Previous National seminars/conferences/symposia
Sr. No.
Seminar Theme
Date
Abstract
Video Link
1.
Tracing Roots of Bhāratiya Jñāna Paraṁaparā in Contemporary Practice of Classical Arts
21 – 23 May 2026
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2.
Discourse on Viksit Bharat 2047: Challenges and Opportunities
27-28 April 2026
Click Here
3.
Social and Cultural Dimensions of Vende Matram
25-26 February 2026
Click Here
4.
Forgotten Legends: Punjab’s Unsung Heroes in the Freedom Struggle
03-04 December 2025
Click Here
5.
Rethinking Development in the Himalayas: Paving the Way to a Viksit Bharat 2047
25-26 November 2025
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6.
पंजाब में रचित साहित्य में भारतीय ज्ञान परंपरा का अनुशीलन
15 to 17 October 2025
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7.
Harmonizing Sustainability: Navigating Circular Economy for Sustainable Growth
06th to 08th October 2025
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8.
पूर्वोत्तर की भारतीय ज्ञान परंपरा
24 to 26 September 2025
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9.
आधुनिक हिन्दी साहित्य और भारतीयता
03 to 04 September 2025
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10.
Revisiting the intersectionality of Religion and Literature in Indian Intellectual Traditions
21 to 22 August 2025
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11.
Historical and Philosophical Roots of India’s Strategic Culture: From Antiquity to the Present
23 to 24 July 2025
Click Here
12.
Vision 2047: The Role of Social Sciences in Shaping Viksit Bharat
15 to 17 July 2025
Click Here
13.
Guruparampra and Indian Knowledge Tradition
27 to 29 June 2025
Click Here
14.
भारत-बोध के समसामयिक अर्थ-संदर्भ : गांधी, कुमारस्वामी और सरन
17-18 June 2025
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15.
Understanding Student Migration Patterns and Their Impact on Higher Education in India
10-11 June 2025
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16.
Problem of Translation between Indian Languages: A Case Study of the Translation of Tulsidasa’s Ramacharitmanas in the South Indian Languages
05-06 June 2025
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17.
Geographical Contours of Political and Economic Dynamics in Ancient India
24-25 May 2025
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18.
Holistic Learning: Reviving Classical Indian Educational Principles
29th to 30th April 2025
Click Here
19.
National Seminar on “Heroine Archetypes in Indian Theatre: Modern Perspectives on Feminist Discourse”
08 to 09 April 2025
Click Here
20.
National Seminar on “Living the Partition: Portrayal of Partition in Films in India”
17 to 18 March 2025
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21.
Women in Vedas
15th-17th December, 2024
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22.
Governance and Administration in Indian Though
7th-8th November, 2024
Click Here
23.
भारतीय लोकनाट्य: लोक की सांस्कृतिक विरासत का संवाहक
12th-14th August, 2024
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24.
Bharatiya Vidya and Vikas: Unveiling Education and Development in India
17th-18th May, 2024
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25.
VEDIC WISDOM FOR COSMIC HARMONY’
29th-30th April, 2024
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26.
Rethinking History of Punjab: The Indian Civilizational Context’
5th-7th March, 2024
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27.
भारत विभाजन की त्रासदी और भारतीय भाषाओं का साहित्य।
28th-29th November, 2023
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28.
75 Years of Indian Economy and Polity -Way forward in Amritkaal
20th-22th November, 2023
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29.
भारतीय भाषाओं के अंतरसंबंध
6th-8th October, 2023
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30.
Ayurveda: Holistic Science of Well Being for the World
20th-15th-16th July, 2023
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31.
National Art Workshop on the Theme “Freedom’ convened
20th-25th September, 2022
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32.
National Education Policy 2020: An Amalgamation of Tradition and Modernity (in Blended Mode)
5th September, 2022
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33.
State Politics in India
4th-5th July, 2022
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34.
