This book is an interdisciplinary book that bridges classical Indian philosophy with contemporary research in cognitive science, psychology, and holistic health. The book brings together novel contributions that explore how ancient frameworks—such as the Bhagavad Gītā, Yoga Sūtras, Sāṅkhya, and Ayurveda—can inform modern understanding of the mind, consciousness, and emotional wellbeing. Topics include cognitive models of the psyche, psychological flexibility, prakṛti-based mental health frameworks, yogic and Ayurvedic therapies for anxiety and stress, and the neurobiology of intuition and meditation. The book also examines cultural and aesthetic dimensions of wellbeing through architecture, nāda (sound therapy), marma therapy, and personality theories rooted in Indian traditions. Contributors offer empirical, conceptual, and practice-based insights into how Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) can contribute to contemporary mental health and consciousness studies.
Table of Contents:
Wholeness and Intelligence: A Comparative Study of Bohmian Mechanics and J. Krishnamurti’s Philosophy.- Psychological Flexibility in Indian Thought: Exploring Sthitaprajna, Triguna, and Anasakti in Young Adults.- Nature of Chitta: A Descriptive Study with Special Reference to Rājamārtaṁḍa Vṛtti and Yogavārtika on Yoga Sutra of Patañjali.- The Dynamics of Thought Transformation: A Cognitive Perspective on Kaikeyī’s Decision-Making process in Ayodhya Kanda of Ramayana.- Indian Knowledge Systems and the Spirit World: Rethinking Assamese Ghost Folklore through Indigenous Epistemology.- Mental Health, Mental Illness and Happiness: A Yogic Perspective in Light of Patanjali Yoga Sutras.- Fetal Consciousness and Maternal Influence: A Comparative Study of the Garbhopanishad and Maternal-Fetal Attachment (MFA) Perspectives.- A Novel Approach to the Study of Samkhya Karikas.- Mind and its transcendence to Superconsciousness: Role of Prāṇa.- Marma Point Detection and Personalized Ayurvedic Diagnosis using Computer Vision.- Semantic Modelling and Knowledge Representation in Early Childhood Parenting: A State-of-the-art Review.- "Can the Upanishadic Rsis be Navigators in Achieving NEP 2020’s Vision on Realization and Liberation of the Self?".- Theatrical Techniques in Leadership Training: Enhancing Communication and Creativity in Corporate Teams.- Exploring Plant Consciousness: A Fusion of Indian Knowledge System and Scientific Discovery.
About the Author :
Prof. Laxmidhar Behera is the director of IIT Mandi and a senior professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Kanpur. He earned his B.Sc. (Engg) and M.Sc. (Engg) from NIT Rourkela and completed his Ph.D. from IIT Delhi in 1996. With postdoctoral research at the German National Research Centre for Information Technology, he has over 28 years of experience in teaching and research. His expertise spans intelligent systems, control, vision-based robotics, warehouse automation, brain–computer interfaces, drone technology, and consciousness studies. He has led projects worth over ₹25 crores and collaborated with TCS, Renault Nissan, and BEL. Prof. Behera has supervised 31 Ph.D. students, 70+ master's theses, authored three textbooks, and published over 380 papers. His book Intelligent Control of Robotic Systems won the Best Engineering Book Award (2020–21). He has collaborated with ETH Zurich, University of Texas San Antonio, and others.
Dr. Anirban Bandyopadhyay is a principal research scientist at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan. He did Ph.D. in IACS, Kolkata, 2005. From 2005 to 2008, he was an ICYS research fellow at NIMS, Japan. In 2008, he joined NIMS, built organic jelly-based artificial brain, quantum computer, molecular motor-based drugs, invented Dodecanogram for deep consciousness measurement, built Polyatomic time crystal-based Quantum cryptographic language, written a book “Nanobrain: The making of an artificial brain from a time crystal”, 2020. From 2013 to 2014 he was a visiting scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. He received the Hitachi Science and Technology award 2010, Inamori Foundation award 2011–2012, Kurata Foundation Award, and is a Sewa Society International member, Japan. He has published more than 197 papers, 42 patents, edited 23 books.
Prof. Ganpati Ramanath is the John Tod Horton professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana in 1997, following degrees from IIT Madras and the University of Cincinnati. His research focuses on structure-processing-property relationships in nanomaterials and interfaces for energy and electronics. He has published over 185 journal articles (h-index 53, ~12,000 citations), holds 9 US patents, and has delivered more than 235 invited talks globally. A co-founder of ThermoAura Inc., he served as the director of the NY State Center for Future Energy Systems and was an editor for IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology. Honors include Fellowships of MRS, APS, and AVS, the NSF CAREER Award, and the Humboldt Bessel Award. He has held visiting positions at institutions in Germany, Japan, Sweden, Australia, and India, including IISc Bangalore and RWTH Aachen.
