Sati Shankar

About

Dr. Sati Shankar is an Indian scholar and founder of the Global Synergetic Foundation (GSFN), engaged in long-term research on the foundations of knowledge, causality, and cosmology across Vedic and modern scientific traditions.

His work is centered on the Ṛg Veda and Brāhmaṇa literature as systematic explorations of Ṛta, Agni, and the structure of reality, tracing their continuity into classical darśanas and contemporary scientific thought.

Trained in mathematical economics and econometrics, his research integrates formal systems, decision theory, and cognitive science with Vedic epistemology, treating mathematics and śāstra as parallel languages of structure and causation.

A central axis of his work is the investigation of mind (manas), order (ṛta), and energy (agni) as unified principles across cosmology, cognition, and ontology.

Research Orientation

• Vedic Cosmology: Agni, Ṛta, causal structure, emergence
• Rig Veda & Brāhmaṇa literature as systematic knowledge frameworks
• Continuity of Vedic thought into Vedānta and Sāṁkhya
• Mathematical structures as parallel epistemic systems
• Decision theory, cognition, and behavioural modelling
• Philosophy of science and methodology

Academic Formation

• Ph.D., Banaras Hindu University (1991) — Decision Sciences; control systems, information, behavioural modelling
• M.A. Economics (BHU) — Mathematical Methods & Econometrics
  First Rank · Wagle Gold Medal · BHU Gold Medal
• Undergraduate (University of Gorakhpur)
  Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Psychology, Philosophy, Economics
  First Class First

Affiliations

• Fellow, Royal Asiatic Society (UK)
• Indian Mathematical Society
• Indian Science Congress Association
• Indian Association for General Relativity and Gravitation
• Indian Philosophical Congress
• International Association of Sanskrit Studies
• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
• IEEE, Institute of Physics (IOP)
• Wider Association for Vedic Studies (WAVES)

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