The Pratyabhijnana series of workshops is where a body of researchers, drawn from different institutions and vocational backgrounds, meet periodically in different institutions. They engage in intensive discussions and structured readings over two days on topics of the research program ‘Comparative Science of Cultures’.  Some familiarity with the research program is required to attend the workshops. […]...

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Swamy Vivekananda is one of the key thinkers of the colonial era. In contemporary debates around the thinkers of colonial period, Vivekananda commands a different kind of an attention. Some would claim that he is a defender of Hinduism and he is a neovedantic scholar who appropriated western concepts and refabricated it as Hinduism and […]...

BELSPO: launches a call for Post-Doc Fellowships to non-EU researchers The stimulation of international mobility and the attraction of researchers from abroad is one of the priorities of the European Research Area. The Federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO) is contributing to this objective by granting post-doc fellowships to non-EU researchers allowing them to work in […]...

In March 2014, the Flemish Prime Minister, Mr. Kris Peeters, approved a project called “Incubation Phase for a Flemish India Platform”. It involves the expansion of the India Platform network in Flanders to all potentially interested companies, educational institutions and government structures. The India Platform committed itself to creating conditions for win-win collaborations between Flemish […]...

It has long been Professor Balu’s dream to open his doors to anyone who wants to ask questions about life. “Because”, he says, “finding happiness is a most fundamental human right. We have to find a place and time for that – and I want to help with that; I want to offer possibilities to […]...

“Europe, India and the limits of secularism”, an Oxford University Press Hardback book by Jakob De Roover, will be presented and discussed.   Opening of the evening by: Prof. Dr. Koen Goethals, Ghent University Chief Academic Officer A conversation on the limits of secularism with: Prof. Dr. Prakash Shah, School of Law, Queen Mary University of […]...

M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Neurosciences, M.S. Ramaiah Medical College and Hospitals, in collaboration with M.S.Ramaiah Advanced Learning Center, conducts “Epilepsy Surgery”, a Hands-on Cadaver Workshop on 16th and 17th April, 2016 A Cadaver hands-on training course was organised by the M.S. Ramaiah Insittute of Neuroscience on the 16th and 17th of April 2016, for Neurologists, Epileptologists and Neurosurgeons […]...

Celebrations for the Indian festival of Baisakhi was organised on the 9th of April 2016 at the City Hall in Gent. Everybody was welcome to enjoy the festivities and complimentary snacks served by Indian Curry House Ghent. Time: 12:00 to 16:30...

Mrs. Nele De Gersem and Prof. Jakob De Roover spoke with the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi during his visit to Brussels, Belgium on 30th of March 2016.  ...