Phone/Fax:+91(020) 25656932, Website : http://aioc.in E-mail : [email protected] ALL ORIENTAL CONFERENCE Head Office : Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune – 411 004 49th SESSION to be held at SHREE SOMNATH SANSKRIT UNIVERSITY, Rajendra Bhuvan Road, Veraval, Gir-Somnath, Gujarat - 362 266 on 18th , 19th & 20th May 2018

BULLETIN NO. 1

The All India Oriental Conference, which has for the last ten decades served as the National forum of scholars interested in Orientology, will hold its 49th session at Shree Somnath Sanskrit University, Veraval (Gujarat) on 18th , 19th & 20th May 2018.

The General President of the Conference is Prof. Chandrakant Shukla, 11 Shashindra Apartment, Jeevan Gali, Morabadi, Ranchi – 834 008. Prof. Ramakant Shukla, R-6, Vani Vihar, New -120 059 has been elected Vice- President.

The following have been elected Sectional Presidents:

1 Vedic Prof. Mishra Prayag Narayan, Department of Sanskrit, University, Lucknow (U.P.) 226007 2 Iranian Prof. Hasan S. A. 138, , New Campus, Department of Persian, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110 067. 3 Classical Sanskrit Dr. Chandra Bhushan Jha, A-11, St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 4 Islamic Studies Prof. Dr. Sujauddin N. Shaikh. 7/2/123, Electronic appliances, Nana Taiwad, Opp. J. J. Auto Spare, Azad Road. Valsad - 396001. Gujrat. 5 Arabic & Persian Dr. Allauddin Shah, Room No. 154, SL old Building, Centre of Persian and Central Asian Studies, School of Languages, Literature and Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi – 110067 6 Pali & Buddhism Prof. Ratna Basu, 183 Jodhpur Park Backside Building, 1st Floor, Kolkatta 700068 7 Prakrit & Jainism Prof. Chaudhary Biswas Nath, Nirmal Anand Vihar, Near Vishal Mega Mart, Chandva mode, Aara Bihar 802312 8 History Prof. C. Rajendran, 28/1097, “Rajadhan”, T.P. Kumaran Nair Road, Chevayur, Calicut 673 017 9 Archaeology Prof. Pradhan Shrikant, Deccan College, Post Graduate Research Institute, Yerawda Pune 411006 10 Indian Linguistics Prof. Kamdev Jha, 6 D, Dayal Baug, Ambal Cantt. Harayana 133001 11 Philosophy Prof. Dilip Charan, Department of Philosophy, School of Psychology, Education & Philosophy, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad. 12 Religion Prof. Mina Shukla, HOD, Department of Sanskrit, Ranchi University, Ranchi Zharkhand, 834008 13 Dravidic Studies Prof. M. N. Joshi, Post graduate Department, Studies in Sanskrit Karanataka University, Dharwad 580003 14 Tech. Sci. & Fine Dr. Arvind Narayan Mishra, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Education, Uttarkhand Arts, Skt. & Computer University, Bahadrabad, , Uttarakhand 15 South East Asian Prof. Hari Dutt Sharma, Department of Sanskrit, University of Allahabad, Studies Allahabad-211 002 (U.P.) 16 West Asian Studies Prof. Ahmed Ishtique, Centre of Persian & Central Asian studies school of Language Literature and cultural studies, Jawaharlal Nehru university, New Delhi 110067 17 Modern Sanskrit Prof. Saroj Kaushal, Jain Narain Vyas University, Department of Sanskrit, Jodhpur, Rajasthan 342011 18 Manuscriptology Prof. Jha Udyanath, Rashtri Sanskrit Sansthan (Deemed University), Sadashiva Campus Puri. Odisha 752 001 19 Epics and Puranas Prof. Gopal Krishna Dash, CF 55, Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneshwar 751 004, Odisha 20 Indian Aesthetics and Prof. Joshi Natavar, F-70 Giridarshan Income Tax Colony Section 21-22 CBD Poetics Belapur, Navi Mumbai 400614 21 Gujrati Language & Dr. Raghuveer Chaudhary, A-6, “Pooraneshwar”, Gulbai Tekra, Literature Ahmedabad-380015 (Gujarat)

The success of a session of the All India Oriental Conference depends entirely upon the active participation of Universities, learned societies and scholars interested in the various subjects coming under the purview of the Conference. Universities and Learned societies are, therefore, requested to depute delegates to the session. All persons interested in Oriental learning and research are requested to enroll themselves as members of the conference by filling in the accompanying membership form.

