The Embassy of India in Brussels is pleased to announce that it will award Grant-in-aid for the year 2016-17 to Indo-Foreign Friendship Cultural Societies of Belgium and Luxembourg actively involved in fostering friendly relations with India and promoting a better understanding of Indian culture in these countries. You would be aware that 2016-17 marks the […]...
On the 9th of September 2016 Ms. Sarika Rao, researcher in comparative science of cultures (UGent) has been invited in the Radio 1 program “Interne Keuken“. She explained how the caste system was a construction of the European colonisers and the social structure of the Indian society is completely misunderstood by the West....
We are happy to inform you that we will be organizing the first ever Summer School on the ancient Indian System of Medicine Ayurveda for both students and professionals in the healthcare and non-healthcare sector at our campus in Bengaluru in July August 2016. Deadline for registration is 30 May 2016. The participants will personally experience the Ayurveda way of […]...
The European Road Safety Summer School from 22nd to 26th of August 2016 is an initiative of the Flemish Foundation for Traffic Knowledge (VSV, an ETSC Member), the Transportation Research Institute (IMOB) of Hasselt University, Polis (network of European cities and regions cooperating for innovative transport solutions) and the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC). The […]...
Announcement WADA’s 2017 Social Science Research Grant Program The deadline for a proposal for WADA’s 2017 Social Science Research Grant Program is 18 July 2016 (00:00 GMT). Applicants, who can be from universities, colleges, small businesses, for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, are asked to submit proposals regarding one of the following three areas: Developing intervention models […]...
De Vlaams Minister van Omgeving, Joke Schauvliege, maakt, als een van de partners van het Vlaams Partnerschap Water voor Ontwikkeling (VPWvO), in 2016 weer middelen vrij voor cofinanciering van drinkwater- en sanitatieprojecten in het Zuiden. De Afdeling Internationaal Beleid van het Departement Leefmilieu, Natuur en Energie (LNE) van de Vlaamse overheid lanceert daarom een oproep voor projectvoorstellen […]...
This international conference co-organized by the BMS College of Engineering and India Platform, aims to examine the general predicament of liberal education and the future of the university in India. Have a look at the conference website for more information....
This Dharma & Ethics conference is a three-day national conference in the general framework of ‘Decolonizing the Social Sciences’. The host organization this time is Alva’s Education Foundation. The co-organizers are the Research Centre Vergelijkende Cultuurwetenschap (Ghent University, Belgium) the SDM Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Humanities and Social Sciences (CIRHS at the SDM PG […]...
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. […]...