SI – 1: Summary

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?  

Playlist

Paper by Ms. Manogna Sastry Video

PPT

Paper by Prof. K.S. Kannan & Ms. H. R. Meera (Video Starts at 32:42) Video

PPT

Remarks on the two papers by Rajiv Malhotra and Q&A session Video
Theme: Critique of Sheldon Pollock’s views on Shastras

Playlist                                                              

Paper by Surya K.  & Remarks by Prof. V. N. Jha on this paper Video

PPT

Paper by Rajath V. Video

PPT

Paper by Sudarshan Therani

(Video Starts at: 23:45)

Video

PPT

Remarks by Prof. Ramanujan Video
Paper by Ms. Vrinda Acharya Video

PPT

Paper by Vikas Veshishth

(Video Starts at: 31:57)

Video

PPT

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

Playlist

Paper by Ms. Manjushree Hegde Video

PPT

Paper by Ms. Charu Uppal

(Video Starts at: 19:11)

Video

PPT

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

Playlist                                                               

Paper by Ashay Naik Video

PPT

Paper by Prof. K. Gopinath Video

PPT

Paper by Dr. Koenraad Elst Video

PPT

Comments and Q&A session   Video
Theme: Some Indic viewpoints to refute Pollock’s positions

Playlist                                                                 

Paper by Sati Shankar Video

PPT

Comments of Prof. Kannan on above paper and Q&A Video
Paper by Naresh Cuntoor Video

PPT

Paper by Prof. Ravi Gomatam Video

PPT

Remarks of Dr. Koenraad Elst Video
Theme: Murty Classical Library – Panel Discussion

Playlist

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

PPT

Paper by Ravi Joshi

(Topic: Essentially Unchanged – Orientalist and Post Colonial Basis of Indology)

Video

PPT

Closing Remarks
Closing Remarks by Rajiv Malhotra Video