Vivekananda Samiti, IIT Kanpur was privileged to organize a very unique 3 days
Seminar on
"Vivekananda and Modern Science: Intuition, Innovation and Imagination"
by two very eminent Indian scientists, Dr. TGK Murthy and Dr. H C Vema, on 10th-12th August, 2013.

Dr. TGK Murthy, Former Director,ISRO, is a distinguished scientist who has
been involved in the design of various electro-optical systems which have
been successfully implemented in several satellites. Some of his research
papers were adjudged as the best in the world literature. Dr. Murthy
received six times the NRDC(Govt. of India) awards, WISTEX award, AFCCI,
FICCI, IETE gold medals for his significant research contributions in
Optical, Thin Film and Instrumentation areas. He is deeply interested in
science and philosophy and has written a book: Swami Vivekananda - An
Intuitive Scientist, being greatly inspired by the scientific thoughts and
insights of Swamiji. He is keenly interested in reaching out to the
younger generation by means of Indian spirituality and science.