Gaurav Tekriwal is the founder and president of Vedic Maths Forum India. As an educator, he has been imparting high-speed vedic mental mathematics skills over the past fifteen years across the globe. He inspires and informs people, helping them to realize their true potential by introducing them to the world’s fastest mental-math system, called vedic mathematics. Gaurav is the author of Speed Math and his complete DVD set on the topic is popular among students and academicians worldwide. Through television programmes, DVDs, books, workshops and seminars, Gaurav has taken the Vedic Maths system to over four million students in India, South Africa, Australia, the United States and Oman. He is a four-time TED speaker and has been awarded the Young Visionaries Fellowship by the ministry of external affairs, India. Facebook-Gaurav Tekriwal
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Gaurav Tekriwal talks about The Great Indian Mathematicians: 15 Pioneers Who Put Indian Mathematics on the World Map
On 28th 11.00 am - 11:40 am
After a very warm welcome by the anchor, Mr Gaurav Tekriwal takes the stage and asks the audience about how many of them were in school or college. After which he introduces his topic, The Great Indian Mathematicians. Mr Tekriwal talks about how he always loved reading about mathematicians and how they had an influence on the world. And after reading about almost all the prominent mathematicians around the world, Mr Tekriwal realised that Indian mathematicians weren’t really represented much in these books and records despite groundbreaking contributions. He went on Amazon to find a book that talks about Indian mathematicians and their contributions, but to his surprise, he could not find a single book. That’s when he came to the conclusion that he had to write one to highlight the contribution of Indian mathematicians, a book that goes back in time and brings to the fore achievements that are unknown by the general public. His book The Great Indian Mathematicians: 15 Pioneers Who Put Indian Mathematics on the World Map brings much-needed limelight to the topic. The session goes on with a few more details of Mr Tekriwal’s book and how his journey. Soon the session comes to a close with an amazing insight for the audience.