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Visiting Scholars / Students - 2008
Year 2008
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December 29 Mrs. Pascale LABORIER, Director of the Marc Bloch Centre, a French-German Centre for Research in Social Sciences, situated in Berlin, Germany, visited the Institute. She was greeted by the Secretary General, Yvan PRIKHODIKO. She was then given a presentation of the activities of the Geomatics Laboratory by Mr. MUTHUSANKAR and of the Indology Department by Dr. T. GANESAN (see photo).
December 22 Prof. Bruno LATOUR, French sociologist of science, anthropologist and an influential theorist in the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) visited the Institute and held discussions with the Director, Prof. Vêlayoudom MARIMOUTOU as well as with Dr. Frédéric BORNE, Dr. Laurent PORDIE, Dr. ANUPAMA. K and KANNAN. M. He had a detailed look at the collections of IFP, and appreciated the unique way in which the IFP does a holitisic scientific study on India’s nature and culture. He also remarked that it would be very useful for his students to come and work at the IFP (see photo).
November 17 Fifty-nine Ph.D Scholars in Social Sciences and Sciences from various parts of India, visited the Institute in the framework of an Interaction Programme conducted by the Academic Staff College of the Pondicherry University. They were led by Dr. Panch. RAMALINGAM, reader at the Pondicherry University. The students showed special interest to the collection of the Center for Documentary Resources of the IFP, where they met with the Chief Librarian, Ms. Anurupa NAIK.
October 6 Thirty-nine first and second year forestry students from the College of Forestry of the Kerala Agricultural University, visited the Institute, accompanied by two faculty members, Dr. M.M. ANIMON and Dr. T.K. KUNHAMU. They were given a general presentation of the activities of the Institute by the Communications-in-charge, Mr. Anand PAKIAM, and were then given detailed explanations on key projects led in the Ecology Department by Dr. B.R. RAMESH, Dr. K. ANUPAMA, Dr. N. AYYAPPAN, as well as Mr. S. ARAVAJY. The students also visited the Laboratory of Applied Informatics and Geomatics where Mr. G. MUTHUSANKAR and Mr. Pascal DOUARD demonstrated to them some of the laboratory’s expertise in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Information Technology and Communication (IT&C)
July 31 Fifty trainees from the State Forest Service College of Coimbatore visited the Institute. They were given a presentation of the activities of the Ecology Department and of some specific projects by Dr. Raphaël PELISSIER, Dr. B.R. RAMESH, and Dr. N. AYYAPPAN.
February 19 Marie-Paule SERRE, Director of the Alliance française in Chennai, met the IFP Director, Dr. Jean-Pierre MULLER and the Head of the Ecology Department, Dr. Raphaël PELISSIER to discuss on how the IFP could contribute to a one-week event on the theme of water management and biodiversity, which will be organised at the Alliance française of Chennai in the month of April 2008. They envisaged, notably, of presenting the recently produced DVD by the IFP "Bittersweet waters", that deals with water management in South India, as well as the open source weed identification software developped by the IFP, named OSCAR.
Department of Indology
December 30 Prof K.E DEVANATHAN, Dean of Darsanas RSV Sanskrit University, Tirupati, visited the Institute and was guided by Dr. S. LAKSHMINARASIMHAN. He was shown and presented the Indology Department as well as the Library. He later sent a written appreciation letter for the quality of work done at the Institute (see photo).
December 29 Prof. N.V. DEVIPRASAD, Principal, Madras Sanskrit College, visited the Indology Department as well as the Library of the Institute. He was guided by Dr. S. LAKSHMINARASIMHAN. He praised the quality of the publications released by the Institute (see photo).
December 26 Prof. G S. Krishna MURTHY, Head of the Department of Sahitya, RSV Sanskrit University, Tirupati, was given a presentation of the activities of the Indology Department by Dr. S. LAKSHMINARASIMHAN. He later met and discussed with the IFP Director, Prof. Velayoudom MARIMOUTOU.
December 23 Prof Sanjay SUBRAMANIAM, Doshi chair for Indian history, Director of the Centre for India and South Asia at the University of California at Los Angeles, visited the Institute and held discussions with the Director, Prof. Vêlayoudom MARIMOUTOU, the Head of the Indology Department, Prof SUBBARAYALU and KANNAN M.
February 11 A group from the “Franco-Indian Friendship of Franche-Comté” (AFIFC), France, came to the Institute, where Jean DELOCHE showed them his exhibition entitled Old Pondicherry (1673-1824) revisited which gives a comprehensive picture of the Urban Development of the town from 1673 to 1824.
