About the Journal
Savijnanam—Scientific Exploration for a Spiritual Paradigm is the flagship journal of the Bhaktivedanta Institute. The institute was founded in 1974 by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada (1896-1977), one of the greatest spiritual ambassadors of India to the world.
One of the main aims of the journal is to explore the close link between science and spirituality. This journal will serve as an open forum where thoughts and dialogues of prominent thinkers of the world relating to spiritual paradigms can be scientifically presented. We will make a humble attempt to generate some interest among scholars seeking to resolve some of the current ethical problems in biengineering and biotechnology, for example cloning, among others. We also hope to generate certain guidelines for global ethics and world peace by investigating the important connection between scientific knowledge and spirituality.
We hope that the articles in this journal will provide readers with further insights into their search for the meaning and nature of life, particularly the human form of life.
Founding Editor-in-Chief:
Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami (T. D. Singh), Bhaktivedanta Institute, Kolkata
Editorial Advisory Board:
Gregory A. Benford, University of California, Irvine
Bijoy Boruah, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Kanchan Chowdhury, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Amit Goswami, University of Oregon, Eugene
S. Mitra, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
S.K. Mukherjee, Indian Association for Cultivation of Science, Kolkata
A.K. Mukhopadhyay, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Karl H. Pribram, Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
P.K. Roy, Govt. of India, New Delhi
P.B. Sharma, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Bhopal
Jagadish N. Srivastava, Colorado State University, Fort Collins
E.C.G. Sudarshan, University of Texas, Austin
Fred A. Wolf, University of California, Los Angeles
Associate Editors:
Varun Agarwal, Bhaktivedanta Institute, Kolkata
Mohan Ashtakala, Bhaktivedanta Institute, Denver
Phalguni Banerjee, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Munmun Ghosh, Bhaktivedanta Institute, Kolkata
Sudipto Ghosh, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
P.K. Giri, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
Vasudeva Rao Kavutarapu, Bhaktivedanta Institute, Kolkata
Siva Sankara Rao Kota, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Bhaskar Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Subhash Chandra Mishra, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
Mohan Ravuru, Bhaktivedanta Institute, Singapore
Manoranjan Sinha, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Thanigai Malai Thirumalai, Bhaktivedanta Institute, Kolkata
Abhishek Tiwari, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Arun Uday, Bhaktivedanta Institute, Kolkata
Ramgopal Uppaluri, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
Rakesh Vaiwala, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec