According to B Shilpa of the organisation, Vasista has been celebrating December 22, the birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan, the National Mathematics Day, every year to pay tribute to many accounted and unaccounted mathematicians of ancient India for their contribution to the field of Mathematics.
“To make the celebration worthwhile, this year, Vasista is conducting free workshops to 1,000 students of class 7, 8 and 9 of government and private schools. The workshop on ‘Vedic Maths and Indian Mathematics’ is being held at Vasista’s office at Kuvempu Nagar, in Mysuru up to February 15, for 30 students per day,” she said.
“Vedic Maths is an ancient system of mathematics, which was rediscovered from the Vedas between 1911 and 1918 by seer Swami Bharathi Krisna Thirthaji of Govardhana Pitha (1884-1960). According to his research, all kinds of calculations of Mathematics are based on a 16-word formulae or the sutras and 13 upasutras. It is the world’s fastest way of doing maths, where one can do complex calculations like 998X993 in less than five seconds and 7584656/9 in less than 9 to 10 seconds,” she said.
Shilpa said, “Vedic Maths is recommended for aspirants of competitive exams like UPSC, KPSC, banking, etc as it takes hardly 30-36 seconds to read, understand and solve a problem. The workshop aims at creating awareness about the importance of Indian Ancient Knowledge and its application in academics and also day-to-day life among the new generations. The participants acquaint themselves with the magic of Vedic Maths and uncover mental arithmetic and take home endless short one-line solutions for complex mathematic numbers, including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division by S Vinuthan, director of Vasista Eduventures.”
She said, “Since the inception of Vasista Eduventures in 2011, Vinuthan has been conducting Vedic Math classes in various parts of the country through franchises of Vasista. More than 10,000 students and over 700 teachers have been trained across 22 states. The workshop is conducted from 9.30 am to 4.30 pm. Each school is allowed to send one boy and one girl from class 7, 8 and 9 respectively to attend the workshop.”
source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> District / by T R Satish Kumar / DH News Service / Mysuru – December 27th, 2017