A Symposium on ‘Future of the Mind: Mind of the Future

New Delhi: 23-26 August 1993

IGNCA, in collaboration with Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) organized a Symposium ‘Future of the Mind: Mind of the Future’ at India International Centre, New Delhi. Held as the inaugural event under the ‘Information 2000+’ programme of the Indo-US Sub-Commission on Education and Culture, the meeting discussed the effects of the technological revolution, and was attended by a panel of eminent philosophers and scientists from India and USA.

The symposium was inaugurated by Shri Ram Niwas Mirdha, Co-Chairman, Indo US Sub-Commission on Education and Culture on 23 August 1993. While the keynote address was delivered by Dr. Israel Rosenfield, of Department of History, State University of New York, the Valedictory address was given by Swami Jitatmananda, President, Ramkrishna Ashram, Rajkot. Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan summed up the deliberations of the meeting.

The Symposium addressed itself to the relationship of the computer to the brain, artificial intelligence, memory and consciousness, new developments in the field of Neuro-science, Neuro-anatomy and Neuro-physiology and the implications of “virtual reality”. The discussions, spread over different sessions during the four days, centered on the questions concerning the nature of the mind, nature of knowledge, understanding, wisdom & spirituality, and the role of consciousness in quantum mechanics.

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