Inaugural Workshop of Centre for Consciousness Studies (CONCENT 2011) at DEI

D. Inaugural Workshop of Centre for Consciousness Studies (CONCENT 2011) : October 1-2, 2011

The Inaugural Workshop of the Centre for Consciousness Studies was organized on October 1-2, 2011 at the Centre for Consciousness Studies. There were 21 oral presentations and around 60 posters in the Workshop. A Souvenir-cum-Abstract book was released on the occasion.

The Vision Talk was delivered by Revered Prof. P.S. Satsangi Chairman, Advisory Committee on Education, Dayalbagh Educational Institutions, entitled ‘Cosmology of Consciousness : Towards Quantum-Theoretic Systems Modelling; Spirit-Mind-Brain Interactions’. The Inaugural Talk was delivered by Prof. Jack Tuszynski, Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, entitled ‘Molecular Models of Information Processing, Memory Encoding and the Action of Anesthetics at the Level of Individual Neurons with Connections to Neurological Disorders’. The Valedictory Talk was delivered by Prof. Elizabeth Behrman, Professor of Physics and Mathematics, Wichita State University, USA, entitled ‘Quantum Neural Networks and the Problem of Consciousness’.

A few comments of eminent scientists and researchers for the Souvenir-cum-Abstract Book of CONCENT 2011 are reproduced below as an indicator of the enthusiasm :

Prof. Marcelo Gleiser, Appleton Professor of Natural Philosophy, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College :

“Few questions, if any, are more challenging than understanding the nature of human consciousness. The road to progress must be multidisciplinary, joining the efforts of researchers and thinkers of many different areas of knowledge. It is thus with great satisfaction that I send my votes for a great future to the Centre for Consciousness Studies. May the discoveries to be made there shine as a beacon for the advancement of knowledge and human understanding across the world.”

Prof. Mark Juergensmeyer, Professor of Sociology and Global Studies, and Director, Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara :

“It is appropriate that DEI has embarked on an interdisciplinary and visionary approach to pioneering consciousness studies. It is an institution that has a distinguished history of combining the best of scientific investigation with the best of religious and cultural analysis. The new Centre for Consciousness Studies is an exciting and important venture, and I wish you well in realizing its potential.”

Swami Ved Bharati :

“I congratulate the Dayalbagh Educational Institute for establishing the Centre for Consciousness Studies and bringing together so many eminent and accomplished researchers. May the researches being carried out by these women and men of knowledge be a source of inspiration to all to take their personal meditation practices deeply and seriously. I wish the inaugural conference a resounding success guided by the holy founders of Dayalbagh and of all other spiritual Lineages.”