumbu A dam is a scientifically designed system to open the reservoirs of Tamil Nadu lakes for irrigation.It is designed like a cup to help drain out only the amount of water needed. There is a hole of half a foot in diameter at the top of this calabash. The name of this hole is Neerodi. This hole is covered with a stone like a pipe. There are two or three small holes at the floor level of the box and these are called mud holes. Below the ground level of the lake, a pipe system is laid so that the water flows through the hole in this kalpetti. When water is needed for irrigation, the cobblestone in the hole is sunk into the water and taken out, then 80 percent of the water comes out through the stream hole of the lake and 20 percent of the water mixed with mud comes out through the mud. This reduces sedimentation in the lake. In some lakes, stone mandapams are erected to mark the location . We need to bring back our traditional water management system.
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Vipin Kumar
Vipin Kumar 4 years 1 month ago
Traditional knowledge refers to the knowledge and practices of indigenous and local communities that have developed over centuries and are traditionally transferred from elders to young people in concrete working and life situations. Traditional knowledge is dynamic and it can be transferred and expressed orally, through stories, legends, rituals, songs and laws. It can also be preserved in artifacts handed from father to son or mother to daughter.
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