FINAL CIRCULAR - Xth World Sanskrit Conference, Bangalore

[Dr Shivamurthy Swamiji]

Xth WORLD SANSKRIT CONFERENCE - 1997	(Silver Jubilee Year)
Taralabalu Kendra, Bangalore   [ INDIA ]
(3-9 January 1997)
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FINAL CIRCULAR 


Dear Participants,

The conference is fast approaching.  You must be busy making necessary preparations for your journey to India. As the day of the conference is coming closer, the conference secreatariat has been flooded with e-mails/fax/letters.  The conference staff has been working overtime and inspite of this, it is possible that personal attention to some of your requirements may not have been given. Scheduling of papers has been one of the difficult jobs of the conference, since there are some last minute cancellations.  Special requests from scholars to schedule their papers on a particular date to suit their travel plans, have been taken care of.  Information about the paper schedule will be made available in the Registration Kit.

Please note that the inauguration of the conference will be held in the banquet hall of  VIDHANA SOUDHA, the Karnataka State Legislature Building, on 4th Jan 1997 (Saturday) at 10 am.  For security reasons, you need to carry the name tag provided in the Registration Kit to get entry into the banquet hall.  Registration Kit will be given to you on the day of Registration (3rd January) at the reception counter of  TARALABALU KENDRA, the conference secretariat, where all the academic sessions will be held.

The general outlay of the programme is as follows:

*Venue:  Taralabalu Kendra, R T Nagar, Bangalore   
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3.1.1997 Fri             		Arrival 
        		11am - 6pm     	Registration at Taralabalu Kendra
          		6pm - 8pm 	Get-together/ Dinner
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4.1.1997 Sat   	10am      	Inaugural Session at Vidhana Soudha
          		3pm - 6pm 	Academic Sessions at Taralabalu Kendra
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5.1.1997 Sun   	  9am - 5pm 	Academic Sessions
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6.1.1997  Mon  	Full Day 	In-conference Tours (four options):
				1. Srirangapatna/Mysore 
				2. Sravanabelagola/Belur-Halebeed
				3. Tirupati and
				4. City Tour 
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7.1.1997  Tue  	9am - 5pm 	Academic Sessions
8.1.1997  Wed 	9am - 5pm 	Academic Sessions
               	6pm - 9pm 	Closing Session/Cultural programmes/Dinner
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9.1.1997  Thu            		Departure
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SPECIAL PANELS:

Panel 1: Contribution of Karnataka for Sanskrit Literature
Panel 2: Sanskrit and Computing (Workshop 1: "On the Computer Sanskrit Extended character encoding: retrospect and future development" and Workshop 2: "On standards for the transliteration of Devanagari text using only ASCII characters" )
Panel 3: Preservation of Manuscripts 
Panel 4: Sanskrit and Agriculture
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PANDIT PARISHAD

Theme 1:  pada-'sakti.h
Theme 2:  brahma.na.h upaadaana-kaara.natvam
Theme 3:  vya~njanaav.rtti.h
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As part of the conference,  a number of special stalls have been constructed for Arts, Crafts & Book Exhibition on the open ground just a few yards down the conference venue.  The participants are welcome to bring their own books for display at the conference venue.  

Special reception counters will be opened at the Bangalore Airport/City Railway Station/City Bus Stand, on the 3rd January to help the arriving scholars.  Please note that the telephone numbers 3332759 and 3430017 are not working properly.  You may use the new numbers 3434991, 3434992, 3434993 for any communication. The area code for Bangalore is 080 if you phone from within India and 80 from outside.

We would appreciate if you could kindly fill in the CONFIRMATION form appended below to ensure that you do not run into difficulties on your arrival here.

We wish you a HAPPY NEW YEAR and a pleasant trip to India and look forward to seeing you in Bangalore soon!

Cordially yours,

Dr Shivamurthy Swamiji
Hon. President

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Below is the Electronic Confirmation Form.  Please fill in appropriately and do not edit any line
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Xth WORLD SANSKRIT CONFERENCE  (3-9 January 1997)
BANGALORE,  INDIA
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CONFIRMATION FORM


1. Registration No.: 
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2. Name:
3. Country:
4. Participation: Check one [ x ]

[   ]  Yes, I am coming
[   ]  No, I am not able to come
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TRAVEL PLANS/HOTEL ACCOMODATION

5. Arrival (in Bangalore) Date/Day/Time:
6. Arrival Flight details:
7. Departure Date/Day/Time:
8. Departure Flight details:
9. Name of the hotel:
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10. Any other information:

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Thank you


	
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Secretariat
Xth World Sanskrit Conference
TARALABALU  KENDRA
3rd Main, 2nd Block, RT Nagar
BANGALORE - 560 032    Karnataka  [ India ]

Tel:  +91-80-3434991,  3434992,  3434993  
Fax: +91-80-3334541
E-mail: swamiji at giasbg01.vsnl.net.in
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucgadkw/wsc-full.html
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