February 5 Sannyasin ARUMUGASWAMI and Sannyasin SENTHILNATHASWAMI. visited the Institute and were presented the manuscript collection by the Head of the EFEO Centre in Pondicherry, Dr. Dominic GOODALL. They took some photographs of the Yogajaagama and Candrajnaanaagama manuscripts and then discussed with the Director, Dr. Jean-Pierre MULLER, on possibilities for access to these manuscripts (see photo).
January 21 A small group of students from the Veda Agama Samskrutha Maha Pathasala situated in the Sri Sri Gurukul, Vedic Heritage Campus, Ved Vignan Maha Vidya Peetam, Bangalore led by their principal Sri. A.S. Sundaramurthy Sivam paid a visit to the French Institute. They expressed their desire to establish a fruitful collaboration between the Indology Department, French Institute and the Veda Agama Samskrutha Maha Pathasala, Bangalore. In that direction Sri. A.S. Sundaramurthy SIVAM held discussions with Prof. Bruno DAGENS, Pandit SAMBANDHAN and Dr. T. GANESAN. The team then met Mr. J-P. MULLER, the director French Institute. The Principal Sri. A.S. Sundaramurthy Sivam briefly mentioned to Mr. MULLER the possible plan of regular collaboration between the two institutions in future. The team then visited the Jean Filliozat Manuscript Room and avidly went through the manuscript collection (see photo).
July 14 Mrs. Elizabeth SEGRAN, PhD candidate at the University of California at Berkeley, Department and South and Southeast Asian Studies, worked with M. KANNAN from July 14, 2008 to July 31, 2008, to assist in the translation - editing works of selected papers of Prof. François GROS to be co-published with the University of California.
July 12 Dr. V.N MUTHUKUMAR and Ms. Rebecca WHITTINGTON, both PhD candidates at the Tamil Chair, SSEAS, University of California at Berkeley, worked with M. KANNAN from July 12th to August 26th.
July 12 Mark BRADLEY, Ph. D. student in Religious Studies at the University of Québec in Montreal (UQÀM), Canada, worked from July 12th to August 26th with M. KANNAN, on the study of how religion and religious practices work as vectors of identity in a forced migration context, and what role they play in the trans-generational process of identity transmission.
February 4 Dr. Alexander DUBIANSKY, Professor of Tamil from the Moscow State University, Dr. Mouna GURU, Professor of fine Arts from the Eastern University, Mattakkalappu, Srilanka, and Dr. Chitralekha Mouna GURU, Professor of English from the same University, met with KANNAN.M to discuss matters related to the Contemporary Tamil culture programme.
January 16 Dr. Elisabeth SETHUPATHY, Professor of Tamil at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO), Paris, came to the Institute for three days, and discussed with the Director, Dr. Jean-Pierre MULLER and KANNAN. M on possible formal collaboration between the Contemporary Tamil Culture Research programme of the IFP and the INALCO, Paris.
January 16 Prof. R.E. ASHER, Honorary Fellow from the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences of the University of Edinburgh, UK, came to the Institute to discuss with KANNAN.M and Prof SUBBARAYALU on aspects related to the programmes Contemporary Tamil Culture and Historical Atlas.
January 16 Prof. David BUCK from the Elizabethtown Community College, Elizabethtown, United States, came to the Institute to discuss with KANNAN.M about the translation of Dalit literature and about the Contemporary Tamil Culture programme.
April 1 S. Selvakumar and V.P. Yathees Kumar, two Ph.D candidates in Archeology from the Tamil University of Thanjavur, joined the project as Field Assistants from April 1, 2008 to May 31, 2008, to particpate in various works of the project under the supervision of Prof. SUBBARAYALU.
February 15 Dr. V. VEDACHALAM from Madurai, joined the project to work as an external researcher till March 15, 2008 under the supervision of Prof. SUBBARAYALU.
July 3 Jean-Michel CREISMEAS, doctoral student at the University of Paris III, France, joined the Sukshmagama project team from July 3 to August 14, 2008, to work on activities related to the "ARCUS" project, under the supervision of Pandit S. SAMBANDAN.
March 24 G. Arun KUMAR and Anandha Ganesha PRASAD, both students from the Veda Agama Samskrutha Maha Patashala, Bangalore, joined the project as trainees, from March 24, to April 30, 2008 and then from June 2 to December 31, 2008, to carry out editing work of Sukshmagama under the supervision of Dr. T. GANESAN.
