Indian Institute of Scientific Heritage
The Indian Institute of Scientific Heritage, (IISH), is a charitable organization founded in 1999 by Dr. N Gopalakrishnan a famous scientist from CSIR. It is based in Trivandrum, India. The objective of the Institute is to serve as a research centre for studies regarding the History of Bharath, its Science & culture .
Objectives of IISH
- Learning and teaching the scientific and cultural heritage of India with a scientific vision.
- Bringing documents like books, audiocassettes, films, CDs, etc for learning and teaching the heritage.
- Conducting seminars, study classes, academic level competitions, etc., for fulfilling the missions of the Institute.
- Giving a clear understanding of the superstitions and taking the mission of removing the superstition from the day-to-day life of the people by scientific teaching.
- Giving the substantiated scientific proof on the merits of the customs and rituals, which are followed by Indians from many millennia.
- Clearly separating out the non-scientific traditions from the scientific traditions and explaining about their merits.
- Bringing out all the merits of the Indian literature and giving a correct picture on the literature heritage of our nation.
- Informing the world of the wrong Eurocentric notion about Indian Scientifc heritage.Providing Information of things connected with science and technology and integrated life management, which is still being practiced by Indians from time immemorial.
Publications
IISH launched Heritage India News on Vishu day, 2007.