अर्थायाम: गाँधी एवम् आधुनिक भारतीय चिंतकों के धर्म- केंद्रित अर्थ-दर्शन का अंतर्विषयी अनुशीलन /Arthaayaama: Towards a Dharma- centric Vision of Economy/ Political Economy With Special Reference to Gandhi and Other Indian Thinkers
1st-15th December, 2021
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35.
भारतीय स्वतंत्रता के 75वें वर्ष में संविधान का मूलभाव/Spirit of Constitution in 75th year of Indian independence on Celebration of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav
24th-27th November , 2021
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36.
Guru Tegh Bahadur: The Great Redeemer: Life, Philosophy and Martydom” (As part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav)
24th-26th September, 2021
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37.
Special three-day seminar on “भारतीय उच्च अध्ययन संस्थान कोरोना के दौरान: पुनरावलोकन और पूवेक्षण /IIAS during Covid19: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT”
22-24 July, 2021
38.
Acharya Abhinavgupta: Legacy and Significance online
21th-22th June, 2021
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39.
Self-reliant India: Towards Svarajya
19th-20th June, 2021
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Day 1 Part-I,
Day 1 Part- II,
Day 2 Part-I,
Day 2 Part-II
40.
Autonomous Colleges in India: The Road Ahead
7th-8th January, 2020
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Not Available
41.
River in the Literary Cultures of India
6th-8th October, 2020
Click Here
Not Available
42.
Relevance of Indian Theories of Art/Literature Today With Special Reference to Rasa, Dhvani, Auchitya and Bhartrihari’s Vakyapadiya
5th-11th April. 2019
Click Here
Not Available
43.
The Topography of Bhakti: Social Reform Watersheds in Indian Intellectual History
22nd-24th April, 2019
Click Here
Not Available
44.
Literature from Northeast India: Texts and Contexts
6th-7th May, 2019
Click Here
Not Available
45.
Gandhian Way of Nation-Building
20th-22nd May, 2019
Click Here
Not Available
46.
Political economy of Terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir
3rd-4th June, 2019
Click Here
Not Available
47.
Reflections on Arthasastra And its Relevance in the 21st Century
9th-10th July, 2019
Click Here
Not Available
48.
Society, Culture and the Making of Livelihood: The Symbiosis of Rivers and Nishads in Northern India
22nd-24th July, 2019
Click Here
Not Available
49.
How Gandhi Matters: Assessing the Relevance of Gandhian Solutions for India and the World in the 21st Century” at GRF, Jalgaon
22nd-25th August, 2019
Click Here
Not Available
50.
Gandhi’s Economic Ideas: Swaraj, Swadeshi, Sarvodaya
15th-16th October, 2019
Click Here
Not Available
51.
Re-visiting Guru Nanak Dev, His Bani and Vision
25th-26th November, 2019
Click Here
Not Available
52.
Relevance of Triguna Theory in Contemporary World
3rd-4th October, 2018
Click Here
Not Available
53.
Regions and the Centre: Emerging Dynamics of Federal India since the 1990s
9th-10th October, 2018
Click Here
Not Available
54.
The Twin Epics of Tamil, Cilappatikaram and Manimekalai
29th-30th October, 2018
Click Here
Not Available
55.
The Dalit Movement in North India: Theory, Praxis and Challenges
26th-28th N0vember, 2018
Click Here
Not Available
56.
Gandhi and His Contemporaries: Life and Thought
1st-15th December, 2018
Click Here
Not Available
57.
Anthropological Histories and Tribal Worlds in India
27th-29th March, 2017
Click Here
Not Available
58.
Indian Literature and Social Development: Theory, Practice and Community Impact
5th-7th April, 2017
Click Here
Not Available
59.
CHAMPARAN CENTENARY ‘Gandhi and the Champaran Satyagraha: An Endeavour, A Legacy and Contemporary India
29th-31st May, 2017
Click Here
Not Available
60.
Need for Inclusive Reforms: Varying Perspectives
21st-23rd August, 2017
Click Here
Not Available
61.
