IP Events

In order to consolidate the core consortium of stakeholders of the India Platform, a meeting was organised between the Rector of Ghent University and the following institutions: * the Gokula Educational Foundation...

The third conference of the five-year conference cluster Rethinking Religion in India III: European Representations and Indian Responses, took place from 11 to 14 October 2011 in Pardubice in Czech...

Local partner: Kuvempu University, Shimoga, Karnataka The project aimed to reinvigorate social scientific research and education at a rural university located in a remote region of South India. Problems: Social science students...

In the course of two weeks (from 12 to 26 July 2011) a group of 5 scholars from Ghent University Belgium, under the leadership of Prof. S.N. Balagangadhara, is teaching an...

Welcome evening for the new Indian students at Ghent University, with a presentation of the India Platform UGent and a lecture by Prof. Balagangadhara on "Being an Indian in Europe".

Friday, October...

This was the first Indian Welcome Evening for Indian students and faculty. UGent Rector Paul Van Cauwenberge opened the evening with a welcome...

14 - 17 June 2009,...

The India Platform led a workshop for Vlerick Business School in Ghent, in the framework of the Country Specific Sessions in...

In January 2008, the first conference questioned the theoretical framework that is used for the study of religion and tradition in the Indian context. The second conference, which took place...

Inaugural evening of debate: “Collaboration between Europe and India: Is Culture a Barrier?” The debate explored the cultural potential of the new encounter between India and Europe. The participants in the debate...