Latvian Association for
Holistic Medicine and Naturopatia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia
Turiba University (Latvia), University of Latvia (Latvia)
Dev Sanskriti University (India), University of Madras (India),
University of Hyderabad (India), Manipal University (India)
The first half of 2015 is marked by the Latvian Presidency of the Council of the EU. It is not only an important event demanding great responsibility, but also an opportunity to implement creative and thought-provoking ideas on issues collectively important to the governments, general public and each individual in the EU member states.
Latvia as an EU member state and internationally recognized as an efficient transportation hub in the
Baltic Sea Region is highly interested to promote an exchange of views on how India and Latvia might create a network of cooperation in different academic, research and business aspects in the future.
Latvia stresses the importance of discussing such issues as Ayurveda and modern science, biology and environment, climate changes, society, traditions, religion, education, pharmacology, arts, business environment and tourism, opportunities for the development of the transport and logistic linkages between
Europe and Asia.
May 28 - 30, 2015
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, K.Valdemāra street 3, LV-1395, Riga Latvia
Turiba University, Graudu street 68, LV-1058, Riga, Latvia
University of Latvia, Raiņa Blvd. 19, LV-1050, Riga, Latvia
Botanical garden of the University of Latvia, Kandavas street 2, Riga, Latvia
The Pauls Stradiņš Museum for History of Medicine, Antonijas street 1, Riga, Latvia
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9:00 – 10:00
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia (K.Valdemāra street 3). Registration for Scientific Network. Morning Coffee.
10:00 – 12:00
Conference Opening (Press Conference hall)
CHAIR: Viktors Makarovs, Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia
MP Atis Lejiņš, Group for Interparliamentary Relations with India
Guntis Belēvičs,
Minister for Health of Latvia
Nilanjan Sanyal, Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH
Mārcis Auziņš,
Rector, University of Latvia
Aldis Baumanis, Rector, Turiba University
Chinmay Pandya, Vice-Chancellor, Dev Sanskriti University
Rao Jandhjyala P., Department Head, Hyderabad University
11:00 – 11:30
Barbara Harriss–White: Towards a lower carbon future: international, multi-disciplinary and cross-generational research collaboration – an experience of India, Oxford University, UK
11:30 – 12:00
Idesbald Goddeeris: India and Europe – limited knowledge and distorted perceptions?
Leuven India Focus, University of Leuven, Belgium
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch at University of Latvia (Raiņa Blvd. 19)
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13.30
Buses to the Botanical garden of the University of Latvia, Kandavas street 2 (departing from the main entrance of the University of Latvia, Raiņa Blvd. 19)
Parallel Sessions
A, B, C
Session A:
INTERPRETATIONS OF CULTURAL TRADITIONS IN THE
CONTEMPORARY WORLD
14:00 – 15:30
Botanical garden of the University of Latvia /Barn (Kandavas street 2)
Session A1:
CHAIR, session A1: Ilze Rūmniece, University of Latvia
Acharya Srinivasa Kumar N., Inamdar Neeta: Ethical contextualism and Indian epics: a discourse on
Dharma and Nīti
Agita Baltgalve: Gradual enlightenment ideas of Indian Buddhism in the system of Tibetan religious education
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Gopal Krishna Sharma, Abhay Saxena: A Study of Consciousness from the epoch of Humans towards
Computers
Naveen Kumar Pandey, Abhay Saxena: Roadmap to Youth for future development of globe in Context with Taittiriya Upanishad
15:30 – 15:45
