National Energy Data Systems: Proceedings of an International Workshop

by Dilip R. Ahuja, R. K. Pachauri, N. K. Gopalakrishnan

Overview

India is the home of religion, philosophy and spirituality. Every age, she provides the world with armies of spiritual masters. The beauty of the Indian philosophy is the grand unification of a Metaphysical God who is the Absolute Reality and the substratum of all existence, and a Personal God who is the basis of all morality, ethics and the inspiration to lead a meaningful life. Amongst those Indian philosophers who accepted the separation of mind and body and argued for the existence of the soul, there was considerable dedication to the scientific method and to developing the principles of deductive and inductive logic. As keen observers of nature and the human body, India's early scientist/philosophers studied human sensory organs, analysed dreams, memory and consciousness. The best of them understood dialectics in nature-they understood change, both in quantitative and qualitative terms-they even posited a prototype of the modern atomic theory. The novelty of this book consists of the fact that it introduces the reader to the basic of Indian philosophers and their contribution in Indian philosophy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789354392290
Publisher:	Arts & Science Academic Publishing
Publication date:	06/30/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	280
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

DILIP R. AHUJA is a Fellow of the Tata Energy Research Institute, New Delhi. Before this he has held fellowships at the Interdisciplinary Programs in Health at the Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, and a UNFPA Fellowship at the National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. He received his doctorate in Biomedical Engineering (Health Care Systems Analysis) from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville and his Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering from I.I.T., Bombay. His research interests include health and environmental effects of energy systems and data requirements for energy planning.

RAJENDRA K. PACHAURI is the Director of the Tata Energy Research Institute, New Delhi. He was earlier Visiting Professor at West Virginia University and Director, Consulting & Applied Research Division, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad. He has held teaching positions at the North Carolina State University, Raleigh and worked earlier as Works Manager of the Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi. He has doctoral degrees in Industrial Engineering and Economics and a Master of Science degree from the North Carolina State University, Raleigh. Dr Pachauri has authored four books, several published articles, and professional papers.

N.K. GOPALAKRISHNAN is a qualified information professional with over 15 years of practical experience in setting up and operating various scientific and technical information systems and services. Mr. Gopalakrishnan graduated in Chemistry and Library Science from the University of Kerala. Later he obtained his Associateship in Documentation with distinction from the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta. Since 1975, he has been associated with Tata Energy Research Institute and he is mainly responsible for setting up the Institute’s energy information centre which extends information services at the national level. Mr. Gopalakrishnan in his personal capacity has been a consultant on energy information to various national and international organisations including the U.N. University, Tokyo, and Unesco, Paris