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National Seminar on
Organized ByDepartment of Cultural Education and India Studies
Amrita School of Arts and SciencesKochi Campus
in association withAmrita Centre for Research and Development
(ACRD)
Organising Team
For details, please contact:M. Ramachandran : 94476 09633
Jyothishmayi : 93440 72130
Indian Literatures& Culture14-16
2020February
14-162020February
Patron Chairman & AdviserDr.U. Krishnakumar, Director Prof. C.S. JayaramanConvener Joint ConvenerSri. M. Ramachandran Sri. V. JyothishmayiMembersSmt. O.S. Sreedevi Smt. S. Punyapriya
Online Payment & Registration Link
www.amrita.edu/asas/kochi/samagra.htmlhttps://payments.acrd.org.in/pay/event/koc201920001
AMRITA SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCESBrahmasthanam, Edappally North PO, Kochi – 682 024Tel: 0484 – 280 2899 Email: [email protected]: www.amrita.edu/asas/kochi
National Seminar on
Indian Literatures& Culture
About Speakers
Prof. Sudhir KumarProfessor of English, DES- Multi Disciplinary Research Centre, Punjab University, Chandigarh. Took his Ph.D. from Agra University, Agra. He has delivered invited lectures at University of London, UK and also at different Indian Universities and Centres of Research. He has been associated in different capacities, with
premiere Universities, and institutions such as Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Viswavidyalaya, Wardha (Maharashtra) Sahitya Akademi, National Academy of Letters (New Delhi). He is a Member of the Academic Committee of “India Policy Foundation”, New Delhi. He has published more than 85 research papers in International and National research journals. He was awarded the prestigious K.K. Birla Foundation fellowship on Comparative Literature.
Important Dates
Registration Fee
The last date for the submission of abstracts: 31st January 2020The full paper should be submitted on or before: 8th February 2020
General delegates : Rs. 700
M.Phil and Ph.D. Scholars : Rs. 500
Other Students : Rs. 400
Dr. Ramaswami Subramony Associate Professor and Head of the Dept. of English, The Madura College, Madurai. He has 19 years of postgraduate teaching experience. He has been a Resource Person for several national and international seminars. He has delivered a series of lectures on Sri. Aurobindo at Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, and
also at Banaras Hindu University. He has published 15 books, including 3 novels. He is a Member of MHRD Grant in Aid/ Indian Languages Committee. Many of his interviews with eminent scholars are featured in Youtube.com.
Prof. K.P. Jayasankar
Prof. Anjali Monteiro K.P. Jayasankar is Professor and Dean at the School of Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. He holds an M.A. in German Studies and a Ph.D. in Humanities and Social Sciences (IIT-B).
Anjali Monteiro is a Professor at the School of Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, a Masters degree in Economics and a Ph.D. in Sociology.
Prof. Jayasankar currently holds an Honorary Faculty Associate position at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Technology, Sydney.
They are involved in media production, teaching and research. They have won several prestigious awards including Best Documentary, IV Three Continents International Documentary Festival, Veneuzuela, 2005, and Best film, International Folk Music Film Festival, Kathmandu, 2012, and Basil Wright Prize, 13th RAI International Festival of Ethnographic Film, 2013. They have jointly authored several books and research articles.
Programme ScheduleAbout Amrita
About the Seminar
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham is a multi-campus University providing exceptional quality of education that is both modern and holistic, with special emphasis on core human values . The University is ranked as one of the best research Universities in India by the reputed International ranking Organizations. The University headquartered at Coimbatore is spread across the Six campuses in three states of India- Kerala, Tamilnadu and Karnataka.
Department of Cultural Education and India Studies, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Kochi is happy to announce a 3-day National Seminar on Indian Literatures and Culture on February 14,15 and 16.
The Seminar is designed to bring in to critical focus the rich and varied cultural heritage of India and to provoke fresh perspectives on Indian culture and its varied manifestations in regional literatures and prolific indigenous art forms.
Some of the core concerns of the Seminar are: 1. A critical re-appropriation of classical Indian aesthetics to the understanding of contemporary Indian writings. 2. Comparitive approach to Indian and Western Critical Theories. 3. The role of regional literatures in the evolution of a national consciousness. 4. The evolution of cultural consciousness in the traditional Indian context. 5. The Margi and Desi traditions in Indian art. 6. Cultural perspectives on the various strands of Indian music. 7. Mythopoeic imagination in Indian writings and art. 8. Negotiations of modernity in Indian cinema and theatre. 9. Impact of bhakti cult in Indian Art and Literatures. 10. The embodiment of Indian ethos in Sanskrit literature.
9:00 a.m. Registration
9:30 a.m. Inauguration
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Session I Prof. Sudhir Kumar
Professor of English, DES Multi Disciplinery Research Centre
Punjab University, Chandigarh
Topic: Why Should We Revisit ‘Natya Shastra’, with
Special Reference to Rasa Theory in
Contemporary Contexts of Cultural/Literary
Representations ?? : Some Reflections
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch Break
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Session II Dr. Ramaswami Subramony
Associate Professor, The Madura College, Madurai
Topic: Tamil Literature: Text and Context
9:30 a.m.- 11:00 a.m.
Session I Dr. P. Nandakumar
Akhila Bharatiya Samparka Pramukh, Samskrita Bharati
Topic: Cultural Perspectives in Indian Epics
11:00 a.m.– 11:30 a.m. Tea Break
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Session II Dr. A.M. Unnikrishnan
Professor of Malayalam
School of Distance Education, University of Kerala
Topic: Thunchath Ezhuthachan: The Maker of
Modern Kerala
Lunch Break 1:00 p.m.– 2:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.– 3:00 p.m.
Session III Paper Presentations
3:00 p.m.- 3:30 p.m. Valedictory Session
9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Session I Prof. K.P. Jayasankar
Professor, School of Media and Cultural Studies
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and
Prof. Anjali Monteiro
Professor, School of Media and Cultural Studies
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
Topic: Like Here Like There: Working with Intangible
Cultures in Kachchh
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch Break
2:00 p.m.– 3:00 p.m.
Session II Paper Presentations
3:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
Session III Cultural Programme
DAY - 1Friday, 14th February 2020
DAY - 2Saturday, 15th February 2020
DAY - 3Sunday, 16th February 2020
Papers may kindly be emailed to [email protected]
on or before 5th February, 2020
Dr. P. NandakumarHas Ph.D. in Sanskrit and Ancient Botany (Effect of Plants on Human beings) from Baroda University. He is the Intrnational Coordinator and All India Samparka Pramukh of Samskrita Bharati. He is the winner of Yashwant Kelkar Award for youth empowerment 2000. He is teaching Samskrit as a resource person in various
Universities and institutions in India and abroad and has published several articles in journals. He has served as All India General Secretary of Samskrita Bharati for Six years.
About Speakers
Dr. A.M. UnnikrishnanProfessor of Malayalam, School of Distance Education (SDE), University of Kerala. He has presented more than 100 papers in National and International Seminars and published more than 1000 articles in periodicals. He has also done many programmes in All India Radio, Doordarshan and other Malayalam Channels. Member,
Senate of the University of Kerala. Member of the PG Board of Studies in Malayalam, University of Kerala, and Central University of Kerala. He has received more than 16 awards.