Dr pratima Mishra

  The Story of Zero India's Mathematical Revolution Ms Sandesha Dethe   (Mentee) Dr Pratima Mishra Associate Professor (Mentor) H. G. M. Azam College of Education Dr P. A. Inamdar University, Pune, Maharashtra, India. Imagine trying to do your taxes, build a bridge, or write software without a symbol for "nothing." For most of human history, that was the reality. Ancient civilizations could count, trade, and build pyramids, but none had made "nothing" a real number you could add, subtract, and calculate with. That leap happened in India, and it changed the course of science. Let's trace how a small circle went from an empty placeholder to one of the most powerful ideas ever conceived. Before Zero: A World with a Gap The Babylonians used a base-60 number system and eventually developed a mark to show an empty position, but it was a punctuation-like placeholder and never a number in its own right. The Maya in Mesoamerica used a shell-shaped symbol for zero in ...

  Sanskrit and Scientific Knowledge Traditions     Mamta Ersangappa Kotali (Mentee) Dr Pratima Mishra Associate Professor (Mentor) H. G. M. Azam College of Education Dr P. A. Inamdar University, Pune, Maharashtra, India   Sanskrit and Scientific  Knowledge Traditions:  Where Ancient Verses Meet Modern Science:  How India’s ancient language preserved the world’s first scientific revolution For most of the world, Sanskrit is a language of prayer. A chant heard in temples, a verse from the Bhagavad Gita. But for more than two thousand years, it was something far more radical: the operating system of science.   Long before journals and laboratories, Indian thinkers used Sanskrit not just to describe the world, but to compress it — into sutras so precise they could be memorized, transmitted orally for centuries, and still reconstruct entire fields of knowledge without error. It was an oral GitHub for human understanding....

  Traditional Indian Nutrition for Healthy living     Jasmine Zakir Shaikh(Mentee) Dr. Pratima Mishra Associate Professor (Mentor) H.G.M Azam College of Education Dr P.A. Inamdar University, Azam Campus, Pune, Maharashtra   Introduction   India is a land of diverse cultures, traditions, and food practices. From the simple dal-roti of North India to the rice-based meals of South India, from Gujarati thalis to Bengali fish preparations, Indian food reflects the country's rich cultural heritage. Traditional Indian nutrition is not only about satisfying hunger; it is closely connected with health, seasonal living, local ingredients, family traditions, and balanced eating. For generations, Indian households have used naturally available grains, pulses, vegetables, fruits, spices, dairy products, nuts, seeds, and fermented foods as part of everyday meals. Many traditional food practices were developed around the idea of eating fresh, seasonal, loc...