Please go through the detailed notification and fill the form on our website http://aioc.in. Application fee payment can be done online through internet banking/debit/credit card mode. (1) Full Membership Fee for the session is Rs. 200/- (2) Life Membership Fees is Rs. 1,000/- If you are not successful with the online payment you can send us a Demand Draft in the name of All India Oriental Conference. Application form is to be sent with the DD. Please write your name, and mobile number behind the DD. The DD with the form should be sent by post/courier to the General Secretary, All India Oriental Conference, Head Office: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, 812, Shivajinagar, Pune - 411004 . Please send different DDs for Full Membership and Life Membership Fees. The last date of registration of membership is 28th February 2018. THERE WILL BE NO ON SPOT REGISTRATION. *** Abstract, Papers and Delegates fees should be sent to Local secretary as per the following information: Scholars are requested to submit their research papers – typed, (Soft copy in Unicode Mangal font as well as Hard copy) in duplicate [one copy to the Local Secretary and one to the Sectional President], for any of the Sections of the Session. The papers should be of the nature of ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION to the subject. They should not exceed ten double–spaced typed pages and should be each accompanied by a summary not exceeding three hundred words. The Abstracts shall be 300 words. Screening of Abstract of papers will be strictly maintained.  The Last date of receiving Abstract is 31st March 2018.  Full papers, along with their summaries should be sent to the Local Secretary not later than 30th April 2018. The registered members /delegates shall have to pay -  Rs. 2000/- for delegates that includes sharing based lodging & boarding (per head),  Rs. 1500/- for Local delegates only for boarding (No lodging will be provided)  Rs. 1000/- for Research Student (M.A/M.Phil./Ph.D.) (No lodging facility)  The last date of payment of delegate fees is 31st March 2018.  The delegate fee should be sent to Local Secretary as Demand Draft in the name of “LOCAL SECRETARY ALL INDIA ORIENTAL CONFERENCE” payable at Veraval (Gujarat) along with research paper.

Following prizes will be given to the best papers presented by young scholars in the respective sections: 1 Dr. V. G. Rahurkar Prize Vedic Studies 2. Smt. Sushila Devi Mishra Prize Vedic Studies 3. Dr. V. G. Rahurkar Prize Vedanta-Philosophy and Religion 4. Dr. V. Raghavan Prize Classical Sanskrit 5. Dr. Jaymant Mishra Prize Classical Sanskrit 6. Muni Punyavijayji Prize Prakrit and Jainism 7. D. K. Jain O.R. Institute Prize Prakrit and Jainism 8. Mrs. Annapurna and Dr. R.K. Sharma Prize Modern Sanskrit 9. Markatavalli Sundaresvara Sambhavana Prize Pandit Parishad 10. Sragdhara Nandi Prize Alamkarashastra 11 Radhadevi Shriniwas Tiwari Prize History 12.Prof. Jagdish Sahai Kulshreshtha Prize Technical Science & Fine Arts 13 Smt. Kamlesh Kumari Kulshreshtha Prize Classical Sanskrit 14.Shri Jyotsnamoy Chatterjee Prize Pali & Buddhism including Tibetology 15. Pandit Ganeshwar Dash Prize Epics and Puranas 16. Dr. Uma Deshpande Prize Modern Sanskrit 17. Manika Dhawal Prize Technical Science & Fine Arts 18. Dr. P. D. Agnihotri Prize Vedic Section 19. Prof. Sushma Kulshreshtha Prize Indian Linguistics 20. Dr. R. N. Aralikatti Prize Modern Sanskrit 21. Prof. Abha Kulshrestha “Najma” Prize Arabic, Persian & Iranian 22. Padmashree Prof. Sumati Mutatkar Prize Technical Science and Fine Arts 23. Dr. Krishna Joo Rajdan Prize Bhakti (Religion) 24. Prof. (Dr.) Sureshachandra G. Kantawala Prize Epics and Puranas 25. Late Kamaladevi Jain Award of Rs. 5000/- will be given to the best paper of the conference. One copy of the paper to be submitted for any of the above prizes should be directly sent to the Sectional President of the respective section.

Prof. Devendra Nath Pandeya Prof. Saroja Bhate Local Secretary, General Secretary Dr. Janakisharan Acharya Additional Local Secretary, Shree Somnath Sanskrit University, Dr. Girish Awasthi Veraval, Gir-Somnath, Gujarat-362 266 Joint General Secretary Mobile : 8866812555, 8758817525 Email: [email protected], Website : sssu.ac.in