VANCOUVER 2018

THE 17TH WORLD SANSKRIT CONFERENCE

THE 17TH WORLDSANSKRIT CONFERENCEसप्तदशं विश्वसंस्कृ तसंमेलनम्

chan centre for the performing arts UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

VANCOUVER, CANADA

www.mandalarts.ca

वैधसुव ्मकबंटुकुअ ारा यसं ृ ता यनसमवायःINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SANSKRIT STUDIES

CONSULATE GENERAL OF INDIA VANCOUVER

JULY 9-13, 2018

inaugural sessionउद्घाटनसमघारोहः

july 9, 2018 8am-12.30pm

guest of honourHon. Shri Prakash Javadekar

We are honoured to welcome as our Chief Guest one of the most recognizable faces of the Union Council of Ministers, Hon’ble Shri Prakash Keshav Javadekar, who serves as the Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Republic of India. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha, representing the state of Madhya Pradesh, and has had a political career dedicated to confronting socio-economic issues as well as corruption and criminality within Indian politics. For many years, Shri Javadekar has served as a veteran National Spokesperson for the Bharatiya Janata Party, and since 2016 has overseen the Ministry of Human Resource Development, a robust portfolio that includes the Department of Higher Education, the Indian Council of Historical Research, and the Indian Council of Philosophical Research. In particular, Hon. Shri Javadekar serves as the Chancellor of the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, the apex for the promotion and development of Sanskrit Studies in India.

schedule of events

Registration and Book Exhibitions 8am8.20am Call to Order

8.25am

8.35am

8.45am

8.55am

9.05am

9.25am

9.30am

Inaugural Session

Traditional Welcome by Musqueam Elder Larry Grant, Professor, UBC First Nations & Endangered Languages Program

Puṣpāñjali Bharatanāṭyam Performance: Kiruthika Rathanaswami, Mandala Arts & Culture

Greetings by Andrew Szeri, Provost, University of British Columbia, and Murali Chandrashekharan, Vice-Provost, International, UBC

Presidential Address by V. Kutumbasastry, President, International Association of Sanskrit Studies

Address by Guest of Honour, Hon. Shri Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Human Resource Development, Republic of India

Lighting of the lamp by Shri Prakash Javadekar, accompanied by Larry Grant, Andrew Szeri, Murali Chandrashekharan, V. Kutumbasastry, Vikas Swarup (High Commissioner of India to Canada), Abhilasha Joshi (Consul General of India, Vancouver), Ven. Shan Ru (International Buddhist Society), Nareshroy Patel (BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha)

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9.45am

10.30am

11.10am

11.50am

12pm

12.30pm

Plenary Session

George Cardona, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA, USA) “Philology, Text History and History of Ideas”

Mahāmahopādhyāya Bhadreshdas Swami, BAPS Swaminarayan Research Institute (Delhi, India) Akṣara-Puruṣottama Darśana: Introduction & Book Launch

Introduced by Deven Patel (University of Pennsylvania), with brief remarks by George Cardona (University of Pennsylvania) and Ashok Aklujkar (University of British Columbia)

Dipti Tripathi, University of Delhi, National Mission for Manuscripts (Delhi, India)“Reflections on Manuscriptology: Forays into Indian Paradigms of Knowledge Management”

Arvind Sharma, McGill University (Montréal, QC, Canada)“The Surprising Modernity of Bhavabhūti’s Uttararāmacarita”

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Chaired by Ashok Aklujkar, University of British Columbia

CLOSE OF PROGRAMME

All WSC delegates are invited to the INAUGURAL BANQUET, hosted by Hon. Shri Prakash Javadekar (HRM, India) from 5-6.30PM at the Great Hall at the AMS Student NEST Building (6133 University Blvd), and thereafter to the Gala Kūṭiyaṭṭam Performance by Nepathya at the Chan Centre.