Pre-Conference Working Groups

1. Decipherment of Ancient Scripts: Indus, Gilgit and Sankha

Coordinator

Prof. Alok Tripathi

Additional Director General (Archaeology), ASI

Co-coordinator

Smt. Priyanka Chandra

Director, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India

Members

Dr. T. J. Alone

Joint Director General, ASI

Shri Hemasagar A. Naik

Director (Excavation), ASI

Dr. Bhuvan Vikrama

Director (PDU-IA), ASI, Greater Noida

Dr. Goutami Bhattacharya

Superintending Archaeologist, PDU-IA, ASI, Greater Noida

Dr. Aprajita Sharma

Assistant Superintending Archaeologist, UAW, ASI

Dr. Deepti Agnihotri

Assistant Superintending Archaeologist, ASI

2. Survey, Documentation, Metadata Standards and Digital Archiving

Coordinator

Prof. Ramesh C. Gaur

Dean (Admn.), IGNCA

Co-coordinator

Dr. Ajit Kumar

Director (CSL), Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India

Members

Acharya Ajaysagarsuri

Senior Scholar, Koba Jain Gyan Mandir, Gujarat

Dr. Bhavanath Jha

Editor, Mahavir Mandir Publication Department, Patna

Dr. A. R. D. Prasad

Former Professor DRTC (ISI), Banglore

Shri Sanjaya Singhal

Managing Trustee, Dharohar

Dr. Pooran Mal Gupta

University Librarian, Central Sanskrit University, New Delhi

Dr. Kirtikant Sharma

Former Associate Professor, IGNCA

Dr. Parveen Babbar

Deputy Librarian, JNU

3. Manuscriptology and Paleography

Coordinator

Prof. Sudhir Kumar Lall

HoD (Kalakosa Division), IGNCA

Co-Coordinator

Ms. Pooja Hali

Director, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India

Members

Prof. Vasantkumar M. Bhatt

Formerly Director of the School of Languages, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad

Dr. Sweta Prajapati

I/c Director, Oriental Institute, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda

Shri P. L. Shaji

Senior Manuscript Conservator, ORIML, University of Kerala

Dr. T. S. Ravishankar

Former Director (Epigraphy), ASI, Mysore

Prof. Akhlaque Ahmad

Professor, Centre of Persian and Central Asian Studies, JNU

Dr. Kamal Kishor Mishra

HoD & Associate Professor, Dept. of Sanskrit, University of Kolkata

Dr. Abhijit Dixit

Regional Director, R C Varanasi, IGNCA

4. Digitization Tools, Platforms, and Protocols (HTR, AI, IIF)

Coordinator

Prof. P. Jha

Head, Cultural Informatics Lab (CIL), IGNCA

Co-Coordinator

Shri Rajeev Kumar

Director, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India

Members

Prof. Santanu Chaudhury

Former Director, IIT Jodhpur

Prof. Rajendra Kumar Anayat

Ex-Vice Chancellor, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science & Technology, Murthal, Sonipat

Shri Timothy Dkhar

Deputy Director General, NIC

Prof. C. V. Jawahar

Professor, IIIT Hyderabad

Dr. Dinesh Katre

Former Senior Director & HOD, C-DAC Pune

Shri Shah Nawaz Khan

Sr. Director (IT), NIC

5. Conservation and Restoration of Manuscripts

Coordinator

Dr. Achal Pandya

Prof. & HoD (Conservation), IGNCA

Co-Coordinator

Shri Dalpat Singh

Director, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India

Members

Prof. Sukhdev Singh

Vice Chairman, INTACH

Dr. P. Perumal

Former Conservator & Librarian, Sarasvati Mahal Library, Thanjavur

Dr. Sanjay Dhar

Expert Conservator, IGNCA

Prof. K. K. Jain

Former Professor, National Museum Institute (NMI)

Ms. Ritu Jain

Chief Conservator, Parliament Museum and Archives

Shri Nilabh Sinha

Principal Director, INTACH Conservation Institute (ICI), Arts and Material Heritage

Dr. Tej Singh

Former Director, NRLC, Lucknow

6. Decoding Manuscripts: Pathways to the Indian Knowledge System

Coordinator

Prof. A. B. Shukla

HoD (BVP), IGNCA

Co-coordinator

Ms. Pallavi Prashant Holkar

Director, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India

Members

Prof. Om Nath Bimli

Professor & Head, Dept. of Sanskrit, Faculty of Arts, University of Delhi

Dr. Nagaraj Paturi

Vice Chancellor, INDICA

Prof. Amba Kulkarni

Dept. of Sanskrit Studies, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad

Prof. Nachiketa Tiwari

Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur

Prof. Ram Nath Jha

School of Sanskrit and Indic Studies, JNU

Prof. Prasad Joshi

Vice Chancellor (A.), Chairperson, Deccan College, Pune

Dr. Mayank Shekhar

Mission Director, NMCM, IGNCA

Prof. Gauri Mahulikar

Professor & Dean of Faculty, Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Ernakulam, Kerala

Dr. Madhusoodana Pai J.

Assistant Director (Research), In-charge, BVP, IGNCA

7. Manuscripts as Tools of Cultural Diplomacy

Coordinator

Prof. Anirban Dash

Director, National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM)

Co-Coordinator

Shri Aneish P. Rajan

Director, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India

Members

Dr. V. Ramanathan

Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, IIT BHU

Prof. Venketeswara Pai R.

Associate Professor, Dept. of Humanities & Social Sciences, IISER Pune

Dr. Amogh Dev Rai

Executive Director, Sanrachna, SGT University

Prof. Siniruddha Dash

Former Prof. and Head, Chief Editor, New. Cat. Catalogorum (NCC), Department of Sanskrit, University of Madras

Prof. Chander Shekhar

Professor, Dept. of Persian, University of Delhi

Shri Abhay Kumar

Deputy Director General (C&SP), ICCR

8. Legal and Ethical Frameworks for Manuscript Preservation and Access

Coordinator

Prof. Richa Kamboj

HoD, Kaladarsana Division, IGNCA

Co-Coordinator

Shri Shah Faesal

Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India

Members

Shri Safir Anand

Senior Partner & Head of Department (Trademarks, Contractual & Commercial IP), Anand & Anand Law Firm

Prof. Unnat P. Pandit

Controller General of Patents, Design & Trade Marks, RoC, GI & SICLDR

Prof. Alka Chawla

Professor, Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi

Prof. Prabuddha Ganguli

CEO, Vision-IPR

Shri Jagdish Swaroop

Deputy Registrar of Copyright (Retd) and Legal Consultant, M/o Chemical and Fertilizers

Dr. G. R. Raghavender

Senior Consultant (IPR) & Former Joint Secretary, Govt. of India