00:00India's civilizational wisdom is older than history, deeper than the oceans and wider than imagination.
00:09Today as the world looks for answers in sustainable living, consciousness and knowledge,
00:15Indology, the global study of India's civilization is once again stepping into the spotlight.
00:21Indology is the academic bridge that connects the world to India's mind,
00:25exploring our scriptures, languages, philosophies, arts, sciences and cultural heritage.
00:33It is the lens through which the world first understood Ayurveda, Yoga, Panini's grammar, Vedic astronomy and our timeless epics.
00:43At the G20 summit in Johannesburg, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that India's civilizational wisdom
00:49must guide the world towards stability, compassion and sustainability.
00:54Indology is no longer just academic curiosity, it's now a framework for India's global leadership.
01:02With the National Education Policy 2020, India made a historic shift,
01:07integrating Indian knowledge systems into mainstream education.
01:11From engineering to environmental science, linguistics to public policy,
01:16IKS is reviving India's Indian sciences through modern research tools.
01:21In a landmark moment for civilizational revival, Adhani Group chairman Gautam Adhani announced
01:27a rupees 100 crore contribution to advance Indology, support global centers of Indian studies
01:33and digitize India's vast knowledge archives.
01:37Our ancestors protected this knowledge through sacrifice
01:43and today, we must protect it through commitment.
01:50Therefore, as a beginning, I am humbled to announce a founding contributions of rupees 100 crores
02:03towards building the Bharat knowledge graph and supporting the scholars and technologists
02:23who will contribute to this Indology mission.
02:32With the five-year program worth rupees 13.16 crore,
02:37The Adhani Group and the Ministry of Education's IKS division are supporting 14 PhD scholars
02:43in fields ranging from Paninian linguistics to astronomy, traditional engineering, political thought
02:50and heritage studies.
02:52For centuries, India was studied by the world.
02:55Now, India is leading the study of itself.
02:58This conclave marks a shift from passive observation to intellectual ownership,
03:03from imitation to innovation.
03:06Calling for a new Nalanda, Mr. Adhani emphasized the need for world-class institutions dedicated
03:11to Indology, centers that blend classical knowledge with cutting-edge research tools like
03:17multi-modal archiving, computational linguistics and systems thinking.
03:23This Indology gathering is not just a conference, it is a declarations.
03:31A declarations that Bharat will not allow her culture to be fractured, diluted or divided ever again.
03:48A declarations that Bharat will not allow her memory to be re-written as it was after Nalanda.
04:07Shankaracharya Avimukhteshwaranand Saraswati Ji of Jyotish Peet reminded the nation that true education is incomplete without sanskar.
04:21Gyan ke saath sanskar na ho to samaj apni dishag ho deeta hai, he said, underlining the moral foundation of Indian knowledge.
04:29In a rare dialogue, iconic actors Arun Govel and Nitesh Bharadwaj revisited the leadership lessons of Lord Rama and Lord Krishna.
04:38Clarity, courage, compassion and their strength to act without ego.
04:44From yoga to Ayurved, from dharma diplomacy to Sanskrit computing, Indology is now India's global cultural and intellectual soft power.
04:52The conclave showcased how India's civilizational voice is shaping global discourse.
04:59Reclaiming our knowledge graph is not nostalgia, it is identity, confidence, pride.
05:05It strengthens national character and global respect.
05:09When India studies itself with honesty and presents its wisdom with authority, the world listens.
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