The Science Centre, located at Goodwill Estate, Corbyn’s Cove Road, Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, is organizing “Holiday Camp” for the benefit of students from 1st May to 30th May 2013. Students can have practical experience on trades like Ship Building from May 02 to 06, Fun Mathematics / Fiber Glass Modeling from May…
Dr. Tom Arcaro, Professor of Sociology, Elon University, US and his team are conducting an online survey on international community of atheists. It is an exercise in understanding the community of non-believers the world over. Though it is designed to be an international survey, so far it has elicited responses mostly from US and Canada. Since…
Dr Paul Kurtz (December 21, 1925 Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A – October 20, 2012) was a prominent American skeptic and secular humanist. He has been called “the father of secular humanism”. He was Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo, US. Kurtz founded the publishing house Prometheus Books in…
We reproduce a communication received from Atheist Centre, Vijayawada which is celebrating the Birth Centenary of Saraswathi Gora on September 28 – 29, 2012. Saraswathi Gora Centenary International Conference Atheist Centre is celebrating Saraswathi Gora’s Birth Centenary by organizing an international conference on the theme, ‘Be Bold Be Human: March towards Equality’, at Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh,…
We reproduce below a communication received from Karnataka Rajya Vicharavadi Okkootta (Federation of Karnataka State Rationalist Associations): Federation of Karnatka State Rationalist Associations (Karnataka Rajya Vicharavadi Okkootta) is organizing the 1st state level rationalist conference at SHRAVANABELOGOLA on 18th & 19th of May 2012. As you are aware, a get-together of more than 100 rationalist and…
V Kumaresan VIII National Conference of Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations (FIRA) was held at Nagpur, Maharashtra on 11th and 12th February 2012. FIRA constitutes 83 Rationalist Associations from different states of the country. The Conference was held at Hindi Bhawan Ram Gopal Maheswari Subagraha, Rani Jhansi Square, Sitabuldi, Nagpur. The Conference was hosted by…
The 3rd Premanand Memorial Lecture organized by Science Trust, Kozhikode, Kerala will be held on January 22, 2012 at Nalanda Auditorium, Kozhikode. We give below the programme schedule mailed to us by Sajit C, an office bearer of the Trust. The 5th Anniversary of Science Trust & the 3rdPremanand Memorial Lecture On Sunday, the 22nd January 2012 …
Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations (FIRA), an apex body of more than 75 rationalist, skeptic, secularist organizations in India, has instituted an award in memory of its founder-convener, B Premanand. This award will be given to people who have given valuable contribution towards secularism, scientific temper, skepticism, rational inquiry etc in India. For this year’s…
The 8th National Conference of Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations (FIRA) will be held at Nagpur, Maharashtra, on 11th and 12th February 2012. FIRA, an apex body of more than 75 rationalist, atheist, skeptic, secularist and science organisations in India., is committed to the development of scientific temper and humanism in India.. The Federation is…
Here is a mail we have received from the organizers of a Freethinkers’ Meet to be held in Kerala. Friends, Science trust-Calicut and Yukthiyugam magazine ( to commence publication shortly) invite all interested friends to attend a meet at Thrissur, Kerala on 20th November. For details, please see the attached brochure. Science trust, Calicut