Indian Music and Dance: The Absence of Critical Attention and Analysis
4th-6th September, 2017
Click Here
Not Available
62.
Land Questions in Neoliberal India
9th-11th October, 2017
Click Here
Not Available
63.
Scourge of Scavenging: Revisiting the Question of Sanitation/Scavenging/Scavengers
8th-10th November, 2017
Click Here
Not Available
64.
Policing A Diverse India
18th-19th April, 2016
Click Here
Not Available
65.
Rethinking Myth in Folk Dramatic Forms
14th-15th June, 2016
Click Here
Not Available
66.
Thinking Social Sciences
11th-12th July, 2016
Click Here
Not Available
67.
School on ‘Bhāsa In Performance’
29th Aug-11th September, 2016
Click Here
Not Available
68.
Revitalizing the Rural: Rethinking Rural and Agricultural Policies
27th-29th September, 2016
Click Here
Not Available
69.
Workshop on ‘Language & Learning’
6th-8th October, 2016
Click Here
Not Available
70.
Art Workshop “The Essential Tagore: Wanderer behold, these trees are prayers!”
19th-22nd October, 2016
Click Here
Not Available
71.
Winter School on ‘LIFE AND THOUGHT OF GANDHI’
1st-15th December, 2016
Click Here
Not Available
| Sr. No. | Seminar Theme | Date | Abstract | Video Link |
| 1. | Tracing Roots of Bhāratiya Jñāna Paraṁaparā in Contemporary Practice of Classical Arts | 21 – 23 May 2026 | Click Here | |
| 2. | Discourse on Viksit Bharat 2047: Challenges and Opportunities | 27-28 April 2026 | Click Here | |
| 3. | Social and Cultural Dimensions of Vende Matram | 25-26 February 2026 | Click Here | |
| 4. | Forgotten Legends: Punjab’s Unsung Heroes in the Freedom Struggle | 03-04 December 2025 | Click Here | |
| 5. | Rethinking Development in the Himalayas: Paving the Way to a Viksit Bharat 2047 | 25-26 November 2025 | Click Here | |
| 6. | पंजाब में रचित साहित्य में भारतीय ज्ञान परंपरा का अनुशीलन | 15 to 17 October 2025 | Click Here | |
| 7. | Harmonizing Sustainability: Navigating Circular Economy for Sustainable Growth | 06th to 08th October 2025 | Click Here | |
| 8. | पूर्वोत्तर की भारतीय ज्ञान परंपरा | 24 to 26 September 2025 | Click Here | |
| 9. | आधुनिक हिन्दी साहित्य और भारतीयता | 03 to 04 September 2025 | Click Here | |
| 10. | Revisiting the intersectionality of Religion and Literature in Indian Intellectual Traditions | 21 to 22 August 2025 | Click Here | |
| 11. | Historical and Philosophical Roots of India’s Strategic Culture: From Antiquity to the Present | 23 to 24 July 2025 | Click Here | |
| 12. | Vision 2047: The Role of Social Sciences in Shaping Viksit Bharat | 15 to 17 July 2025 | Click Here | |
| 13. | Guruparampra and Indian Knowledge Tradition | 27 to 29 June 2025 | Click Here | |
| 14. | भारत-बोध के समसामयिक अर्थ-संदर्भ : गांधी, कुमारस्वामी और सरन | 17-18 June 2025 | Click Here | |
| 15. | Understanding Student Migration Patterns and Their Impact on Higher Education in India | 10-11 June 2025 | Click Here | |
| 16. | Problem of Translation between Indian Languages: A Case Study of the Translation of Tulsidasa’s Ramacharitmanas in the South Indian Languages | 05-06 June 2025 | Click Here | |
| 17. | Geographical Contours of Political and Economic Dynamics in Ancient India | 24-25 May 2025 | Click Here | |
| 18. | Holistic Learning: Reviving Classical Indian Educational Principles | 29th to 30th April 2025 | Click Here | |
