new delhi sadhguru founder of isha foundation held an interactive session with over 100 delegates from around the world at the isha yoga center coimbatore for the science20 s20 summit of the g20 around 35 foreign delegates and 65 indian delegates from reputed institutes around the world gathered to discuss the themes of clean energy universal holistic health and connecting science to society and culture engineering ourselves into joyful inclusive human beings is a vital step in our commitment to scientific progress and technological advancement this is what it takes to change the trajectory of our planet sadhguru said during the onehour interactive sessionthe delegates included experts from the royal society united kingdom national academy of sciences usa international science council france cern switzerland indian national science academy amongst others they were welcomed to the summit with garlands drums and flower petals performance of kalaripayattu classical indian martial arts and bharatnatyam classical indian dance by the isha samskriti studentsdr munir desouki president of king abdulaziz city for science and technology saudi arabia said the theme of the indian presidency is one family so coming together and thinking about how to address the challenges in a place like this was an eyeopener describing the unique experience of delegates prof ashutosh sharma s2o cochair said that a foreign delegate told him at the meeting that if one does a conference at a new york five star hotel or a fivestar hotel in delhimumbai there would be no difference but a place like this would bring new memories and new impressions about indiasanjeev sanyal member of the economic advisory council to the prime minister of india also highlighted the importance of a spiritual centre holding such a meeting and said i think theres a better appreciation these days that dry science in the old way has its limits and certainly thinking about life in general not just narrowly about science requires an understanding of a more wider set of things so its an interesting place consequently to hold the science20 meeting echoing similar sentiments nagaraj naidu kakanur g20 joint secretary ministry of external affairs said the aim of both science and spirituality happens to unravel the question that we all have i think science is aiming at deciphering the world spirituality is also to a large extent aiming at deciphering the truth so in some sense both kind of follow the same approach though the usages and the applications can be slightly different but at the end of the day i think both work for the betterment of humanitythe summit also included a session on the science of yoga leading the session dr bala subramaniam professor of anesthesiology harvard medical school and director sadhguru center for a conscious planet beth israel deaconess medical center boston ma drew out scientific research establishing the benefits of isha kriya shoonya and samyama meditation offered by sadhguru in alleviating stress and anxiety levels and improving the overall wellbeing