Please note that both the terms, IAF (India Awareness Foundation) and BAF (Bharat Awareness Forum) are used on this site.
India Awareness Foundation was earlier known as India Awareness Forum until Oct-2005.
Since the dawn of Vedic Civilization Bharat (India) has made significant contributions to the world civilization, culture, and knowledge in all spheres of human activities. Most of these contributions even today remain unknown to the wider world and in many cases unacknowledged and often distorted.
The present day Indian psyche has been highly influenced by nearly one thousand years of foreign domination and distortion of the Indian history. Even educated Indians are made to believe that their religion and their culture are primitive and that their forefathers did not contribute in any significant way to the world knowledge resulting into a loss of self-esteem. The sum of these factors has resulted in creating an ignorant, indifferent, and confused Indian society.
Keeping the above background in mind, Bharat Awareness Forum (BAF) was formed in August 1999. BAF is a non-profit independent entity for participation to all persons irrespective of color, national origin, ethnicity, or religion.
To create awareness amongst the people of Indian origin and those interested in knowing about Indian:
Contributions to the World in various fields
Religion, Philosophy, Science,
Medicine, Engineering, Mathematics,
Astronomy, Information technology
History
Geography
Culture (Art, Music, Languages and Traditions)
Issues affecting Bharat (India)
To organize public lectures, symposiums, discussion groups, and debates on the above stated multi-disciplinary areas that will help create awareness and educate in the US about India.
To interact, promote, and encourage all such Bharat awareness activities carried out by other forums and organizations with similar objectives.
To invite scholars/academics in multidisciplinary areas for regular monthly public lectures and interactive debates.
To hold discussions/debates amongst the Indian youth groups which will motivate them to learn more about Bharat.
To organize public debates in cooperation with other similar organizations in any part of the US to discuss and debate the current issues affecting Bharat.
Name |
Topic |
Date |
Designation |
| Mr. J. C. Sharma | Hindu Temples in Vietnam | Sep-25-1999 | Consul Gen. Of India (Chicago) |
| Prof. K. K. Vijai | Sarva Dharma Sambhava | Oct-16-1999 | Morehouse College |
| Dr. Ved P.Vaidik | Terrorism - A growing threat | Oct-31-1999 | Indian Scholar to World Peace |
| Dr. Basant Tariyal | Central message of Bhagavad Gita | Jan-15-2000 | Sr. Exec, Lucent Technology |
| Mr. Dhiru Shah | The Myth of the Aryan Invasion theory & its impact on India | Feb-19-2000 | Businessman |
| Prof. P.C. Deshmukh | The Kashmir Imbroglio | Mar-18-2000 | IIT Chennai, India |
| Mr. Shyam Tiwari | RSS & Secularism in India | Apr-22-2000 | Computer Professional |
| Prof. P.C. Deshmukh | Present Crisis in Kashmir | May-20-2000 | IIT Chennai, India |
| Dr. Basant Tariyal | The Crisis of Our Identity | June-17-2000 | Sr. Exec, Lucent Technology |
| Prof. K. K. Vijai | Religion & One's World View - I | Jul-22-2000 | Morehouse College |
| Prof. Monu Nalapat | US-India-Natural Partners | Aug-06-2000 | Geopolitics, Manipal Academy |
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Dr. Anupam
Srivastava |
Swadeshi vs Globalization
Recalibrating India's Economic & Foreign Policy |
Aug-16-2000 | Univ. of Georgia, Athens |
| Prof. K.K. Vijai | Religion and One's World View-II | Aug-19-2000 | Morehouse College |
| Prof. K.K. Vijai | Religion & One's World View-III | Oct-21-2000 | Morehouse College |
| Dr. Basant Tariyal | Bhagvad Gita as a modern Management tool | Nov-18-2000 | Sr. Exec, Lucent Technology |
| Robert (Bob) Arnett | India: Glimpses of Eternity | Dec-16-2000 | Author of "India Unveiled" |
| Prof. Sarla Murgai | The Status of Women in India & their contributions to our culture | Feb-17-2001 | Univ. of Tennessee |
| Mr. Amitabh Sharma | Ego or Self-Respect - Indian Dilemma | Mar-17-2001 | Businessman |
|
Dr. Madhavan
Swaminathan |
Microelectronics Revolution in the 21st Century - Can India catch up ? | Apr-21-2001 | Georgia Tech |
| Mr. Nitin Dixit | Inner Meaning of Hinduism | May-19-2001 | The Theosophist |
| Prof. P.C.Deshmukh | The Kashmir Imbroglio-Update | Jun-17-2001 | IIT Chennai |
Since March 2000, the ‘ India Awareness Foundation (IAF) - previously - Bharat Awareness Forum (BAF), Atlanta (USA)’ carried out an intense campaign to generate awareness about the Kashmir imbroglio, by its petitions to the Prime Minister of India and the Indian Lok Sabha.
The IAF is a non-profit voluntary organization committed to Indian culture, philosophy, traditions and values. IAF stands committed to India’s strength and integrity and has undertaken an aggressive awareness campaign regarding the Kashmir-imbroglio.
The IAF submitted to the Prime Minister of India and to the Leader of the Opposition in the Indian Lok Sabha a petition, known as the ‘CIF - Consolidation and Integration First - Petition’ , which asks for a non-partisan national consensus to abrogate the Article 370. This petition was submitted to the Prime Minister of India on June 10, 2000.
Subsequently, on August 22, 2000, IAF joined hands with four other organizations (of Kashmiri Hindus) to submit another petition to the Prime Minister of India, the ‘ATFH - Anti-terrorism Firm Handling - Petition’ . The ATFH petition asks terrorism to be dealt with firmly.
In addition, IAF is leading an awareness campaign amongst Non-resident Indians through electronic postings on a few egroups, and partnered sponsoring a rally in Washington DC on 14-Sept-2000 to draw attention of the visiting Indian Prime Minister to the plights of Kashmiri Hindus.
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