| 19. | National Seminar on “Heroine Archetypes in Indian Theatre: Modern Perspectives on Feminist Discourse” | 08 to 09 April 2025 | Click Here | |
| 20. | National Seminar on “Living the Partition: Portrayal of Partition in Films in India” | 17 to 18 March 2025 | Click Here | |
| 21. | Women in Vedas | 15th-17th December, 2024 | Click Here | |
| 22. | Governance and Administration in Indian Though | 7th-8th November, 2024 | Click Here | |
| 23. | भारतीय लोकनाट्य: लोक की सांस्कृतिक विरासत का संवाहक | 12th-14th August, 2024 | Click Here | |
| 24. | Bharatiya Vidya and Vikas: Unveiling Education and Development in India | 17th-18th May, 2024 | Click Here | |
| 25. | VEDIC WISDOM FOR COSMIC HARMONY’ | 29th-30th April, 2024 | Click Here | |
| 26. | Rethinking History of Punjab: The Indian Civilizational Context’ | 5th-7th March, 2024 | Click Here | |
| 27. | भारत विभाजन की त्रासदी और भारतीय भाषाओं का साहित्य। | 28th-29th November, 2023 | Click Here | |
| 28. | 75 Years of Indian Economy and Polity -Way forward in Amritkaal | 20th-22th November, 2023 | Click Here | |
| 29. | भारतीय भाषाओं के अंतरसंबंध | 6th-8th October, 2023 | Click Here | |
| 30. | Ayurveda: Holistic Science of Well Being for the World | 20th-15th-16th July, 2023 | Click Here | |
| 31. | National Art Workshop on the Theme “Freedom’ convened | 20th-25th September, 2022 | Click Here | |
| 32. | National Education Policy 2020: An Amalgamation of Tradition and Modernity (in Blended Mode) | 5th September, 2022 | Click Here | |
| 33. | State Politics in India | 4th-5th July, 2022 | Click Here | |
| 34. | अर्थायाम: गाँधी एवम् आधुनिक भारतीय चिंतकों के धर्म- केंद्रित अर्थ-दर्शन का अंतर्विषयी अनुशीलन /Arthaayaama: Towards a Dharma- centric Vision of Economy/ Political Economy With Special Reference to Gandhi and Other Indian Thinkers | 1st-15th December, 2021 | Click Here | |
| 35. | भारतीय स्वतंत्रता के 75वें वर्ष में संविधान का मूलभाव/Spirit of Constitution in 75th year of Indian independence on Celebration of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav | 24th-27th November , 2021 | Click Here | |
| 36. | Guru Tegh Bahadur: The Great Redeemer: Life, Philosophy and Martydom” (As part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav) | 24th-26th September, 2021 | Click Here | |
| 37. | Special three-day seminar on “भारतीय उच्च अध्ययन संस्थान कोरोना के दौरान: पुनरावलोकन और पूवेक्षण /IIAS during Covid19: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT” | 22-24 July, 2021 | ||
| 38. | Acharya Abhinavgupta: Legacy and Significance online | 21th-22th June, 2021 | Click Here | |
| 39. | Self-reliant India: Towards Svarajya | 19th-20th June, 2021 | Click Here | Day 1 Part-I, Day 1 Part- II, Day 2 Part-I, Day 2 Part-II |
| 40. | Autonomous Colleges in India: The Road Ahead | 7th-8th January, 2020 | Click Here | Not Available |
| 41. | River in the Literary Cultures of India | 6th-8th October, 2020 | Click Here | Not Available |
| 42. | Relevance of Indian Theories of Art/Literature Today With Special Reference to Rasa, Dhvani, Auchitya and Bhartrihari’s Vakyapadiya | 5th-11th April. 2019 | Click Here | Not Available |
| 43. | The Topography of Bhakti: Social Reform Watersheds in Indian Intellectual History | 22nd-24th April, 2019 | Click Here | Not Available |
| 44. | Literature from Northeast India: Texts and Contexts | 6th-7th May, 2019 | Click Here | Not Available |
