February 2026 Blog

India in the Science–Religion Conversation: Plurality, Tension, Promise Augustine Pamplany Director of the Institute of Science and Religion, Kochi, and Research Dean at the Xavier–Loyola Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. Email: apamplany@iaiss.com   In 2006, Elon University (USA) and the Interdisciplinary University of Paris collaborated on a project titled Global Perspectives on Science and Spirituality (GPSS), supported by the John Templeton Foundation. The initiative arose from a recognition that science–religion dialogue had been largely shaped by Euro-American questions and frameworks. Its aim was to broaden this conversation by bringing in intellectual, philosophical, and spiritual resources from other cultural worlds, especially South Asia. A few scholars from India participated in this project to examine how the Indian tradition conceptualises nature, mind, and ultimate reality, and how these

April 2025 Blog

International Symposium on Developments in Artificial Intelligence & Humanoid Technology by Job Kozhamthadam   Recent developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI), accompanied by humanoid technology, are arguably the greatest achievement of human ingenuity to date. Thanks to these breath-taking breakthroughs, the claim is made that it is only a matter of time when human scientific prowess will have produced in its laboratory not only living beings, including humans, but also superhumans or posthumans. Recent amazing achievements like the humanoid Sophia, which was awarded Saudi citizenship in 2017, the humanoid Ameca, the world’s most advanced robot so far, the Chinese humanoid SEO1 with its ability to have a natural, human-like gait, and many others – each with its own specialties – seem to assure us that contemporary science’s claim is

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March 2023 Blog

IISR Delhi International & National Symposiums AI-Robotics Revolution & Science-Religion Dialogue Job Kozhamthadam, SJ.   Ever since its inception 25 years ago, IISR (Indian Institute of Science and Religion) Delhi has been organizing much-appreciated international symposiums on cutting-edge developments in science and technology and their impact on human society and religion. These megaevents have been IISR’s attempt to translate into practice its ambitious vision of blending harmoniously the latest findings of modern science and the deepest insights of religions to build up a better humanity, a richer world and a more humane India, particularly in the multireligious, multicultural and multiracial fabric of India. In the past it has organized 13 international symposiums on epoch-making scientific breakthroughs like the discovery of the God-Particle (Higg’s Boson) in 2012, discovery of

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