Friday, April 15, 2011

"Foundations of Indian Psychology" have finally come out.



Dear Friends

We are happy to announce that the two volumes of "Foundations of Indian Psychology" have finally come out.

Foundations contains a careful selection of some of the best articles written on Indian Psychology during the last 10 years. Several of them are true classics that deserve to be read by anyone who wants to know what the Indian tradition can contribute to contemporary Psychology.

Please see the attachments for the list of chapters.

The price of the book (Rs. 995/- for volume 1 and Rs. 695/- for volume 2) is unfortunately higher than what we had hoped for, but the publisher has agreed to offer a 20% discount for those who buy both volumes together. To avail of this offer, please write an email to:
vikram.singh@pearsoned.co.in.

The separate volumes are available with a 10% discount on Pearson's website ( http://pearson.vrvbookshop.com ).

Delivery is free within India.

Enjoy and
warm regards,

Matthijs Cornelissen


Tuesday, April 12, 2011

New Publication:Philosophy, Education and Indian Value System



Philosophy, Education and Indian Value System

Desh Raj Sirswal

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Philosophy is a way of being in the world of questions, interacting with it, and responding to it. Human mind is an ongoing dialogue about the topics of philosophy such as good and evil, right and wrong, truth and falsity, appearance and reality. Education refers to an act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind, character, physical ability of an individual. Values are whatever an individual desires, prefers and likes. In context of present education system moral, cultural and spiritual values should be preferred. New Education Policy of India should be built on the foundation of ancient spiritualistic, modern culture and technical sophistication. It should develop scientific temper and spirit of inquiry in the students also.

The present work entitled, “Philosophy, Education and Indian Value System” is an attempt to relate philosophy, education and values at the same ground, so that they can perform the conception of complete education. Here we have three chapters i.e. (i) Philosophy and Values in School Education of India, Sri Aurobindo’s Philosophy of Education and Spiritual Approach to Education: An Indian Experience, respectively. I would like to thank my students and colleagues of Milestone Education Society (Regd.) Pehowa for their full time support and corporation in our educational programmes.

In our culturally diverse society, education system should foster universal and eternal values, oriented towards the unity and integration of our people. Such value-education should hold eliminate obscurantism, religious fanaticism, violence, superstitions and fatalism. For this purpose philosophy and values become the primary concern. Presently various dimensions of individual and social development, social transformation, value- acquisition etc., have been well identified in present time for education for a developing nation. We are of the opinion that Indian education should aim at producing men and women of knowledge, cultural values and trained skills to achieve excellence in their personal, professional and social life. An ideal system of education would provide an environment and framework that will facilitate an harmonious blending of presumptions. Teachers and education administrators have to play key role for the pursuit of truth and harmony. None of these pursuits can be meaningful or fruitful unless these are voluntary. The spirit of liberty is a necessary condition for the search for truth and for securing cooperation, mutual progress; goodness and feeling can only be achieved by a good education system.

The personal, professional, social and political environment of our lives is getting more complex and challenging. Present students will have to face certain moral situations in future in which they will have to take decisions regarding their lives instead of depending on others. It is also necessary and important that students should take moral decisions for themselves. Relevance of teaching philosophy and values to school children arises due to current scenario of our country. India has profound positive content based on our heritage, national goals, and universal perceptions. One may give the examples of thinkers like Sri Aurobindo, Mahatma Gandhi, Dr B.R. Ambedkar, J. Krishnamurti, Raman Mahrishi and other social thinkers and educationist for this noble purpose, as they are the principal contributors of our modern wisdom.

Philosophers and behavioural scientists can surely attempt to find practical ways in which people may be inspired to become altruistic and moral. Government, Universities, and other organizations like UGC, ICPR, NCERT should promote such types of researches. Some peoples may have disagreements on what we have said in previous chapters holding the view that till a total and radical social and Cultural Revolution drastically changes the actual socio-economic conditions. For this noble purpose more attention and importance should be paid to non-religious, socio-political thinking while dealing with the educational courses at all level of Indian education-system. Any conclusion from this dialogue will only tentative, leaving adequate scope for dialogue continuation. Solutions of problems raised in this process should be beneficial for our system and this aspect should be constantly examined in the process of continuing dialogue.

DESH RAJ SIRSWAL: Assistant Professor (Philosophy), Post Graduate Govt. College for Girls, Sector-11, Chandigarh. He is also Programme Coordinator, Centre for Positive Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies (CPPIS), Milestone Education Society (Regd.), Pehowa (Kurukshetra). Associate Member of The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, Washington, D.C.

