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IFP has been awarded the Sigaram award 2019 under the category 'French Cultural Development' during the second edition of News18 Tamil Nadu Sigaram Awards

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29 Mar 2021

Recruitment of an archive trainee at the IFP


18 Mar 2021

Recruitment of an intern in cartography at the IFP


04 Feb 2021 | IFP in News

Workshop on local food systems hosted by the French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP)


03 Feb 2021 | IFP in News

Move to declare Kaliveli wetlands a sanctuary: first declaration issued


17 Jan 2021 | IFP in News

Pondicherry Heritage Festival to celebrate Franco-Tamil confluence


17 Jan 2021 | IFP in News

Puducherry to host exhibition on five French settlements in India


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MoSS#7 [Making of Social Sciences] The aesthetic, professional and mnemonic lives of India’s circuses

01 Feb 2021

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Local food system of Pondicherry: A discussion on food sovereignty and agro-ecology transition (Third Edition): 3 - 9 February, 2021

07 Feb 2021

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PHOTOWALK - An urban exploration of the fishing villages of Kuruchikuppam-Vaithikuppam


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Forest

What is the status of forests? What are the challenges and strategies of developmental activities in protecting forests with reference to global change scenario?

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How do we understand changes in labouring lives with respect to transformations in political economy of finance and credit, ecological landscapes, work and knowledge?

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Understanding coastal ecosystems as a confluence of physical, political, social and ecological changes towards establishing an observatory of the Coromandel Coast

Water

Access to water: production, consumption, policies, society and representations. Water landscapes and culture: from art to tourism. Aquatic environments, between botany and human settlements

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From Tamil-French Pondicherry to the rich national history of India, between ancient times and globalization: Archeological and historical research, tangible and intangible heritage policies, memory and tourism

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