Trinidad And Tobago Hosts World Vedic Knowledge Conference

Source: Press Release (HPI)
Wednesday, 25 Augest, 2010

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO : Over 100 scholars from India and around the globe are gathered for the World Association of Vedic Studies (WAVES) at the University of the West Indies, August 4 to 7. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar will to address the atendees.

This is the first time that such a conference is being held in the Caribbean. It is being co-organized by WAVES, the Indian High Commission and the Mahatma Gandhi Cultural Centre. “The universal insights of the Vedas have much to guide and inform us in this challenging global climate, hence we have chosen the conference theme: Vedic Knowledge for Civilizational Harmony,” says Prof. Bal Ram Singh, conference chair.