13th FIRA Conference in Collaboration with The Rationalists Forum, Tamil Nadu

13 FIRA Conference in Collaboration with The Rationalists Forum, Tamil Nadu. Register as a delegate

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About our Founder

Basava Premanand, founder-convener of FIRA Basava Premanand (17 February 1930 – 4 October 2009) was an Indian skeptic, rationalist and debunker from Kerala, India. He organised many tours around rural India for the promotion of scientific thinking, exposing alleged miracles and scams carried out by various charlatans, godmen, prophets etc and spreading awareness of superstition. Premanand was the founder of the Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations, the convener of Indian CSICOP and the owner-publisher-editor of the monthly magazine The Indian Skeptic, which scientifically investigates paranormal occurrences in India. He was known as one of the most vocal critics of Satya Sai Baba.