Under the Annual Feature Radiance of Kashi

Chief Guest of the Inaugural Session: Prof. D. P. Singh, Vice-Chancellor, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

Keynote Address delivered by Prof. Thakur Prasad Verma

Coordinated by Dr. N. P. Joshi and Prof. M. N. P. Tiwari

Other Scholars Exchanging Views : Dr. Bhanu Shankar Mehta, Dr. Durga Nandan Tiwar, Dr. Usha Rani Tiwari, Ms. Aparna Tripathi, Shri Ratna Shankar Pandey, Dr. Amrit Lal Pandey, Dr. Jyoti Rohilla Rana, Dr. Abha Mishra, Dr. Rachana Sharma, Prof. Kamal Giri and Dr. Atul Tripathi

Presided over by Prof. Shriniwas Pandey, Banaras Hindu University

Coordinated by Dr. Brijbala Singh and Dr. Lakshmi Singh

Presided over by Dr. N. P. Joshi, Former Director, State Museum, Lucknow & Hon. Acharya, Jnana-Pravaha, Varanasi.

Coordinated by Prof. Upendra Pandey.

Participating Institutions: Arya Mahila Degree College, Vasanta Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Sanskrit Matrimandalam, Marwari Seva Sangha Vidyalaya, Women's College (BHU), Central Hindu Boys School, Central Hindu Girls School, Shri Pattabhiram Shastri Veda Mimamsa Anusandhan Kendra, Ranveer Sanskrit Vidyalaya, Vasanta College for Women and Jnana-Pravaham Samskara & Anushthana Kendra.

Presided over by Dr. N. P. Joshi, Former Director, State Museum Lucknow & Hon. Acharya, Jnana-Pravaha, Varanasi.

Coordinated by Prof. M. N. P. Tiwari and Prof. Kamal Giri.

Participating Institutions: Vasanta Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Durga Charan Girls Inter College, Sunbeam School (Bhagwanpur), Maharani Banaras Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Central Hindu Boys School and Delhi Public School.

Chief Guest: Prof. Yugal Kishor Mishra, Vice-Chancellor, Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Rajasthan Sanskrit University, Jaipur.

Presided over by Prof. K. D. Tripathi, Hon. Coordinator, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Varanasi.

Coordinated by Dr. Kamla Pandeya and Dr. Chandra Kanta Rai.

Participating Institutions: Vasanta Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Sanskrit Matrimandalam, Vasanta College for Women, Arya Mahila Degree College, Department of Sanskrit (BHU), Women's College (BHU), DAV College and Panini Kanya Mahavidyalaya.

A demonstration-cum-lecture based on Dr. Kamla Pandeya's epic Bhagavan Shankaracharya - Avirbhuyat Punarbhuvi organized in collaboration with Sanskrit Matrimandalam, Vasanta Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Varanasi.

Chief Guest : Prof. Krishna Kant Sharma, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.

Coordinated by Dr. Kamla Pandeya, Dr. Swarvandana Sharma and Dr. Shanta Chatterjee.

Participating Institutions: Faculty of Sanskrit Learning & Theology (BHU), Department of Sanskrit (BHU), Arya Mahila Degree College, Vasanta College for Women, Women's College (BHU), Vasanta Kanya Mahavidyalaya and Sanskrit Matrimandalam.

In collaboration with Sangeet Parishad, Kashi

Vocal Recital by Padmabhushan Smt. Girija Devi (Varanasi)

Shrauta-Yaga Mitravindeshti was performed by Ahitagni Mahadeva Shastri Agnihotri, Shri Shashi Kant Agnigotri and Group from Buldhana, Maharashtra along with other renowned priests from Nasik and Varanasi.

A power-packed stage performance of Sanskrit Theatre Kutiyattam was organized in collaboration with the Kuttiyattam Kendra, Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) at the Prof. K. N. Uduppa Auditorium, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, which was highly lauded by the spectators.

Celebrated artist of Banaras Gharana Pandit Chhannulal Mishra performed for the delegates of the International Conference on "Democracy in Our Time : The Past and the Future of the Enlightenment"