Friday, September 30th
03:00 PM to 05:00 PM: Registration / Informal – Social
05:00 PM to 07:00 PM: Inaugural Session
Chair: Professor Ved Prakash Nanda (Chairman, Uberoi Foundation; Former Vice Provost; Professor of International Law, University of Denver)
Lighting of lamp
Initiation through chanting of sacred mantras from the four Dharma traditions
Welcome:
- Professor Jeffrey Siker, Chair of Theological Studies, Loyola Marymount University
- Professor Christopher Key Chapple
- Dr. Manohar Shinde
Keynote Speakers:
- Professor T.S. Rukmani
- Professor Kapil Kapoor
07:30 PM to 09:30 PM: Dinner
Co-Chairs
- Mr. Jim Polsfut (Executive Director, Uberoi Foundation)
- Katharine Nanda, Esq. (Attorney; Secretary, Uberoi Foundation)
A Summary Report of Projects Funded by Uberoi Foundation
- Professor Arvind Sharma
- Professor Yashwant Pathak and Professor Gurleen Grewal
- Professor Bal Ram Singh
- Professor Sthaneshwar Timalsina, Professor Sunil Kumar and Sushri Mary (Bimala) Hicks
- Shri Rajiv Malhotra
- Professor Arvind-Pal Mandair
Partnership Strategies Among Institutions with Related Goals (part one):
Nalanda International / Doshi Chairs at UCLA and LMU / Sardar Patel Scholarship at UCLA:
Shri Navin Doshi (Businessman and philanthropist)
Infinity Foundation:
Shri Rajiv Malhotra
Center for Indic Studies, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth:
Professor Bal Ram Singh
SOKA University of America (SUA):
Mr. Masao Yokota: Advisor to and former President of the Ikeda Center for Peace, Learning, and Dialogue; Deputy Vice President of Soka Gakkai International, Research Fellow of the Institute of Oriental Philosophy, Tokyo.
Experience of JAINA with developing syllabus, books, e-library, e-articles as a comprehensive resources:
Shri Pravin Shah (Coordinator for Jain Sunday schools for North America)
Yadunandan Center for India Studies, California State University, Long Beach:
U.Ka. Solanki (Businessman and philanthropist)
Dharma Education through Temples
Dr. Shashikant M. Sane Former chairman of the Board of Trustees, Minnesota Hindu Temple
Saturday, October 1, 2011
07:00 AM to 08:15 AM: Breakfast
08:20 AM to 10:00 AM: Panel One - "The Dharma Paradigm and Ethos"
Chair: Professor Rita Sherma
10:00 AM to 10:30 AM: Coffee break
10:30 AM to 12:00 PM: Panel Two - "Theories of Knowledge (The Epistemology and Hermeneutics of Dharma Education)"
Chair: Professor Gurleen Grewal
12:15 PM to 01:45 PM: Lunch
Keynote address:
Shri Rajiv Malhotra (Founder and President, Infinity Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey)
"Distinguishing Features of the Dharma Paradigm"
02:00 PM to 3:30 PM: Panel Three - "Philosophy and Methodology of Dharma Education (Pedagogy)"
Chair: Professor Christopher Key Chapple
03:30 PM to 04:00 PM: Coffee break
04:00 PM to 05:30 PM: Panel Four - "Overview of the Field of Dharma Education"
Chair: Professor Arvind Sharma
05:30 PM to 06:00 PM: Photo session
06:00 PM to 07:30 PM: Panel Five - "Strategic Planning and Coordination in Promoting Dharma Education and Studies"
Chair: Professor Subhash Kak
07:30 PM to 09:30 PM: Dinner
Partnership Strategies Among Institutions with Related Goals (part two):
Co-Chairs
- Professor Bal Ram Singh (Professor of Biophysical Chemistry and Director, Center for Indic Studies, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth; President, WAVES)
- Professor Yashwant Malaiya (Professor, Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins)
Uberoi Foundation:
Professor Ved Nanda
Dharma Academy of North America (DANAM):
Professor Ramdas Lamb (Associate Professor of Religion, University of Hawai'i)
Confluence Integrative Studies Institute:
Professor Rita Sherma
Hindu American Foundation (HAF):
Dr. Aseem Shukla (Co-founder and Board Member)
International Center for Cultural Studies (ICCS):
Professor Yashwant Pathak (Assistant Dean, Academic Affairs, Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa)
"Hinduism Today"
Sannyasin Sivakatirswami (Production Manager, Hinduism Today magazine)
Educational institutions and efforts by the Dharma community in UK and Europe
Lord Dilgit Rana (Baron Rana, of Malone in the County of Antrim, UK; Member of the House of Lords)
Hindu University of America (HUA):
Shri Abhinav Dwivedi (Vice President)
Hindu Education Foundation:
Dr. Sudhesh Agarwal (Scientist, the Cleveland Clinic)
Foundation for Indic Philosophy and Culture, Claremont University
Professor Deepak Shimkhada (Co-founder and President (FIPC); Adjunct Professor of Religion, Claremont Graduate University, Los Angeles, CA)
Hindupedia.com
Shri Harshavardhan Vellanki (Core team member of Hindupedia.com)
Education through Hindu American Seva charities
Anju Bhargava
Educational activities through Sewa International and Hindu Yuva
Shri Santhosh Kumar Kolluru (Undergradudate student, Case Western Univeristy; President, Hindu Yuva Local Chapter; Volunteer with Sewa International)
Contribution to Dharma Education by Sanatana Dharma Foundation
Shri Kalyan Vishwanathan
Sunday, October 2, 2011
07:00 AM to 08:00 AM: Breakfast
08:15 AM to 10:15 AM: Panel Six - "Dharma Education from Primary to High School"
Chair : Professor Shiva Bajpai
10:15 AM to 10:30 AM: Coffee break
10:30 AM to 12:00 Noon: Concluding session
Chairs:
Professsor David Trickett (President, Iliff School of Theology, Denver, CO)
Professor Ved Prakash Nanda
- Honoring Senior Academicians for their Outstanding Service: Professor Veena Howard
- Release of New Books by Scholars: Professor Christopher Key Chapple / Professor Jay Kumar
- Feedback about the conference and suggestions for 2012 Uberoi Foundation Experts' Meeting
- Comments by Uberoi Foundation Trustees
- Closing comments by Professor Ved Prakash Nanda
12:00 Noon to 1:00 PM: Lunch / Lunch boxes will be provided for people who need to depart Los Angeles right away.
