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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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10 Jan 2021

Exhibition on The Five French Settlements in India as Recorded in Eighteenth-Century Plans 1673-1824 - January 19 - 28, 2021

06 Dec 2020 | Events

Local food system of Pondicherry: A discussion on food sovereignty and agro-ecology transition (Third Edition) - February 3-10, 2021


04 Dec 2020 | Announcements

3rd Wetland Photo Contest 2021 - CLOSED


03 Dec 2020 | Announcements

Read about our latest research projects, activities, events, and publications in our December 2020 Newsletter


03 Dec 2020 | IFP in News

French Institute plans wetland photo contest


02 Dec 2020 | Announcements

MOSS 6 - A history of Ladakh through its heritage


01 Dec 2020 | Events

Seminar Series on the Social History of Vernacular Mathematical Practices Presentation by Dr. Felix Otter on "Vāstuvidyā between text and practice" - 6th January, 2021



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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?

Labour

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

Coast

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

Heritage

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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