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A two-day workshop on “Urbanization in India”, was held on July 16 and 17, 2010, at the French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP), in the framework of the first phase completion of the e-Geopolis / Indiapolis project. The general aim of this workshop was to share experiences on measuring (...)

Dr. Anilkumar Acharya, who is involved in the cataloging of manuscripts at the French Institute of Pondicherry, was awarded the Pandit Ganeshwar Das Prize for the best paper presented by a young scholar on the topic of Epics & Puranas, which he presented at the 45th Session of the All India (...)

A two-day international seminar entitled “Transnational healthcare in Asia” was held at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, on July 4 and 5, 2010. This seminar was co-organized by the French Institute of Pondicherry (UMIFRE 21 CNRS-MAEE / USR 3330) and the Cluster of Excellence ‘Asia & (...)

The World Classical Tamil Conference, organised by the Tamil Nadu Govt was held in Coimbatore from 23 June to 27 June, 2010. This was the first time that an International conference with more than 3,000 participants from India and abroad, including a large number of scholars, was conducted (...)

The documentary "Bittersweet waters / Eaux douces, eaux amères" produced by the French Institute of Pondicherry, was selected to be screened on June 6, 2010, at the “Aapala Paryavaran” Environmental Film Festival, which has been organized by the “Enviro-Vigil” NGO for the past two years. This (...)

• Raphaël Pélissier awarded an HDR by Montpellier University
• Laurent Pordié appointed to the University of Chicago
• CHINDEU Seminar in Pondicherry
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