Traditional knowledge and sciences of India and Sri Lanka
A.V. Balasubramanian and T.D. Nirmala Devi (eds.)

Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems, Chennai, 2006

Papers presented at the COMPAS Asian Regional Workshop on Traditional Knowledge Systems and their Current Relevance and Applications.
3-5 July 2006, Bangalore, India

Contents and preface

Inaugural session

Bertus Haverkort, Knowledge and Sciences in the Global Context: Contradictions, Competition, Coexistence, Complementarity, Coevolution

Agronomy

Nene, Y.L., Utilizing Traditional Knowledge in Agriculture

Malkanthi Gunaratne, Nawakekulam – A traditional agricultural practice of Sri Lanka

Ranganathan, T.T., Documentation and Validation of Traditional Agricultural Practices

Sridevi, R. and Subhashini Sridhar, Traditional Agricultural Practices for Crop Protection – Testing and Validation

Gowtham Shankar, K.J.N., Endogenous Development in Tribal Agriculture

Livestock and Veterinary Sciences

Balakrishnan Nair, M. N., Documentation and Assessment of Ethnoveterinary Practices from an Ayurvedic Viewpoint

Veena Ganesaiah, T., Punyakoti Test – An Ancient Egyptian Test (2200 BC) Extended to Diagnose Pregnancy in Cattle

Hariramamoorthy, G., Promotion of Ethnoveterinary Medicine in Dakshina Kannada District, Karnataka

Aruna Kumara, V.K., An Initiative towards the Conservation and Development of Indian Cattle Breeds

Kahandawa, K.A.J., Traditional Veterinary Knowledge of Sri Lanka

Vivekanandan, P., Towards A Pastoral Policy: For Protection of Pastoralists’ Rights and for Conservation of Local Animal Breeds

Traditional Methods of Weather Forecasting

Kanani, P.R., Testing of Traditional Methods of Weather Forecasting in Gujarat Using the Participatory Approach

Traditional Healthcare Methods

Nimal Hewanila, Reclamation of Traditional Knowledge on Snake Bite Treatment

Unnikrishnan, P.M., Traditional Orthopaedic Practices of Southern India - A Pilot Study

Smita Bajpai, Advocacy for Recognition of the Dai

Jayasinghe Perera, Traditional Medicine and Food Today

Harish Naraindas, Conflict, Co-existence and Translation: The Question of Innovation in Contemporary Traditional Medicine

Discussion on Policy Issues Working in Smaller Groups

• Group I - University teaching and research
• Group II - Generation and validation of traditional knowledge
• Group III - Upscaling and translating endogenous development (ED) into action
• Group IV - Advocacy forum

Methodology of Traditional Sciences and Technologies

Balasubramanian, A.V., Is There an Indian Way of Doing Science?

Rama Jayasundar, Research in Ayurveda

Ram Manohar, Methodological Rigour in Knowledge Building – Ayurveda and the Scientific Challenge

Padma Venkatasubramanian and P.M. Unnikrishnan, Traditional Knowledge Guided Research and Standardization of Traditional Medicines

Sarat Bandara, J.M.R., Indigenous Methods in Sri Lankan Agriculture: Beliefs, Mysteries, Myths or Science

Coen Reijntjes, Universities: From Assessment of Traditional Knowledge to Intra- and Intercultural Dialogue and Coevolution

Chitra Krishnan and Srinivas V. Veeravalli, Tanks and Anicuts of South India: Examples of an Alternative Science of Engineering

Nimal De Silva, Concepts and Principles used in Traditional Houses and their Modern Adaptations in Sri Lanka

Ananda Wood, New physics and Old Sciences

Creating an Enabling Policy Environment for Strengthening Traditional Knowledge Systems

Bhargava, P.M., How to make India a Knowledge-based Society?

Concluding session

Brief Bio-Data of Participants

List of Participants

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