Coffee Break
15:45 – 17:00
Session A2:
CHAIR, session A2: Boris Zakharyin, Moscow State University
Ilze Rūmniece: Ancient texts about amber in Hindu lands
Anastasija Ropa: India through European Eyes from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century
Arnis Siliņš: Stereotypes and Reality on "East" - "West" cultural juxtaposition
Kirloskar Pranjali: The issue of hijab in France and questions around the notion of inclusivity
Session B:
CLIMATE CHANGE: LOCAL AND GLOBAL IMPLICATIONS
14:00 – 15:30
Botanical garden of the University of Latvia/Tropical house
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Session B1:
CHAIR, session B1 : Māris Kļaviņš,
University of Latvia
Jayaram Dhanasree: Climate-Food-Energy-Water nexus in India and prospects for India-EU cooperation
Shaji Sadasivan: Indian-European Union Relations in the contemporary period: a reflection
Sivaram V.: Medicinal plants of Himalaya, a potential resource for development
Valdis Tilgalis: Latvia-India relationship in the past and in perspective
Viesturs Pauls Karnups: Latvia and India: Economic Relations 1918-1940
15:30 – 15.45
Coffee Break
15:45 – 17.00
Session B2:
CHAIR, session B2: Nithyanandam Krupanandam, University of Hyderabad
Biswas Mitrajit: India and its climate change policies: national, regional and global implications
Oskars Purmalis, Māris Kļaviņš: Adaptation to potential climate change in energy sector in Latvia
Hebbar Meghana: The Paradox of Development – India's push for coal energy and its implications on society
Sivaram V, R. Shubharani: How honeybee products are vital to human health care
18:00
Dinner at Barn Cafe and meeting Indian diaspora
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Session C:
ACADEMIC FORUM: HOW TO INTEGRATE TRADITIONAL HOLISTIC
MEDICAL SCIENCE IN MODERN ACADEMIC, RESEARCH AND HEALTH
CARE PRACTICES?
14:00 – 17:00
Small Aula, University of Latvia (Raiņa Blvd. 19)
CHAIRS, session C: Valdis Pīrāgs, University of Latvia, and Chinmay Pandya , Dev Sanskriti
Vishwavidyalaya Haridwar
Introduction: commemoration the 80th anniversary of the first Riga meeting on Promotion of the Holistic Medicine in 1930.
Participants:
Official representatives of the Ministry of AYUSH, New Delhi, India
Szilvassy Zoltan, Vice-Chancellor of Debrecen University, Hungary
Chinmay Pandya, Pro Vice-Chancellor from Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya Haridwar, India
Simone Hunziker, founding President of the Indo-Swiss Ayurveda Foundation (ISA), Geneva,
Switzerland
Harsha Gramminger, President of the European Ayurveda Association e.V.
Martin Mittwede, Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main, Germany and the Rosenberg European Academy of Ayurveda in Birstein, Germany.
Goda Denapiene, Vilnius University, Lithuania and Lina Lukosiene, Ayurveda Academy of Lithuania.
Ayurveda in Lithuania
Ilona Ābele –Šrenka, head of the Ayurveda section of the Latvian Association of Holistic Medicine and
Naturopathy. Ayurveda in Latvia
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Nikolajs Nikolajevs , president of the International Council for Medical Acupuncture and Related
Techniques (ICMART), Latvia.
Ram Manohar, Director and Chief Scientific Officer, AVP Research Foundation, Coimbatore, India
Anand Kumar Chaudhary, Department of Rasa Shastra (Ayurvedic Pharmaceutics)
Faculty of Ayurveda, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
18:00
Dinner at Barn Cafe and meeting Indian diaspora
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XVI International Scientific Conference:
TOWARDS SMART, SUSTAINABLE AND INCLUSIVE EUROPE:
CHALLENGES FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
8:15 – 9:00
Turiba University (Graudu street 68, Library, Quite room)
Registration for XVI conference. Morning coffee.
