MUMBAI: An event organised by a collective at IIT-Bombay on ‘the science of begetting a good progeny’ raised a few eyebrows on the campus. The mail sent to everyone who subscribed to the updates on campus events mentioned that the talk on ‘Garbhavigyan‘ by an Ayurveda expert from Sanskruti Arya Gurukulam would be organised on Jan 18. A section of students claimed the institute recently cancelled an event organised by the gender cell and then replaced it with a different set of speakers but is now allowing events which could allegedly ‘promote pseudoscience‘.
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The mail added that the participants attending the talk would get to know about factors influencing the internal and external qualities of the child, how ancestors influence the qualities of the child, the health of the mother and foetus during pregnancy, preparations of the mind and body before pregnancy, consequences of carelessness during pregnancy, and some rules for ‘garbhasanskar’. It further stated that researchers, young adults, parents of young children, and educators could attend the event.
Some campus residents are disappointed by the organisation of the event in an engineering institute. A science institute holding such event could give it legitimacy, said one student. He pointed out that the institute recently rescheduled a panel discussion by Bhanwari Devi, Kavita Srivatsava, and Vrinda Grover titled: What it takes: re-making the workplace (or how Bhanwari Devi changed our world) and then conducted it on Thursday with a fresh set of speakers.
An institute official said the seminar is organised by the institute’s Sanskrit Cell and will be conducted by an expert in Ayurveda and it is not pseudoscience. “It is not a politically sensitive issue and therefore it did not go to the institute’s review committee. Indian knowledge and science should be analysed and should remain open for discussion. Garbha Vigyan means ‘systematic study of pregnancy’ and highlights healthy pregnancy practices from Ayurveda based on experience,” said the official. He said the gender cell event was not cancelled and conducted on Thursday.
A student said on the one hand, the institute wants to prevent students from learning about the struggles of women at workplace. “On the other hand, it is teaching them pseudo-science about pregnancy in the name of science… The unfortunate part is there seems to be no apparent resistance from campus community to such a regressive step,” said the student.
Mumbai: An event organised by a collective at IIT-Bombay on ‘the science of begetting a good progeny’ raised a few eyebrows on the campus. The mail sent to everyone who subscribed to the updates on campus events mentioned that the talk on ‘Garbhavigyan’ by an Ayurveda expert from Sanskruti Arya Gurukulam would be organised on Jan 18. A section of students claimed the institute recently cancelled an event organised by the gender cell and then replaced it with a different set of speakers but is now allowing events which could allegedly ‘promote pseudoscience’.
The mail added that the participants attending the talk would get to know about factors influencing the internal and external qualities of the child, how ancestors influence the qualities of the child, the health of the mother and foetus during pregnancy, preparations of the mind and body before pregnancy, consequences of carelessness during pregnancy, and some rules for ‘garbhasanskar’. It further stated that researchers, young adults, parents of young children, and educators could attend the event.
Some campus residents are disappointed by the organisation of the event in an engineering institute. A science institute holding such event could give it legitimacy, said one student. He pointed out that the institute recently rescheduled a panel discussion by Bhanwari Devi, Kavita Srivatsava, and Vrinda Grover titled: What it takes: re-making the workplace (or how Bhanwari Devi changed our world) and then conducted it on Thursday with a fresh set of speakers.
An institute official said the seminar is organised by the institute’s Sanskrit Cell and will be conducted by an expert in Ayurveda and it is not pseudoscience. “It is not a politically sensitive issue and therefore it did not go to the institute’s review committee. Indian knowledge and science should be analysed and should remain open for discussion. Garbha Vigyan means ‘systematic study of pregnancy’ and highlights healthy pregnancy practices from Ayurveda based on experience,” said the official. He said the gender cell event was not cancelled and conducted on Thursday.
A student said on the one hand, the institute wants to prevent students from learning about the struggles of women at workplace. “On the other hand, it is teaching them pseudo-science about pregnancy in the name of science… The unfortunate part is there seems to be no apparent resistance from campus community to such a regressive step,” said the student.
