Chairperson: Prof. Vibha Tripathi, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

Other Scholars Exchanging Views : Prof. Rai Anand Krishna, Dr. Ramji Pandey, Dr. Gopal Shastri Karkhedkar, Dr. Kamalesh Jain, Dr. M. S. Shukla, Prof. R. C. Sharma and Dr. Bhanu Shankar Mehta

In collaboration with Department of Art History and Tourism, Banaras Hindu University

Chairpersons: Dr. Bhanu Shankar Mehta and Prof. Kamal Giri

Coordinated by Prof. Deen Bandhu Pandey

Other Scholars Exchanging Views : Prof. J. P. Singh, Er. Madan Mohan Srivastava, Shri Puneet Gautam, Shri Ravindra Singh, Dr. R. C. Shukla, Prof. M. N. P. Tiwari, Shri Sachin Vishnoi, Dr. Mani Shankar Shukla and Prof. R. C. Sharma

Keynote Address delivered by Prof. B. N. Mukherjee, Kolkata

Other Scholars Exchanging Views : Padmabhushan Prof. Vidya Nivas Mishra, Dr Bhanu Shankar Mehta, Prof. R. C. Sharma and Prof. Edward Ambrose

In collaboration with Ganga Mahotsava Samiti

Scholars Exchanging Views : Prof. Sita Ram Shastri, Prof. Rai Anand Krishna, Dr. Bhanu Shankar Mehta, Prof. Rana P. B. Singh, Dr. Ratnesh Verma, Ms. Irma Schotsman, Prof. Veer Bhadra Mishra, Prof. H. L. Maheshwari, Prof. Bettina Baumer, Shri Kranti Kumar, Shri R. S. Singh, Shri S. K. Mishra, Prof. R. C. Sharma and Dr. Kamla Pandeya

Under the Annual Feature Kalidasa Parva

Keynote Address delivered by Prof. V. Venkatachalam

Other Scholars Exchanging Views : Prof. Reva Prasad Dwivedi, Acharya Vayu Nandan Pandey, Prof. Sita Ram Shastri, Dr. Kamla Pandeya, Dr. Trinath Sharma, Prof. Rai Anand Krishna, Prof. R. C. Sharma, Dr. Kapil Dev Pandey and Dr. N. C. Panda

In collaboration with University of Hawaii, U.S.A.

Inaugurated by Rev. Prof. S. Rinpoche, Director, Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath

Keynote Address delivered by Prof. Arindam Chakravarty, University of Hawaii

Valedictory Address delivered by Padmabhushan Prof. Vidya Nivas Mishra

Other Scholars Exchanging Views : Prof. Sita Ram Shastri, Prof. K. N. Mishra, Dr. Bhanu Shankar Mehta, Prof. Rai Anand Krishna, Prof. K. D. Tripathi, Prof. D. K. Rai, Prof. R. R. Pandey, Prof. K. N. Tripathi, Prof. R. C. Sharma and Dr. Pranati Ghosal

Conceptualized by Prof. Prem Lata Sharma and after her sudden demise on 4th December 1998, the seminar was dedicated to her sacred memory.

Inaugural Session presided over by Padmabhushan Prof. Vidya Nivas Mishra

Keynote Address delivered by Padmavibhushan Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan

Valedictory Address delivered by Dr. I. Panduranga Rao

Other Scholars Exchanging Views : Dr. Vishwanath Vaman Deva, Pt. Gagan Kumar Chattopadhyaya, Prof. Govind Gopal Mukhopadhyaya, Prof. Arindam Chakravarty, Prof. Ramashraya Ray, Prof. Priya Vrata Sharma, Prof. K. D. Tripathi, Pt. H. N. Chakravarty, Pt. Nallan Chakravarti Krishnamacharyulu, Prof. Sita Ram Shastri, Dr. Urmila Sharma, Prof. Krishna Kant Sharma, Dr. Mukund Lath, Prof. Ashok D. Ranade, Prof. Subhadra Chaudhari, Dr. Bhanu Shankar Mehta, Acharya Shrivatsa Gosvami, Dr. N. Ramanathan, Prof. R. C. Sharma, Prof. Bettina Baumer, Prof. Rai Anand Krishna, Ms. Selina Thielemann and Dr. T. M. Hoffman

Inaugurated by Dr. I. Panduranga Rao

Presided over by Prof. Prem Lata Sharma

Other Scholars Exchanging Views : Prof. K. N. Mishra, Pt. Ram Yatna Shukla, Rev. Fr. Patrick D'Souza, Prof. Raghunath Giri, Dr. Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Prof. Reva Prasad Dwivedi, Acharya Medha Devi, Dr. Sagar Mal Jain, Prof. Chandra Kala Padia, Prof. Hridaya Ranjan Sharma, Dr. Jodh Singh, Shri Nizamuddin Ansari, Prof. R. S. Tripathi, Prof. Shampa Dorje, Prof. R. C. Sharma, Pt. Rama Kant Pandey, Pt. Lakshmi Kant Pandey and Prof. Sita Ram Shastri