Sub-theme : Buddhistic Contemplation, Aesthetics and World Literature

Session I
(13 Nov, 2:15 - 5: 30 pm , Committee Room,,Dept. of Civil Engg.)

Chairperson: Prof. P. L. Dhar
Rapporteur: Ms. Sandra L. Nila
Theme Paper by Dr. Gregory Kramer (2:35 - 3:35 pm)
Title: The Meditation Practice of Insight Dialogue and its Foundation in the Pali Sutta Pitaka
  Speakers Title Time
1. Prof. N. H. Samtani Buddhist Meditation: Purification Of The Inner World 4.00 - 4.35 p.m.
2. Prof. Ravindra Panth The Practice of Vipassana and the Realisation of the Human Potentials 4.45 - 5.20 p.m.


Session II
(14 Nov, 8:45 am - 11:30 am , Auditorium, Dept. of Electrical Engg.)

Chairperson:Prof. N. H. Samtani
Rapporteur:Dr. Archana Barua
  Speakers Title Time
1. Dr. Gregory Kramer & Dr. Terri O'Fallon Insight Dialogic Inquiry A Collaborative, Meditation-based Research Methodology 9.00-10.10 a.m.
2. Dr. Amulya Khurana, Prof. P.L. Dhar & B.D.Baral Effect of Vipassana Meditation on Subjective Well being of Adolescent Inmates of Tihar Jail 10.10-10.40 a.m.
3. Dr. Bimalendra Kumar Objects of Meditations (Kammatthana) and Kalyanmitta 10.50-11.20 a.m.


Session III
(14 Nov, 11:45 am - 3:45 pm , Auditorium, Dept. of Electrical Engg.)

Chairperson:Prof. William Jeffrey Tatum
Rapporteur: Dr. Gregory Kramer
Theme Paper by Mr. Martin Kovan (12:00 - 12:35)
Title:The Poetics of Liberation : Representations of Buddhism and Revisionings of Self in Late- Modernist American Poetry
  Speakers Title Time
1. Prof. S. S. Deo & Dr. Monika Gupta Buddhism and T.S.Eliot's The Fire Sermon 12.45 - 1.05 p.m.
2. Dr. Krishna Barua The Mandala : As a Leitmotif in Patrick White's The Tree of Man & The Solid Mandala 1.10 - 1.30 p.m.
3. Dr. Priyadarshi Patnaik Buddhism and the Modern Aesthetics of Silence 2.20- 2.50 p.m.
4. Prof. P. Jha Philosophy in Fiction : Siddhartha of Hermann Hesse 3.00- 3.20 p.m.


Session IV
(15 Nov, 8:45 - 11:30 am ,Conference Room, Dept. of Civil Engg.)

Chairperson:Prof. P Jha
Rapporteur: Dr. Mohd. Ilyas
  Speakers Title Time
1. Prof. B. N. Patnaik On Two Buddhist Short Stories in Modern Oriya Literature 9.00 - 9.30 a.m.
2. Dr. Satish Aikant The Sound of One Hand Clapping : Zen Buddhism in the Writing of Salinger 9.40-10.00 a.m.
3. Ms. Manjusha Kaushik Detachment in Buddhism and Arun Joshi's The Foreigner 10.10-10.20 a.m.
4. Ms. Mudita Agnihotri Buddhistic Values in the Poetry of T.S. Eliot 10.25-10.35 a.m.
5. Dr. Rashmi Gaur & Ms. Pallavi The Concept of Buddhism in the Novels of Shashi Deshpande 10.40-10.50 a.m.
6. Ms. Neelam Singh The Philosophy of Renunciation: Bhabani Bhattacharya's A Dream in Hawaii 10.55-.11.05a.m.
7. Dr. Rashmi Gaur and Ms. Shivani Vats Influence of Buddhistic Philosophy on Arun Joshi's The Foreigner and The Strange Case of Billy Biswas 11.10-11.20 a.m.


Session V
(15 Nov, 11:45 am - 1:30 pm ,Conference Room, Dept. of Civil Engg.)

Chairperson:Ven. Jinwol
Rapporteur: Ms. Mudita Agnihotri
  Speakers Title Time
1. Dr. Laxman S. Thakur Experiencing and Visualizing Void Notes on Buddhist Arts and Aesthetics from and Early Medieval Monastic Centre of the Western Himalayas 12.00- 12.30p.m.
2. Dr. V. K. Dabral Buddhist Paintings (Sigiriya - Bagh - Ajanta) 12.30-12.50 p.m.
3. Ms. Anuradha Bhattacharya Chinese Life and Buddhist Concept of Beauty and Arts 01.00-1.20 p.m.


Home | Schedule