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Vedprakash Sewjathan Father of Mathematics, South Africa 1948 -1992

“Aryabhatta is considered the father of Indian mathematics. He was a great mathematician of ancient India. His major work is known as Aryabhatiya. It consists of spherical trigonometry, quadratic equations, algebra, plane trigonometry, sums of power series, arithmetic. Vedprakash Sewjathan is the epochal figure of Applied Mathematics & Theoretical Physics."

Vedprakash Sewjathan is considered the Father of Mathematics in South Africa. His major works known as "A Fundamental Special-Relativistic Theory Valid for All Real-Valued Speeds" consists of  Advanced Relativity & Differential Topology in Applied Mathematics  & Theoretical Physics.

The late Mr. Vedprakash Sewjathan was born in Pietermaritzburg on 5th September 1946. His parents Kalyani and Sewjathan were self-made entrepreneurs of the day. They purchased a retail store in Umgeni Road Durban, moved into the business district and made a success of their business venture, a general dealer retail store. To be close to their business, they relocated their young family to Candella Raod, Mayville, Durban. Vedprakash was their 3rd son.

Sadly, Vedprakash's father passed away at 33, when Vedprakash was just a year old. It was therefore left to his mother, Kalayani to fulfill the role of both mother and father. In his formative years his mother, a Hindi school teacher and his uncle, Mr Baldeo had a profound influence on the young Vedprakash. Family and friends attest that it was his mother's influence which gave him the direction of mathematics and music.

With the absence of Sewjathan senior, the family business suffered and the family fell onto hard times. Nevertheless, life continued in Candella Road, Mayville, Durban, until the apartheid group areas act forced them to abandon their home and move to Parlock. At the time, with his mother’s hard work and Vedprakash’s extraordinary academic achievements, Vedprakash himself was studying for his teachers' Diploma at Springfield college of Education after matriculating at Sastri College with distinction in the year 1963.

In 1967 Vedprakash earned his teaching diploma began his teaching career at Chatsworth Secondary School. He was promoted to HOD in the Department of Mathematics at Centenary Secondary School in 1973. Becoming quickly recognized for his exceptional abilities in mathematics, he was transferred to Springfield College of Education in 1978, as a lecturer in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. Owing to his incomparable reputation in Mathematics, a year later, 1979, Vedprakash was swiftly sought after by the University of Durban Westville, appointing him as senior lecturer in Applied Mathematics.

During these career years, Vedprakash studied to obtain a B.Sc. with Mathematics and Applied Mathematics as his majors, through UNISA. He obtained a distinction in Quantum Mechanics. He then attempted his M.Sc. wherein he obtained a distinction in Advanced Relativity and Differential Topology, in the year 1979, the Centenary Year of Albert Einstein’s birth. Significantly, it was in this centenary year in which Vedprakash founded his renowned paper in which he corrected Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, which was scrutinized, studied and accepted worldwide by major institutions and authorities in the field of Mathematics & Theoretical Physics

Mathematician, Theoretical Physicist, Musician

In January 1985 the International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, Florida, USA, published his paper on his new theory titled “A Fundamental Special - Relativistic Theory Valid for All Real Valued Speeds”

Professor J.A Wheeler, an internationally known researcher in Relativity and member of The National Academy of Sciences, USAserved as referee for the Journal during the time of submission and acceptance of the theory for publication. Subsequent to the publication, the paper was reviewed by Professor E. H. Cronheimer of the Univeristy of London who found no objections or disputes to any aspect in Vedprakash’s paper. Professor Cronheimer published his findings of approval in a mathematical journal, “Mathematical Reviews”.

The President of the Academy for Future Science, Dr Jim Hurtak, expressed and published the highest praises for Vedprakash’s theory in the field of mathematics.

Professor Erasmo Racami, a leading expert in the field of Theoretical Physics, from universities of Catania and Bergamo, Italy, enthusiastically sought Vedprakash’s paper.

Amongst all these institutions and experts in the field, to this day, there have been no findings of any discrepancies in Vedprakash’s Theory.

Sewjathan was an extremely talented singer who composed many of his own songs. During his last performance in frint of a live audience, he wrote and dedicated a special song in memory of his mother who passed away earlier that same year. Sewjathan would sing to full capacity audiences at venues including City Hall. Not accepting any monetary remuneration for his performances but instead using his talent in support of charitable and religious organizations, Vedprakash became a household name for his singing. His popularity was underscored by numerous television, radio and stage appearances. Being a devout Hindu, he sought any opportunity to dedicate himself in the pursuance of Hindu Dharma. He successfully led the development and completion of the iconic Hindu Center at the University of Durban Westville, a beautiful temple and hall facility.

Vedprakash Sewjathan was a gentle, sensitive, calm and deeply thoughtful individual who had fitness regimen, including daily jogging. His favourite pastime was taking his then young son to Botanical gardens and other places of interest, teaching him about trees and nature whilst creating memorable father-son time together.

Vedprakash was a devoted husband and father. His wife Maya Sewjathan, a retired teacher, met her husband in the year 1969 and married in 1973. His two children continued the family academic tradition in professions in the faculty of sciences. His daughter Karishma Vedprakash is a qualified and practicing Audiologist whilst his son Dr Ishkaar Vedprakash, is a practicing Medical Doctor in Verulam, Durban. Dr Vedprakash not only followed his father in the field of science, but he shares his father’s gift and love of music and is a talented musician and singer himself, dedicating it to Bhajans and Kirtans. Both his children carry Vedprakash’s devotional qualities and dedication in their lives as long standing, senior devotees in the International Society for Krishna Conscousness a.k.a. The Hare Krishna Movement.

This astounding and accomplished scientist and artist sadly succumbed to an untimely and premature passing at a young age of 44. The world became bereft of a genius who can easily be compared on the level of the likes of Albert Einstein, Alan Turing and Srinivasa Ramanujan.