| 45. | Gandhian Way of Nation-Building | 20th-22nd May, 2019 | Click Here | Not Available |
| 46. | Political economy of Terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir | 3rd-4th June, 2019 | Click Here | Not Available |
| 47. | Reflections on Arthasastra And its Relevance in the 21st Century | 9th-10th July, 2019 | Click Here | Not Available |
| 48. | Society, Culture and the Making of Livelihood: The Symbiosis of Rivers and Nishads in Northern India | 22nd-24th July, 2019 | Click Here | Not Available |
| 49. | How Gandhi Matters: Assessing the Relevance of Gandhian Solutions for India and the World in the 21st Century” at GRF, Jalgaon | 22nd-25th August, 2019 | Click Here | Not Available |
| 50. | Gandhi’s Economic Ideas: Swaraj, Swadeshi, Sarvodaya | 15th-16th October, 2019 | Click Here | Not Available |
| 51. | Re-visiting Guru Nanak Dev, His Bani and Vision | 25th-26th November, 2019 | Click Here | Not Available |
| 52. | Relevance of Triguna Theory in Contemporary World | 3rd-4th October, 2018 | Click Here | Not Available |
| 53. | Regions and the Centre: Emerging Dynamics of Federal India since the 1990s | 9th-10th October, 2018 | Click Here | Not Available |
| 54. | The Twin Epics of Tamil, Cilappatikaram and Manimekalai | 29th-30th October, 2018 | Click Here | Not Available |
| 55. | The Dalit Movement in North India: Theory, Praxis and Challenges | 26th-28th N0vember, 2018 | Click Here | Not Available |
| 56. | Gandhi and His Contemporaries: Life and Thought | 1st-15th December, 2018 | Click Here | Not Available |
| 57. | Anthropological Histories and Tribal Worlds in India | 27th-29th March, 2017 | Click Here | Not Available |
| 58. | Indian Literature and Social Development: Theory, Practice and Community Impact | 5th-7th April, 2017 | Click Here | Not Available |
| 59. | CHAMPARAN CENTENARY ‘Gandhi and the Champaran Satyagraha: An Endeavour, A Legacy and Contemporary India | 29th-31st May, 2017 | Click Here | Not Available |
| 60. | Need for Inclusive Reforms: Varying Perspectives | 21st-23rd August, 2017 | Click Here | Not Available |
| 61. | Indian Music and Dance: The Absence of Critical Attention and Analysis | 4th-6th September, 2017 | Click Here | Not Available |
| 62. | Land Questions in Neoliberal India | 9th-11th October, 2017 | Click Here | Not Available |
| 63. | Scourge of Scavenging: Revisiting the Question of Sanitation/Scavenging/Scavengers | 8th-10th November, 2017 | Click Here | Not Available |
| 64. | Policing A Diverse India | 18th-19th April, 2016 | Click Here | Not Available |
| 65. | Rethinking Myth in Folk Dramatic Forms | 14th-15th June, 2016 | Click Here | Not Available |
| 66. | Thinking Social Sciences | 11th-12th July, 2016 | Click Here | Not Available |
| 67. | School on ‘Bhāsa In Performance’ | 29th Aug-11th September, 2016 | Click Here | Not Available |
| 68. | Revitalizing the Rural: Rethinking Rural and Agricultural Policies | 27th-29th September, 2016 | Click Here | Not Available |
| 69. | Workshop on ‘Language & Learning’ | 6th-8th October, 2016 | Click Here | Not Available |
| 70. | Art Workshop “The Essential Tagore: Wanderer behold, these trees are prayers!” | 19th-22nd October, 2016 | Click Here | Not Available |
| 71. | Winter School on ‘LIFE AND THOUGHT OF GANDHI’ | 1st-15th December, 2016 | Click Here | Not Available |

