Sanskrit Club

Sanskrit Club is a group of volunteers who approach the promotion of Sanskrit with a critical scientific temper. Established three years go under the guidance of Prof. Anil Kumar Gourishetty of the Physics Department, the club has hosted highly successful guest lectures from speakers such as Prof. Michel Danino from IITG, Prof. K. Ramasubramaniam from IITB, and Prof. HC Verma from IITK. The club conducts weekly discussions and conducts events that increase the knowledge base of the campus on traditional Indian knowledge. Formal classes to learn Sanskrit are also conducted for those students interested in its pursuit. The club has arranged for interested members, internships with researchers of renown in premier IITs. In the discussions, the members analyse Sanskrit texts of philosophy, science and literature and discuss their relevance, accuracy and source of inception.

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