9:00 – 9:15
XVI conference opening
Moderator: Ēriks Lingebērziņš, Turiba University
Opening words:
Aldis Baumanis, Rector, Turiba University
Agita Doniņa,
Dean of the Faculty of International Tourism, Turiba University
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9:15 -11:30
Franciso Dias, Rediscovering Destination Choice Set as an Useful Tool for Destination
Branding Assessment,
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar - Peniche Santuário Nossa Senhora dos Remédios, PhD in Tourism Scineces
Guntis Zemītis,
Latvian identity and cultural environment of Latvia, Turiba University
R. Siva Prasad, Development, Sustainability and Prosperity: is Peace and Social Justice a
Part of this Process?, University of Hyderabad, Department of Anthropology
Urs Wagenseil, Destination Management and Sustainability, Hochschule Luzern, Wirtschaft,
Institut für Tourismuswirtschaft
11:30 – 12:30
Lunch, at café `Nīke`
12:30 – 14:30
Parallel section work I: sections A1, A2, and A3
14:30 - 15:00
Coffee Break
15:00 – 17:00
Parallel section work II: sections B1, B2, and B3
17:00 – 17:15
Reports of the chairmen of the sections
17:15 – 18:00
Closing of the XVI conference & discussions
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Session D
Session D1: MULTICULTURALISM AND MULTILINGUALISM
9:30 – 11:00
Small Aula, University of Latvia (Raiņa blvd. 19)
CHAIR, session D1: Prof. J.Prabhakara Rao, University of Hyderabad
Druviete Ina - Dynamics of multilingualism in the European Union and India: ideologies and practices
Zakharin Boris, Khokhlova Ludmila – Language attitudes in Europe and South Asia
Shetty Praveen K., Inamdar Neeta – 'Multiculturality' of India: exploring beyond the ideas of
'multiculturalism'
Lange Claudia – Word order and discourse organization in spoken Indian English
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break
Session D2: CULTURAL IDENTITY IN GLOBAL AND LOCAL CONTEXT
11:30 – 13:00
Small Aula, University of Latvia (19 Raiņa Blvd.)
CHAIR, session D2: Boris Zakharin, Moscow State University
Jandhjala P. Rao – Cultural identity, global and local citizen: a case study of India and European Union
Vadthya Kishore – Changes in cultural identity of Lambada community in the context of globalization
Nithyanandam Krupanandam - Tamil people in Europe: spread of Dravidian culture as a result of globalization
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13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 15:00
Session D2: CULTURAL IDENTITY IN GLOBAL AND LOCAL CONTEXT
CHAIR, session D2: Shahnawaz Shahnwaz, University of Salzburg
Goškina Elīna - Post-colonial Literature in the 21st century: works by the Indian writer Chetan Bhagat
Kishor Nanda
– Interrogating Globalization and its effects on Society, Culture and education: an Indian perspective
Garcia-Borron Maria-Dolores - Latvian and Indian art documentaries: a survey
15:00 – 15:15
Coffee Break
Session D3: ROUND TABLE: EDUCATION AND GLOBALIZATION
15:15 – 16:30
CHAIRS, session D3: Neeta Inamdar, Manipal University and Tatjana Muravska, University of Latvia
Shahnavaz Shahnavaz - The role of lifelong learning for the industry and personality development
Yatgiri Rashmi, Inamdar Neeta
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Towards building a collective identity: a study of the Bologna
Process and the European higher education area
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Ajey B. Vemulapadu
Developing intercultural competence in foreign language clasroom: a case study of India and EU
Purva G. Sharma, Manasawita Singh
Social media as an effective tool for today's education
Participants of the roundtable:
Uwe Skoda, Aarhus University, Denmark
Shazia Aziz Wülbers,
Bremen University of Applied Sciences
Monika Blaschke, Bremen University of Applied Sciences
Friedrich Lehmann, Bremen University of Applied Sciences
16:30 – 17:00 CONCLUSIONS: IDEAS FOR FURTHER COOPERATION
CHAIRS: Sigma Ankrava, University of Latvia, Jandhyala P. Rao, University of Hyderabad,
Claudia Lange , Dresden Technical University
Session E
Session E1: AYURVEDA AND MODERN SCIENCE OF HEALTH
10:00 – 17:00
The Pauls Stradiņš Museum for History of Medicine (Antonijas street 1)
Key areas: Opportunities and challenges of integrative medicine, Ayurveda and pharmacology
