The India Centre
research
As enunciated in the objectives, the Center's research mandate is to study various aspects of Indian cultural traditions, including artistic heritage, artist and artisanal communities, socio-economic-religious-ecological traditions, and historical and epistemological knowledge. It has the directive to undertake advanced research of select projects of the student-driven Discover India Program (DIP). While the centre has been recently established and new projects are currently being conceptualised and initiated, a sample of the publications of the members affiliated with the centre, given below, provides a brief glimpse of their research and allied interests.
Prof. Pankaj Jain
BOOKS
Recent Articles and Chapters
- Jain, Pankaj. "Interpreting and Responses to Pandemics in Indian Philosophical Traditions and Films," in Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology, 27.2, 2023, pp. 285-303.
- Jain, Pankaj. "'Children of the Earth' to 'Dark Wind': Nature, Environment, and Climate in Indian Films," in Journal of Visual Anthropology, 36.1, 2023, pp. 69-79.
- Jain, Pankaj. "Ecocritical Analysis of Classics by Three Indian Film Maestros," in Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology, 26.3, 2022, pp. 267-280.
- Jain, Pankaj, and Ajay Raina. "Film as a majoritarian framework of Hindu nationalism: The case of Purab Aur Pachhim," in Film and Place in an Intercultural Perspective: India-Europe Film Connections, edited by Krzysztof Stachowiak, Hania Janta, Jani Kozina, and Therese Sunngren-Granlund. London: Routledge, 2023, pp. 211-224.
Prof. Viraj Shah
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2020 Patterns of Patronage in the Jaina Caves of Maharashtra in Rock-Cut Caves of Maharashtra: Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Archaeology of Maharashtra International Conference in honour of Prof. Walter M Spink, pp. 89-102 Mumbai: India Study Centre Trust
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2020 Rock-cut Caves of Western India in Dilip Chakrabarti ed. History of Ancient India- VIII: Sculpture, Painting, Terracottas, Performing Arts and Architecture, New Delhi: Vivekananda International Foundation/Aryan Books International