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By Desh Raj Sirswal

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Thursday, April 7, 2011

Researches in Yoga & Meditation (Data & Analysis) by Er. Anurag Joshi & Others:

Researches in Meditations (Data & Analysis) by Er. Anurag Joshi & Others

Tabular form analysis

Sl No.

Traits

Technic Used

% age of students improvement

Journals/Seminar



Tolerance

Simple Muscle Relaxation

85

Pbi. Univ. Int. Sem.



Arrogance

-

75

-



Relaxation

-

85

-



Stress

-

95

-



Analytical Power

Concentrative Med

80

Mang. Student Perf.



Concentration


95

-



Examination/Studies Performance


65

-



Memory Power


70

-



Efficiency

Simple Muscle Relaxation

85

Prod. Mang.



Memory Power

-

70

-



Studies Output Performance

-

65

-



Mental Stress

Nada Yoga

95

Stress Mang.



Patience

-

90

-



Physical Relaxation

-

85

-



Arrogance

Om Med

75

Violence Mang.



Relaxation

-

80

-



Stress

-

90

-



Tolerance

-

85

-



Health level

Pranayama

75

Health & Stress Mang.



Memory Power

-

80

-



Mental Stress level

-

75

-



Physical Relaxation

-

90

-



Arrogance

Acoustic Med (Nada Yoga)

95

Personality Management



Confidence


90

-



Optimism


70

-



Patience


85

-

Other Activities (Community Services Rendered)

> 30 Workshops/camps facilitated on Stress Management/Mind Power

S No.

Venue

Details of the Participants

No.’s

Month/Year

1.

Govt. Boys Senior Secondary School Samana,

(Distt. Patiala)

E.T.T. teachers of Punjab, Govt. School teachers

3

June, 2007

2.

Thapar University, Patiala

(Earlier T.I.E.T., Patiala)

Organised by SPICMACAY

Students of Thapar University, Patiala

2

July, 2007

3.

Army School,

Patiala Cantt.

Students of Army School, Patiala

3

January, 2008 & February, 2009

4.

Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 3, Patiala Cantt.

Primary School teachers of Kendriya Vidyalaya’s

2

May, 2008

5.

Icfai National College (INC) Patiala

MBA students

of INC

1

May, 2008

6.

Army School,

Patiala Cantt.

Teaching Staff of Army School, Patiala

2

May, 2008

7.

Thapar University, Patiala.

Organised by SPICMACAY

(Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music And Culture Amongst Youth)

Students and Faculty of Thapar University, Patiala

2

August, 2008

8.

Police Lines, Patiala

Police personnel

1

November, 2008

9.

Mukat Public School, Rajpura

Senior School Students

1

November, 2008

10.

Senior Citizen Welfare Association, Patiala

Senior Citizens

1

December, 2008

11.

Army School, Patiala Cantt.

Staff of Army School

2

Feb, 2009

S No.

Venue

Details of the Participants

No.’s

Month/Year

12.

Punjabi Univ. Patiala

Students of MSW (Master of Social Work)

1

July, 2009

13.

Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration, Punjab

( Regional Centre Patiala)

Officers of Different Departments of Dist. Patiala

1

Feb, 2010

14.

Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration, Punjab

(Regional Centre Patiala)

Lady Police Officers/Constables

1

March, 2010

15.

Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration, Punjab

(Regional Centre Patiala)

Lady Police Officers/Constables

4

July - September, 2010

16.

Thapar Polytechnic College, Patiala

NSS Volunteers

1

September, 2010

17.

Khalsa College, Patiala

Students and Faculty

1

October, 2010

18.

Govt. Mohindra College, Patiala

Students and Faculty

1

October, 2010

Table

B.P. AND PULSE READING OF STUDENTS (BEFORE AND AFTER THE EXECUTING MEDITATION DRILLS)

S. No.

NAME

BRANCH

SYSTOLIC

DIASTOLIC

PULSE RATE (per min)


Before

After

Before

After

Before

After

1.

Monish

MBA,1styr

124

121

88

85

88

74

2.

Siddharth Sharma

BE,2ndyr

117

119

75

78

86

73

3.

Sukhcharanjeet

BE,2ndyr

114

119

76

79

76

59

4.

Piyush

BE,3rdyr

108

101

67

69

78

72

5.

Deepak

BE,2ndyr

124

121

77

79

76

72

6.

Bharat Doot

BE,3rdyr

111

118

75

76

75

71

7.

Munish Kumar

BE,3rdyr

135

121

94

81

86

68

8.

Shweta Singla

BE,3rdyr

134

122

98

84

115

88

9.

Vinay

BE,3rdyr

145

126

75

84

70

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