SAMAGRA - National Seminar on Indian Literatures and Culture

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About the Seminar

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:

A critical re-appropriation of classical Indian aesthetics to the understanding of contemporary Indian
Comparitive approach to Indian and Western Critical
The role of regional literatures in the evolution of a national
The evolution of cultural consciousness in the traditional Indian
The Margi and Desi traditions in Indian

Cultural perspectives on the various strands of Indian
Mythopoeic imagination in Indian writings and
Negotiations of modernity in Indian cinema and
Impact of bhakti cult in Indian Art and
The embodiment of Indian ethos in Sanskrit

About Amrita

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.

Programme Schedule

DAY – 1 Friday, February 14, 2020
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
DAY – 2 Saturday, February 15, 2020
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 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 – 3 Sunday, February 16, 2020
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 Associate Professor & Co-ordinator of Malayalam School of Distance Education, University of Kerala Topic : Thunchath Ezhuthachan: The Maker of Modern Kerala
1:00 p.m.– 2:00 p.m.	Lunch Break
2:00 p.m.– 3:00 p.m.	Session III Paper Presentations
3:00 p.m.- 3:30 p.m.	Valedictory Session