Activities of YUGAYATRI in the recent years

23rd December 1997 to 3rd January 1998
‘ROOTS’ Camp (an orientation programme on Bharatiya culture for Indian youth out side India) in Bangalore.

28th & 29th May 1998
Workshop on “Indian Scientific and Technological Heritage in association with C-DAC and Samskrita Bharati.”

11th June 1999
“Science, Religion and Society” a panel discussion.

12th September 1999
Seminar on “Science and Spirituality”, at Aksharam, Girinagar, Bangalore.

25th to 27th February 2000
‘ROOTS’ camp for software engineers.

19th March 2000
Samskriti-Sinchana one-day workshop on Indian culture, Prof. K S Kannan, Dr S Sundra rajan participated as resource persons.

3rd to 6th April –2000.
Participated with working models in ‘Sanskrit-Science Exhibition’ organized by RSVP-Tirupati,

16th July 2000
Lecture on understanding Cosmology by Prof. K Kannan.

24th & 25th September 2000
Workshop on “Scientific & Technological Tradition of India.” B M S Engineering College.

11th and 12th November 2000
Seminar on ‘Holistic approach to Health and Medicine – Some perspectives from Bharatiya Culture’.

17th December 2000
Group discussion on Science and Spirituality, lecture by Dr. Shatavadhani Ganesh and Prof. K I Vasu.

20th & 21st January 2001
Two-day workshop on Ayurveda for Under Graduate students organized in Udupi.

7th February 2001
Unwrapping ceremony of the book Medicine and Surgery in Ancient India “ by Prof. K H Krishnamurthy fallowed by a guest lecture by Dr. U K Krishna on “Ayurveda Abroad” in Bangalore.

9th to 11th February 2001
‘ROOTS’ camp – an introductory program on Indian Heritage.

4th March 2001
Workshop on “Vedas and Upanishads”.

27th May 2001
Lectures by Justice Rama Jois and Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh on the topic “Dharma – How is it relevant to us” in Bangalore.

9th & 10th June 2001
Two-day residential camp for families on the subject “Indian family system and Society”.

15th June 2001
Discussion with Dr. Subhash Kak and Stephane Knapp on “Development of Astronomical knowledge in Ancient India”.

16th June 2001
Talk on “Ayurveda Today a Global Perspective” by Dr. Rangesh Paramesh and a Book Releasing Ceremony in Mysore.

23rd June 2001
Talk on “Vaimanika Shastra of Maharshi Bharadwaja” by Wing Commander M.P. Rao.

28th July 2001
Seminar on “Cosmology in Indian Concepts”, Dr V V Bhat, Joint Director, Dept. of Space, ISRO, Bangalore, is the key person to address.

12th August 2001
Lecture and group discussion on “Understanding Self” by Prof. Satyanarayana Shastry, S-Vyasa (Swamy Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana & Samshodhana Kendra).

23rd September 2001
Group consultation on ‘Atman and Paramatman– a link between microcosm and macrocosm’.

13th October 2001
“Symposium on Challenges in Science Education – Problems and Solutions”.

24th & 25th of November 2001
All India workshop on “Rare Ayurvedic Manuscripts and application of research methodology for the advancement of Ayurveda” in Bangalore.

14th to 21st April 2002
“Ramayana Darshanam”a weeklong Cultural, Spiritual, Religious and Artistic Programme on the eve of “Shri Rama Navami” at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat, Bangalore. Jnanapeeta awardee U R Anantha Murthy and other dignitaries attended the functions.

26th & 27th of May 2002
National Seminar on Indian Traditions in Architecture & Town Planning, at Mythic Society, Bangalore. Sponsored by BMTPC, New Delhi.

11th of August 2002
Seminar on “Yoga Vasishtha” its Relevance to contemporary Society, at BMS Collage of Engineering, Bangalore.

20th to 22nd September 2002
‘ROOTS’ camp – an initiative to discover our Cultural ROOTS. At Prashanthi Kuteeram, Bangalore.

5th January 2003
Painting competition on Indian Cultural values, for school children, at Chitrakala Parishat, attended by more than 1000 children.

15th April 2003
A state level Seminar on Cultural values of Ramayana, Mythic Society Bangalore.

13th to 15th February 2004
‘ROOTS’ camp – for engineering and medical students, 75 students attended from various education institutions.

22nd February 2004
Visit to NELE – a home for home less children [mainly for rack picker], by the old participants of YUGAYATRI activities, and many persons involved in social service activities.

26th September 2004
Story writing competition held for high school children at Gandhi Bhavan, Bangalore.

29th to 31st July 2005
ROOTS camp organized for it professionals attended by 60 participants of different software firms.

21st August 2005
A talk by Shatavadhani R Ganesh on “A peep in to Indian wisdom – religious and secular rooted in spirituality. Organized at Ananya cultural Academy, Malleswaram.

23rd to 25th September 2005
ROOTS camp organized for I T professionals attended by 30 participants of different software firms.

23rd October 2005
A team of YUGAYATRI with 25 volunteers visited a slum behind IIM (Gurappana Palya) as a part of Seva activity.

4th December 2005
An exhibition of Posters depicting Indian Science and technological Heritage organized on the occasion of Karyakarta Milan of A B V P at N M K R V collage Jayanagar.

17th December 2005
Scientific Heritage of India – a one day workshop for general public. Dr Shatavadhani R Ganesh, Dr. S Balachandra Rao and Dr S Shamasundar delivered their lectures.

2nd to 4th January 2006
Participated in the exhibition organized by Karnataka Historical Research Society with Posters depicting Indian Science and technological Heritage on the occasion of National seminar on Materials science and metallurgy in ancient Indian literature. Inaugurated by Sri DharmaSingh, Chief Minister of Karnataka.

7th to 9th January 2006
An overview of development of science in India – animation and poster display in “Pravasi Bharatiya Divas” [N R I’s festival], hosted by Andrapradesh Govt. at Hitek city, Hyderabad.

11th to 13th January 2007
Yugayatri organized ‘Pride of India’ Exhibition as a part of ‘THINK INDIA’ convention held at art of living campus. An exhibition highlighting the achievements of Indian culture and civilization. The exhibition was inaugurated by Swami Mitrnanda of Chinamaya Mission, Chennai.

16th March 2007
Talk on “Science and Sanskrit” by Sri G R Santhosh for the students and teaching faculty of the University organized by Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Rajasthan Sanskrit University of Jaipur.

4th to 7th May 2007
Organized charts exhibition in Srishti – Exhibition of innovative talents and skills of Engineering Students held at Basaveshwara College of Engineering & Technology, Bagalkot.

15th May 2007
Organized a talk on Indian Heritage of Science by Sri G R Santhosh for High School students at Sri Ramkrishna Ashrama, Halasur.