Welcome to Swathanthra Lokam 2014

3rd Swathanthra Lokam  National Freethinking and Science Seminar is going to be held in Municipal Town hall, Palakkad, Kerala on December 27 and 28th 2014. It's being jointly organised by Yukthivadi Sangham, Science Trust Calicut, Freethinkers (Facebook group) , Nirmukta and Kerala Freethinkers Forum. 

Swathanthra Lokam 2014 is promising a grand intellectual feast for those who dare to think freely and independently. It will also be an opportunity to meet fellow atheist-freethinkers and exchange pleasantries and ideas. 

The seminar will be inaugurated by Shri Babu Gogineni, the former executive director of International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU). 

Programme

27/12/14

930-1030 am

Inaugural Session 

Inauguration address: Babu Gogineni

1030-1200 noon

Women and Free thinking 

Dr C Viswanathan, Editor, Yukthiyugam

1200-0130 pm

Ayurveda - a scientific approach

Dr P Viswanathan, Ayurvedic Physician, Hyderabad 

0130-0230 pm

 Lunch

0230-0400 pm

Weird worlds of the fast and the small

Vaishakan Thampi, Physicist , CSIR, Thiruvananthapuram

0400-0530 pm

Media and Free thought 

Mohammed Nazeer, Sr Assistant Editor, The Hindu

0530-0700 pm

'Hotel Punyam A/C'

Prof C Ravichandran, Author, Science promoter

0730 pm 

Open House: direct interaction with Maithreyan, the author of land mark Malayalam book 'Manushyarariyan'

Dinner

28/12/14

0800-0900 

Breakfast 

900-0945 am

Role of hunger in the development of infant brain

Dr Vijayan A.P., Pediatrician, Calicut

0945-1100 am

Free thought Parenting

Geetha T.G , Nirmukta, Chennai

1100-1230 pm

Physics and it's spiritualistic interpretations

Prof V Vijayakumar, Physics Dept Govt Victoria College

1230-0130 pm
Modern Chathans and synthetic gods
Dr Manoj Kommath, Scientist, SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram

0130-0200 pm 

Lunch

0200-0300 pm

Democracy and Majoritarianism

Dr Arun N.M, Palakkad. 

0300-0430 pm

Natural farming and Organic farming - a Scientific view

Dr K.M.Sreekumar, Professor, Kerala Agricultural University. 

0430-0600 pm 

'Morality' of our Society 

E.A.Jabbar, Yukthivadi Sangham, Kerala

Registration for the seminar is now open. Registration fee will be Rs 500 per person (including meals). 

Please send the registration fee to the bank account of Yukthivadi Sangham, Palakkad.

  SBI Current Account No:  34185267653 IFSC Code SBIN0012861. Branch Kunnathurmedu, Palakkad. 

Liberal donations for the smooth conduct of the Seminar is also very welcome.

After sending your registration fee please send the details of your payment, your address, your phone number and the need if any of Hotel accommodation to sl2014pkd@gmail.com 

For more information please contact any of the following numbers  09744881883 , 09744881883 or mail to sl2014pkd@gmail.com