Department of Ecology
December 12 A team of Karnataka Forest Department officers led by Mr. B.K. SINGH (Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests) and Mr. KARKI (Chief Conservator of Forests) visited the Uppangala Permanent Plot established by the Ecology Department of the FIP in Kadamakkal Reserved Forests, on 12 December 2008 (see photo).
April 22 A group of 24 students of II.B.Sc (Forestry) level at the Forest College and Research Institute of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University visited the institute along with two of their staff members. They were presented the activities of the Ecology Department by Dr. B.R RAMESH and then those of the Geomatics Laboratory by Mr. MUTHUSANKAR, GIS Engineer.
February 4 A delegation from the French National Institute for Agronomic Research (INRA), comprising of Mr. Bernard CHARPENTIER (Director of the Mission for International Relations of the INRA), Mr. Yves GRIVEAU (In-charge of the Asia&Pacific Mission for International Relations of the INRA), Mrs. Lucie CHEYNIER (INRA / CIRAD delegate in New Delhi for the development of cooperation with Indian institutions) and Mr. Pierre COUTERON (Research Director at the IRD and previous Head of the Ecology Department of the IFP) visited the Institute. They were given a general presentation of the activities at the IFP by the Director, Dr. Jean-Pierre MULLER, and then proceeded to a presentation by each Head of Department of the different projects led in their own Departments. Historical perspectives, current and future projects, partnerships were among the topics discussed. A visit to the Pondicherry University and to the Pondicherry Engineering College followed by a debriefing session at the IFP, concluded this visit. This visit was intended to prepare the coming one in March, of Guy RIBA, delegate Director General of the INRA for scientific programming and evaluation (see photo).
January 9 Lucie CHEYNIER, INRA / CIRAD delegate in New Delhi for the development of cooperation with Indian institutions, came to the Institute to meet Dr. Claude GARCIA, Dr. Frédéric BORNE and Dr. Marc ROESCH, researchers from the CIRAD appointed at the IFP. The objective was to take stock of the collaborations made with Indian researchers. She met at the same Dr. Raphaël PELISSIER, Head of the Ecology Department of the IFP and Dr. B.R. RAMESH, and discussed the coming visit of a delegation from the French National Institute for Agronomic Research (INRA).
December 8 Dilip VENUGOPAL joined the Dynamics of Forest Diversity project from December 8, 2008 to December 4, 2009, to do a study on the diversity of Karnataka forests under the supervision of Dr. Raphaël PELISSIER.
June 1 Quentin RENARD, Bio-Engineer from the University of Gembloux, Belgium, joined the project from June 1, 2008 to September 30, 2008 to study cases of forest fires in the Western Ghats, under the supervision of Dr. Raphaël PELISSIER.
March 10 Dilip VENUGOPAL, Assistant Engineer with an M.S in Ecology, joined the project from March 10, 2008 to August 9, 2008 to work on the Analysis of bioclimatic factors that influence plant biodiversity, under the supervision of Dr. Raphaël PELISSIER.
January 10 Gabriel HMIMINA, student in Agronomy from AgroParisTech, France, joined the project from January 10, 2008 to July 09, 2008, as a trainee, to work on the Architectural analysis of natural forest in western Ghâts of India, under the supervision of Dr. Rapahël PELISSIER.
April 1 Jennu KALLA M.G,joined the Managing Biodiversity in Mountain Landscapes project from April 1, 2008 to December 31, 2009, to participate in various works of the Ecology Department projects, as a Field Assistant, under the supervision of Dr. Claude GARCIA.
February 6 A. PRATHAP, joined the project to work as research assistants from February 6, 2008 to December 31, 2008, under the supervision of Dr. Claude GARCIA.
April 23 Dr Shonil BHAGWAT, researcher from the Oxford Long Term Ecology Lab (OXLEL), School of Geography, University of Oxford, visited the FIP during the last week of April (23 -30th) to explore future collaboration with the Palaeoenvironment team and made a brief presentation of his ongoing work in the Kodagu district of the Western Ghats on 25th April 2008.
April 15 Dr. Lipi DAS, teacher and researcher at the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education, Pondicherry, joined the project from April 15, 2008 to March 31, 2009, to work on the Melissopalynological approach to bee ecology with application to biodiversity restoration along with Dr. ANUPAMA.K. & PRASAD.S.
