Goa "Institute for Fundamental Studies"

The new location of the Goa "Institute for Fundamental Studies" has at last been established. A mansion on the Goan Riviera at Chandor, Salcete, has finally been obtained for the Institute.

This is a newish building with large grounds which has a floor space of 10,000 (plus) square feet. The Mumbai establishment, which has thus far provided useful results, unfortunately had only a limited workspace and this additional establishment in Goa has a coffee lounge, space for two lecture theatres/seminar rooms, experimental laboratories suitable for brain/computer interface work and virtual reality work, and a number of further workrooms. There are many other positive features, such as the fact that it is situated in lovely countryside and is only minutes away from the beach front - where there are experimental subjects of many kinds and nationalities.

A few stills will indicate roughly what the establishment, an impressive chateau, looks like. The mansion is surrounded by many pleasant trees and other arborial features.The possibility of a further large campus, when required, with many eco-friendly acres of scenery and woodland, is also under consideration.

Obviously we are looking forward to scientific contributions and ideas from various sources as we will be analysing and experimenting on various significant concepts in these premises on a broad spectrum of approaches.

Currently the ongoing thrust of our work is in the field of consciousness and how it may relate to physical factors such as time. Some previous work published in our journals included Roger Penrose's first major work on twistors and Richard Feynman's earliest and first work on quantum computers.

I am looking forward to many people joining me, which could lead to progress in various fields. Initially you can contact Dr. John Yates at the following email address:  uvscience[at]gmail.com

 

Chandor, where the Institute is located, is the site of Chandrapur, once the most spectacular city on the Konkan coast. It has been there since before the creation of the Mauryan empire (321-184 BC) and indeed was the most important capital of the famous Mauryan emperor Chandragupta, who spread his reign all over the subcontinent, after the defeat of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. Chandor was  the capital of the Kadamba dynasty until 1052 AD. There is even the remains of an 11th century Hindu temple nearby, and a stone Nandi bull (the vehicle of Lord Shiva) was unearthed. Chandor has always been a desired residence of grandees. Indeed there are still several superb colonial mansions in the local area, dating from the Portuguese era after Alfonso de Albuquerque's invasion in 1503-10. Some of these old mansions are being restored to their former glory with Italian marble floors, Belgian glass chandeliers and carved rosewood furniture. One of them even has a famous library of some 5000 books, many of antiquarian value.

Thus the Chandor area has an identity of culture, education and learning, dating back thousands of years and is thus a fitting place for the Institute for Fundamental Studies, which was founded in 1969 by Dr. John Yates, Prince Louis de Broglie, Professor David Bohm and other leading scientists, Nobel prizewinners and so on.