Category: Announcements

INDICA’s Center for Bhasha Studies is delighted to announce completion of the first institutional purchase (50 sets by https://uofsa.edu/) of the three-volume, nearly three-thousand-page English translation of the नाट्यशास्त्र (Nāṭyaśāstra) by renowned scholar Dr. Pappu Venugopala Rao (1948-2024).   Meticulously proofread and typeset in a luxurious facing-page format by well-known scholar Nityanand Misra, with the original Sanskrit text in Devanagari and IAST transliteration… Continue reading Nāṭyaśāstra

We are pleased to announce the signing of our latest ICL contract, with Shankar Rajaraman, for Śrīmaṅkha’s Śrīkaṇṭhacaritam.  Śrīkaṇṭhacaritam is a highly stylized, 1649-verse long epic poem in Sanskrit that is, amongst other things, replete with cultural insights and historical details about pre-Islamic Kashmir. Its storyline derives from a Purāṇic legend of Śiva destroying the three pura-s (cities) of the asurā-s. Insofar as… Continue reading ICL contract with Shankar Rajaraman for Śrīmaṅkha’s Śrīkaṇṭhacaritam

We are pleased to announce the signing of our fourth ICL contract, with Kushagra Aniket for Bhāmaha’s Kāvyālaṅkāra. This new translation of the 7th century text will seek to introduce concepts from Sanskrit poetics to modern practitioners of poetry across different languages. Kushagra Aniket is an economic and management consultant based in New York, U.S.A.… Continue reading ICL contract with Kushagra Aniket for Bhāmaha’s Kāvyālaṅkāra

We are pleased to announce the signing of our third ICL contract, with scholar Dr  Pappu Venugopala Rao for the Nāṭyaśāstra.  Dr Rao is a Masters degree holder in Sanskrit, Telugu and English Literature, doctoral theses in Sanskrit and Telugu and a D. Litt in Indology. He has studied music under Sri Patrayani Sangeeta Rao and… Continue reading ICL contract with Pappu Venugopala Rao for the Nāṭyaśāstra

Indic Academy  is pleased to announce the launch of its latest thought centre: the Indica Classical Library (ICL). ICL aspires to be a trusted platform for faithful, decolonized translations of classical texts indigenous to Bhārata. We plan to achieve this by engaging bi-lingual scholars who are indisputably rooted in our heritage to publish new facing-page and revising… Continue reading Open House Celebrating the Launch of Indica Classical Library

We are pleased to announce the signing of our second ICL contract with scholar Dr Siva Senani Nori for Yāska’s Nirukta. About the author: Nori Sivasenani, who earned an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, is as present a Senior Data Scientist with Microsoft, Hyderabad. Hailing from a traditional, observant family, he studied… Continue reading ICL contract with Sivasenani Nori for Yāska’s Nirukta

We are pleased to announce the signing of our first ICL contract with scholars Dr Vinayak Rajat Bhat and Nithin Ramakrishnan for the Arthaśāstra About the authors: Dr. Vinayak Rajat Bhat has been in the field of teaching and research since 2011. Presently he is working as an Associate Professor in Center for Indian Knowledge… Continue reading ICL contract with Vinayak Rajat Bhat and Nithin Ramakrishnan for the Arthaśāstra

This is a repeat of an old announcement आत्मार्थं जीवलोकेऽस्मिन् को न जीवति मानवः । परं परोपकारार्थं यो जीवति स जीवति ॥ Which human being doesn’t live for own self? But, true living is the one that’s seeped in charity. Truer words could not have been written to describe lives like that of Shri D. P. Santhanam, a Dharmic man who lived his life with simplicity, honesty and… Continue reading DP Santhanam- Indic Academy Chair at KSRI Chennai (This is a repeat of an old announcement)

We are pleased to announce that Megh Kalyanasundaram has joined Indic Academy on June 1st 2021 as Director – Special Projects to lead Indica Classical Library (ICL). Megh, an alumnus of ISB, brings to Indic Academy a unique combination of diverse experiences and skills that includes stints as a Market Leader at a Global Fortune… Continue reading Megh Kalyanasundaram joins Indic Academy as Director – Special Projects to drive ICL