April 15 Prayan Paramita MAHAPATRA, Ph.D candidate from the Department of Earth Sciences, Pondicherry University is affiliated to the project from April 15, 2008 to December 31, 2009, as part of the Memorandum of Understanding that was signed in September 2006 between the IFP and the Pondicherry University, to carry out the palynological component of her ongoing Ph.D research titled Drill core analyses of the Cauvery Basin: Geochemistry and palaeoclimate studies, under the supervision of Dr. ANUPAMA.K
Department of Social Sciences
December 10 K. ANBUBALAN joined the project from December 10, 2008 to May 2, 2009, to enter data and do digitisation works, under the supervision of Dr. Frédéric BORNE.
November 17 T. NITHYA, holder of an M.Sc in Computer Science, joined the project on November 17, 2008, for a one-year period, to enter and digitize relevant data, under the supervision of Dr. Frédéric BORNE.
February 1 Damien BASQUE, student from the University of Bordeaux III, France , joined the project from February 1, 2008 to May 1, 2008, as a trainee, to work on Rurality versus urbanity in Tamil Nadu: the case of KanyaKumari district under the supervision of Dr. Kamala MARIUS-GNANOU.
July 1 Dr. Thanuja MUMMIDI joined the “Rural microfinance and employment" project from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009, to work on the finalization of a book submitted to the Oxford University Press, the organisation of field enquiries, the writing of articles, the organisation of seminars and the strengthening of partnerships with Indian Universities, under the supervision of Dr. Marc ROESCH.
July 1 PONNARASU S. joined the “Rural microfinance and employment" project from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009, to carry out enquiries in rural areas of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and other States of India, to process data and to organise seminars, under the supervision of Dr. Marc ROESCH.
January 2 Sylvain ROPITAL, Ph.D candidate from the “Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales”, France, joined the project from January 2 to December 31, 2008, to work on Globalisation, post 2004 Tsunami reconstruction, and differenciated dynamics of social change in the coastal villages of the District of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, under the supervision of Dr. Marc ROESCH.
February 1 Roman SIELER, Ph.D candidate from the University of Heidelberg, Germany, joined the project from February 1, 2008 to July 31, 2008 to work on The "vital spots"- ethnography of a South Indian healing tradition, under the supervision of Dr. Laurent PORDIE.
Laboratory of Applied Informatics and Geomatics
May 12 Quentin GARDE, student in final year at the "Institut Supérieur de la Communication, de la Presse et de l’Audiovisuel" (ISCPA), France, joined the Laboratory from May 12, 2008 to July 25, 2008, as a trainee, to work on Corporate Communication-related activities, under the supervision of Anand PAKIAM and Dr. Frédéric BORNE.
Centre for Documentary Resources
November 18 James H. NYE, Director, South Asia Language and Area Center of the University of Chicago, G. SUNDAR, Director, Roja Muthiah Research Library and A. GNANASEKAR, Assistant Director, Roja Muthiah Research Library, visited the library of the IFP. The chief librarian, Ms. Anurupa NAIK explained to them the developments that had taken place in the library since the reorganisation of 2003 and showed them the features of the library’s Web catalogue. The guests also visited the Jean Filliozat Manuscript Room.
Later they met KANNAN M., researcher at the IFP, and discussed with him regarding the possible collaboration between the Contemporary Tamil Culture research programme at the IFP and South Asia Language and Area Center of the University of Chicago, and RMRL, Chennai.
February 6 Georges FRECHET, Conservator at the Avignon Library in France visited the Institute and met with the Chief Librarian, Ms. Anurupa NAIK who showed him the library and its online catalogue that enables entry and display of records in both Indian scripts and Roman transliteration. He also met Dr. Dominic GOODALL, Head of the Pondicherry Centre of the EFEO and Dr. Deviprasad MISHRA, member of the manuscript cataloguing team, who presented him the unique manuscript collection of the Institute.
Secretariat General
December 1 Gina Vinoline YAGOU, student in "BTS - Assistant de Gestion PME-PMI", joined the IFP from December 1st to 8th, 2008, to work as a receptionist, under the supervision of Yvan PRIKHODIKO.
June 2 Manimarane RATTINOM joined the Institute to provide secretarial help, from June 2, 2008 to June 30, 2008, working under the supervision of the Secretary General, Yvan PRIKHODIKO.
June 2 Sivasankari DINANE joined the Institute as a multipurpose secretary at the Secretariat General, from June 2, 2008 to December 31, 2008, working under the supervision of the Secretary General, Yvan PRIKHODIKO.
March 24 Johnsy Olivia GREGOIRE, and Sophie LEBRILLANT, both 10th grade students at the French Lycée of Pondicherry, had joined the Institute from March 24, 2008 to April 11, 2008, as trainees, to learn about general accounting procedures, under the supervison of the Secretary General, Yvan PRIKHODIKO.
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