First Swadeshi Indology Conference
IIT Madras, Chennai , July 6-8, 2016
Summary – pdf
Opening Sessions:
Inauguration and Felicitation | Video |
Welcome Address by Prof. K. S. Kannan | Video |
Keynote Address by Rajiv Malhotra | Video |
Inaugural Address by Prof. V. N. Jha | Video |
Vote of Thanks by Prof. Devendra Jalihal | Video |
Website Link for PPTs
Theme: Is Sanskrit dead or alive?
Paper by Ms. Manogna Sastry | Video |
Paper by Prof. K.S. Kannan & Ms. H. R. Meera (Video Starts at 32:42) | Video |
Remarks on the two papers by Rajiv Malhotra and Q&A session | Video |
Theme: Critique of Sheldon Pollock’s views on Shastras
Paper by Surya K. & Remarks by Prof. V. N. Jha on this paper | Video |
Paper by Rajath V. | Video |
Paper by Sudarshan Therani
(Video Starts at: 23:45) |
Video |
Remarks by Prof. Ramanujan | Video |
Paper by Ms. Vrinda Acharya | Video |
Paper by Vikas Veshishth
(Video Starts at: 31:57) |
Video |
Remarks by Prof. VN Jha on papers of Ms. Vrinda Acharya and Vikas Veshishth | Video |
Comments and Q&A | Video |
Theme: Ramayana as a Political Tool
Paper by Ms. Manjushree Hegde | Video |
Paper by Ms. Charu Uppal
(Video Starts at: 19:11) |
Video |
Comments and Q&A on above 2 papers | Video |
Remarks of Shri Nityananda Misra | Video |
Theme: Pollock’s Position that Sanskrit was responsible for holocaust
Paper by Ashay Naik | Video |
Paper by Prof. K. Gopinath | Video |
Paper by Dr. Koenraad Elst | Video |
Comments and Q&A session | Video |
Theme: Some Indic viewpoints to refute Pollock’s positions
Paper by Sati Shankar | Video |
Comments of Prof. Kannan on above paper and Q&A | Video |
Paper by Naresh Cuntoor | Video |
Paper by Prof. Ravi Gomatam | Video |
Remarks of Dr. Koenraad Elst | Video |
Theme: Murty Classical Library – Panel Discussion
MCLI – Panel Discussion Part 1 | Video |
MCLI – Panel Discussion Part 2 | Video |
Two (2 ) Papers that do not come under aforementioned themes
Paper by T M Narendran
(Topic: Sense Philology: Understanding Philological Works of Sheldon Pollock) |
Video |
Paper by Ravi Joshi
(Topic: Essentially Unchanged – Orientalist and Post Colonial Basis of Indology) |
Video |
Closing Remarks
Closing Remarks by Rajiv Malhotra | Video |