Conducted by Smt. & Shri J. Gurappa Chetty (Andhra Pradesh)

Guidance by Prof. Anjan Chakraverty (Varanasi)

No. of Participants: 20

This All India Seminar on Veda was organized in collaboration with Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya Veda Vidya Pratishthana, Government of India, Ujjain

Coordinated by Prof. Y. K. Mishra (Head, Department of Vedic Studies, Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi; Former Vice-Chancellor, Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Rajasthan Sanskrit University, Jaipur) & Prof. S. K. Mishra (Department of Sanskrit, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi; Former Secretary, Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya Veda Vidya Pratishthana, Government of India, Ujjain)

A galaxy of Vedic scholars gathered to exchange views, such as Prof. K. D. Tripathi (Professor Emeritus, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi), Prof. Chittaranjan Munshi (Vice-Chancellor, Raja Mansingh Tomar University, Gwalior), Prof. Ritwik Sanyal (Dean, Faculty of Performing Arts, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi), Prof. Roop Kishor Shastri (Member Secretary, Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya Veda Vidya Pratishthana, Government of India, Ujjain), Acharya Shri Adya Prasad Mishra (Former Vice-Chancellor, Vedic University, Jabalpur), Dr. Kedar Nath Shukla (Former Treasurer, Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya Veda Vidya Pratishthana, Government of India, Ujjain), Prof. Ramesh Chandra Dash Sharma (Head, Department of Veda, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, New Delhi) and many others. A large number of young Vedic scholars from all over the country also participated.

Coordinated by Prof. Pramod Chandra (George P. Bickford Professor of Indian Art, Harvard University, USA) and Dr. K. K. Chakravarty (Member Secretary, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi)

Keynote Address delivered by Dr. K. K. Chakraverty

Delivered by Prof. H. R. Sharma (Varanasi)

Delivered by Prof. T. P. Verma (Varanasi)

Delivered by Dr. Syamali Das (Shantiniketan)

Delivered by Dr. Shailendra Bhandare, Assistant Keeper, South Asian Numismatics, Ashmolean Museum and Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford, U.K.

Delivered by Dr. N. P. Joshi (Varanasi)

Delivered by Prof. Ram Harsh Singh (Varanasi)

Shravana Belagola and the Ritual of Mahamastakabhisheka

Delivered by Prof. S. Settar, Radhakrishnan Visiting Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru