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Phoolchand Jain, Prof. Dharmachand Jain, Prof. Prashant Dave, Dr. V. S. Shukla, Prof. Kokilaben Shah, Dr. Shweta Jain, Dr. Falguni Zaveri, Dr. Gajendra Panda, Dr. Dilip Charan etc.
In the Valedictory session Prof. Sagarmalji chaired the event. He and Prof. C. V. Raval expressed the hope for the pursuit made by the participants and congratulate their pursuit. Dr. J. B. Shah also joined with the expressions of gratitude towards the participants. Dr. Balaji Ganorkar placed the hope that such types of academic pursuits on the same theme can be spelled out for intense articulation. He told that ICPR has given grants to organize this seminar second time also which is a unique gesture by any academic institution and also a unique opportunity for the Institute. He accorded the vote of thanks to all. The Seminar ended successfully in 5 Sessions in which 17 papers were presented.
National Seminar on Indology: A Reappraisal :
Gujarat Sanskrit Sahitya Academy has organized a 2 days National Seminar on Indology: A Reappraisal on 27th & 28th March 2012 in L. D. Institute of Indology.
Padmashri Bholabhai Patel and Guest of Honour Padmashri Prof. Sitanshu Yashaschandra have inaugurated the Seminar by lighting the lamp.
Dr. J. B. Shah, the Director of L. D. Institute of Indology, welcomed the guests. Dr. Shah briefed the theme of the Seminar and expressed the anxiety to get some new ideas and a fresh understanding about culture, literature and philosophy.
The Registrar of Gujarat Sansrkit Sahitya Academy, Shri Harshad Trivedi appreciated the efforts of L. D. Institute of Indology, as they could meet the challenge to organize a Seminar in a very short time. Prof. Sitanshu Yashaschandra told that our language is freezed in documents, literatures and memorials and need to be freed. New vital breath is required.
Prof. Bholabhai Patel spoke that Britishers came to India and enjoyed our literature so they studied and presented whatever they liked with their own limitations. But the time has come now and we have to reproduce our thinking with our own unique way with a vital philosophical thread.
Seventeen papers were presented in this Seminar in which Prof. Ganesh Devi, Prof. Sitanshu Yashaschandra, Prof. Sagarmalji Jain, Prof. Godabarish