PART I: 9:30 – 13:00 with coffee break at 11:00
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CHAIRS, session E1, part I: P. Ram Manohar, Coimbatore, India , Nikolajs Nikolajevs, Riga,
Latvia
Martin Mittwede (Germany), Ayurveda as a scientific medical system - glimpses into the contents of Sanskrit Ayurvedic classics
Chinmay Pandya (India) , Applied Science of Yagya - Concept and Application of Yagya
Therapy
Šimons Svirskis (Latvia),
Quantum Medicine - Mystery or Reality? Visions and Perspectives
Szilvássy Zoltán (Hungary)
, Mode of action of herbal medicine: new approaches in explanation of the pathways
Boris Ragozin (Russia), Effect of Patanjali yoga on psychophysiological indicators of human body
Carla Peeters (The Netherlands), Personalized integrative care for people with chronic diseases
Nikolajs Nikolajevs (Latvia), Some issues concerning the Integrative Medical Tradition
Panel discussion (all speakers)
13:00 – 14:00
LUNCH
14:00 – 17:00
PART II: with tea break at 15:15
CHAIRS, session E1, part II: Antonella Della Fave, University of Milan, Somit Kumar,
Coimbatore, India
Simone Hunziker (Switzerland), Professional Training in Ayurveda Medicine in the West
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Harsha Gramminger (Germany) , Cost and Health Benefits from Integrating New Age
Ayurveda into European Health Systems
Anand Choudhary (India), Authoritative Ayurvedic Researches in Indian and European
Universities: An Augmentative Approach for Assertive Ayurvedic Medicines
P. Ram Manohar (India) , Strategies and methods of research for scientific evaluation of
Ayurveda
Madan Thangavelu (United Kingdom) , Refining & Repositioning AYUSH Research: Pan-
European and Global Research Horizons and Networks for advancing AYUSH & Ayurveda
Research
Antonella Della Fave (Italy), The use of well-being indicators in clinical research and practice: convergences between Ayurveda and Western science
Panel discussion (all speakers)
17:30
Leaving by busses for dinner at restaurant 'Rāma'
17:45 – 18:30
Dinner at restaurant `Rāma`
18:30
Leaving by buses for Midsummer fest at University of Latvia country house `Ratnieki`,
Sigulda. Folk group VILKI, choir “Jubilata”, conductor Prof. Juris Kļaviņš & Midsummer night performance. Please take warm cloths and umbrellas (in case it rains)
23:00
Returning home
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10:00 – 14:00
Main building, University of Latvia (Raiņa Blvd. 19)
Session E2: AYURVEDA AND MODERN SCIENCE OF HEALTH
9:30 – 14:00
Main building, University of Latvia (Raiņa Blvd. 19)
Key areas: New approach to clinical studies: current situation and future perspectives
CHAIRS, session E2: Madan Thangavelu, Cambridge University, and Christian Kessler,
Universitätsmedizin Berlin: Charité
Nereo Bresolin, Antonella Della Fave (Italy), Western treatment and Ayurveda in Duchenne muscle dystrophy: clinical evaluation of their integration potential
Naushad Ali Tachaparamban (Russia), Study of the efficacy of the Ayurvedic treatment modalities in the rehabilitation of infantile cerebral palsy patients
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Goda Denapiene (Lithuania), Gut health: integrated approach of modern science and ancient knowledge
Jānis A. Sīpols (Latvia),
Application of the principles of Integrative medicine in Neuroscience
H.P.T. Ammon (Germany) , Salai Guggal – an Ayurvedic Remedy prevents development of insulitis
Christian Kessler (Germany), Results of the Charaka-Trial on osteoarthritis of the knee
Somit Kumar (India), Strategies in Pharmacognostic, Phytochemical and Pharmacological evaluation of Ayurvedic drugs
Sintija Sauša (Latvia),
How to do a randomised placebo controlled study on Ayurvedic treatment of diabetes?
Rowan Barton (Latvia), Ayurvedic approach to individualised therapy of diabetes mellitus
13:45 – 14:00
Conference Conclusions & Closing Ceremony
Sightseeing Riga
10:00 – 12:30
12.30 – 13:15
Lunch
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: will be published online at Turiba University home page, site Business
& Science, can be obtained by phone + 371 67619693 or by email to the Conference Executive Board: conference@turiba.lv or indiancentre@lu.lv
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