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BIOTIK identikit of the IFP wins the Manthan Award South Asia 2009

The 2009 Manthan Award South Asia went to the BIOTIK identikit developed by the French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP). The Manthan Award is an initiative in India to recognize the best practices in e-Content and Creativity. The award (www.manthanaward.org) was launched by Digital Empowerment (...)

First Prize for BIOTIK identikit

The Bioinformatics Centre of the Pondicherry University (BICPU), India, organized a three day National seminar on the Recent Trends in Structural Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, from September 16-18, 2009. Delegates from all over India including Scientists, Teachers and Research (...)

Prof. N.S. Ramanuja TATACHARYA has just been awarded the title « SHASTRAKALPADRUMA »

Professor Navalpakkam Ramanuja TATACHARYA, associated professor and researcher at the French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP), leading authority in the fields of shastras (sciences) that are the Nyaya, the Vyakarana, the Mimamsa and the Vedanta, was awarded the title « SHASTRAKALPADRUMA » by Mr. (...)

Seminar on “Methodology and Tamil Studies for Doctoral and Postdoctoral Researchers”

A two-day international seminar on “Methodology and Tamil Studies for Doctoral and Postdoctoral Researchers” was jointly organized by the French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP) and the Tamil Chair of the University of California at Berkeley, and held at the IFP on August 12th to 13th 2009. The (...)

Laurent PORDIÉ, winner of the «ICAS Book Prize 2009»

Laurent Pordié, Head of the programme “Societies and Medicines in South Asia” at the French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP), won the «ICAS Book Prize 2009, Colleague Choice Award», bestowed biannually by the International Convention of Asian Scholars, Leiden. The ICAS Book Prize honours the (...)

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Four Forts of the Deccan
Jean Deloche, Collection Indologie n°111, IFP/EFEO, 2009, 206 p. incl. ill.
Language: English. 1000 Rs (43 €)
ISBN (IFP): 978-81-8470-175-3. ISBN (EFEO): 978-2-85539-675-0
Keywords : fortification, architecture, technology, Deccan

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Between Preservation and Recreation: Tamil Traditions of Commentary. Proceedings of a Workshop in Honour of T.V. Gopal Iyer.
Edited by Eva Wilden, Collection Indologie n°109, IFP / EFEO, 2009, xiv, 319 p.
Language: English (except 2 articles in Tamil). 600 Rs (26 €)
ISBN (IFP): 978-81-8470-173-9. ISBN (EFEO): 978-2-85539-674-3
Keywords: Tamil literature, exegesis, philology

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Passages: Relationships Between Tamil And Sanskrit.
Edited by Kannan M., Jennifer Clare, IFP / Tamil Chair, DSSEAS, University of California (Berkeley), IFP - Publications Hors série n° 11, 2009, xxxvi, 380 p.
Language: English (except 1 article in Tamil). 700 Rs ( 30 €)
ISBN: 978-81-8470-176-0 Keywords: Tamil literature, Sanskrit literature, Indian literature, South Asian studies, comparative literature

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Restoring Mental Health in India. Pluralistic Therapies and Concepts.
Edited by Brigitte Sébastia, Oxford University Press, 2009, viii, 318 p.
Language : English 795 Rs
Keywords: Siddha, Ayurveda, yoga, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, religious therapy, mental illness

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