Research Funding Schemes

Seminars, Workshops, Conferences
( Research Funding Rules for Seminars / Conferences / Workshops )

The Research Projects Committee may award grants for seminars, workshops or academic conferences concerned with specific themes of History to individual scholars as coordinators who apply in accordance with the proforma contained in Annexure VII, the amount of grant in each case not to exceed Rupees one lakh (Rs. 1,00,000) and to be paid through the host institution deemed to be the institution of affiliation.

Seminars, Workshops, Conferences grant has been awarded to the following persons:

1. K.K.N. Kurup, President, Keraleeyan Memorial Committee (Calicut, Kerala), for seminar on Indian Nationalism, Peasantry and All India Kisan Sabha (Rs 50,000).
2. Local Secretary, Tamil Nadu History Congress (Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu), for holding the 12th Annual Session of Tamil Nadu History Congress (Rs 35,000).
3. Amar Nath Thakur, Department of Ancient Indian History (Madhubani, Bihar), for seminar on Dimension of Mithila Folk Culture (Rs 30,000).
4. P.J. Cherian, Director, Kerala Council for Historical Research (Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala), for international seminar on Kerala History (Rs 1,00,000).
5. Satish Chandra, Chairman, Institute of Rajasthan Seminars/Workshops/Conferences Studies (Jaipur, Rajasthan), national seminar on Rajasthan during the Time of Akbar (Rs 50,000, additional grant).
6. Radha Chakravarty, Department of English, Gargi College (New Delhi), seminar on Integrating Knowledge: The Challenge of Interdisciplinary Studies (Rs 30,000).
7. N.R. Patnaik, P.G. Department of History (Cuttack, Orissa), seminar on Development of Historical Sciences in Orissa: Methodological Problems and Perspectives (Rs 50,000).
8. Deepak Kumar, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, JNU (New Delhi), seminar on Health and Medicine in History, East-West Exchange (Rs 1 lakh).
9. James John, Department of History, St. Thomas College (Kottayam, Kerala), seminar on The L ocal Chieftains and Lesser Rajas of Malabar (Rs 50,000).
10. Sundar Sarukkai, Centre for Philosophy, National Institute of Advanced Studies (Bangalore, Karnataka), workshop on Philosophy for the Social Sciences and Humanities (Rs 50,000).
11. Giriraj Kumar, President, Rock Art Society of India, Faculty of Arts, (Dayalbagh, Agra), Annual Congress of the Rock Art Society of India (Rs 30,000).