A knowledge session was held in Deep Auditorium on Wednesday where 108 Shree Dwarkeshjilal Maharajshree and Dr. Karan Jani debated on a very integral topic that has both spiritual and scientific inclinations — gravity. While 108 Shree Dwarkeshjilal Maharajshree touched on the spiritual hemisphere of space and gravitational force, Dr. Karan Jani touched upon the scientific aspects. Jani is an astrophysicist and a scientist who is a part of the group that conducted the Nobel Prize-winning gravitational wave experiment LIGO. His primary research focuses on astrophysical black holes and testing Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity. 108 Shree Dwarkeshjilal is a highly respected guru and an authority on intellectual spirituality. The debate was conducted between the two eminent personalities with a warm camaraderie. The knowledge session was conducted to commemorate National Science Day on 28 February.

Author-Sweta Joshi