Hyderabad, Sept. 15 -- The Department of History and the H K Sherwani Centre for Deccan Studies, in collaboration with the Society for the History of Science, Kolkata, opened a three-day National Seminar on "Science in the Deccan: A Historical and Contemporary Perspective."

The seminar is sponsored by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), according to a release issued by the University.

Prof. S.K. Mahmood, Vice Chairman, Telangana State Council of Higher Education, was the chief guest and Prof. Deepak Kumar the guest of honour for the inaugural session held on Monday morning.

Prof. Syed Ainul Hasan, Vice-Chancellor, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, presided over the opening session.

Prof. Mahmood spoke on the im...