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March 24, 25 & 26, 2026

International Conference on
Bhāratīya Knowledge Frameworks – Āyurveda, Vyākaraṇa and Darśana 

Venue: Amriteswari Hall, Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri Campus,
Kollam, Kerala, India

Organised by: Amrita IKS Centre of Excellence, Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus

Funded by: IKS Division, Ministry of Education, Government of India

About

The International Conference on Bhāratīya Knowledge Frameworks – Āyurveda, Vyākaraṇa and Darśana will be held from 24–26 March 2026 at the Amritapuri Campus, Kollam, Kerala, of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.

The conference is being organised by the Amrita Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) Centre of Excellence for Āyurveda, Vyākaraṇa and Darśana, a nationally recognised centre supported by the Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) Division, Ministry of Education, Government of India. Notably, the Amrita IKS Centre was among the first 13 IKS Centres funded by the IKS Division and is now recognised as one among only three IKS Centres of Excellence in the country, reflecting its sustained academic leadership and national relevance.

This international conference seeks to provide a rigorous academic platform for exploring the epistemic foundations, knowledge frameworks, and methodological principles underlying Bhāratīya knowledge traditions. Bringing together scholars, faculty members, researchers, and practitioners from diverse disciplines, the conference aims to foster critical dialogue on how Indian knowledge systems have generated, validated, transmitted, and applied knowledge across centuries—and how these frameworks remain relevant to contemporary scholarship and practice.

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The conference will feature three dedicated tracks:
Āyurveda
Vyākaraṇa
Darśana

Through keynote lectures, paper presentations, and scholarly discussions, the conference aspires to deepen understanding of Indian intellectual traditions while encouraging thoughtful engagement with current academic, social, and research challenges.

Call for Abstracts

As part of this conference, faculty members, researchers, undergraduate, postgraduate, research scholars, practitioners and thinkers across disciplines are cordially invited to submit abstracts presenting original research, scholarly reflections, conceptual analyses, textual studies, pedagogical insights, or applied knowledge perspectives related to Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS).
Submissions are invited under the following three thematic tracks:
Last Date of Submission of Abstracts: 28th February 2026

  1. Vyākaraṇa as an Epistemic Foundation of Śāstra
    Vyākaraṇa as sarvaśāstropakārakam and vidyā-śāstra; grammar as a śāstra-pramāṇa and a framework for knowledge validation and epistemic ordering within Indian intellectual traditions.
  2. Śabda, Artha, and Linguistic Ontology in the Pāṇinian–Bhāṣya Tradition
    Theories of śabda–artha–sambandha; linguistic and semantic ontology in Pāṇini, Kātyāyana, and Patañjali; philosophical assumptions on meaning and language–reality relations.
  3. Pāṇinian Formalism and Methodological Innovation
    Sūtra methodology as scientific abstraction; paribhāṣā, anubandha, it-markers, brevity, and rule-based rigor in Vyākaraṇa.
  4. Vyākaraṇa as a Trans-Śāstric Method
    Grammar as a methodological template influencing other śāstras; transmission of grammatical reasoning across disciplines.
  5. Textual Lineages, Manuscripts, and Scholarly Traditions
    Pāṇinian and post-Pāṇinian traditions, regional schools, commentarial lineages, lesser-studied grammarians, and manuscriptology.
  1. Ārogyabuddhi: Health as a Civilisational Intelligence
    Ayurveda as shared societal wisdom embedded in everyday life, ethics, customs, and collective living.
  2. Health Knowledge in Non-Medical Texts, Rituals, and Living Traditions
    Ayurvedic ideas in Itihāsa–Purāṇa, Dharmaśāstra, folklore, temple traditions, rituals, and devotional literature.
  3. Ecology, Planetary Health, and Sacred Landscapes
    Ṛtu, deśa, kāla, sacred groves, temple ecosystems, water bodies, and ritual ecologies as sustainable health models.
  4. Everyday Preventive Health: Lifestyle, Diet, and Seasonal Living
    Dinacaryā, ṛtucaryā, regional diets, traditional food systems, seasonal therapies, and community health practices.
  5. Healing Spaces, Herbal Traditions, and Psycho-Spiritual Health
    Temples as healing centres, folk herbal traditions, home remedies, and integrative well-being practices.
  1. Darśana as the Epistemic Ground of Ayurveda and IKS
    Concepts of pramāṇa, prameya, and pramātṛ as foundations of knowledge across IKS disciplines.
  2. Inter-Darśanic Contributions to Knowledge Formation in IKS
    Contributions of Nyāya, Vaiśeṣika, Sāṃkhya, Yoga, Mīmāṃsā, Vedānta, and dialogical engagement with Buddhism, Jainism, and Cārvāka.
  3. Parīkṣāpaddhati: Indian Frameworks for Inquiry, Validation, and Proof
    Indian methods of examination, inference, debate (vāda), and standards of proof across śāstras.
  4. Limits of Contemporary Research Methodologies and Darśana-Based Alternatives
    Methodological challenges in applying dominant modern frameworks to Ayurveda and IKS; scope for Darśana-informed alternatives.
  5. Śāstric Writing, Tantrayukti, and New Research Models for IKS
    Tantrayukti, tantraguṇa, and emerging research designs grounded in Indian knowledge traditions.

Registration and Participation

Accepted abstracts will be published as a Book of Abstracts at the time of the conference, and full papers will be included in the official conference proceedings, offering contributors a valuable academic output. The conference also provides an excellent opportunity for scholarly networking and intellectual exchange with researchers and practitioners engaged in Indian Knowledge Systems across the country.

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Further details regarding the programme schedule, presentation format, and submission guidelines will be shared in due course.

Program Schedule

24-03-2026 (TUESDAY)
9:00 am – 10:00 amInaugural Session
10:15 am – 11:00 amPlenary Session
11:00 am – 11:15 amTea Break
1:15 pm – 2:15 pmLunch Break
2:15 pm – 3:15 pmParallel Sessions (Āyurveda / Vyākaraṇa / Darśana)
3:15 pm – 3:30 pmTea Break
3:30 pm – 4:30 pmParallel Sessions (Continued)
25-03-2026 (WEDNESDAY)
9:00 am – 10:00 amPanel Discussion
10:15 am – 11:00 amPlenary Session
11:00 am – 11:15 amTea Break
11:15 am – 1:15 pmParallel Sessions (Āyurveda / Vyākaraṇa / Darśana)
1:15 pm – 2:15 pmLunch Break
2:15 pm – 3:15 pmParallel Sessions 
3:15 pm – 3:30 pmTea Break
3:30 pm – 4:30 pmParallel Sessions (Continued)
26-03-2026 (THURSDAY)
9:00 am – 10:00 amPanel Discussion
10:15 am – 11:00 amPlenary / Concluding Reflections
11:00 am – 11:15 amTea Break
11:15 am – 1:15 pmParallel Sessions (Final)
1:15 pm – 2:15 pmLunch Break
2:15 pm – 3:15 pmParallel Sessions
3:15 pm – 3:30 pmTea Break
3:30 pm – 4:30 pmParallel Sessions / Closing Sessions
4:30 pm – 5:30 pmValedictory Session

Invited Speakers

Prof. Dr. Martin Mittwede
Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany

Prof. P. K. Perera
Professor, Faculty of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Prof. K. Ramasubramanian
Professor-in-Charge, Centre for Traditional Indian Knowledge and Skills (CTIKS),
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Dr. Saroja Bhate
Former Professor and Head,
Dept. of Sanskrit and Prakrit Language,
University of Pune, Pune

Dr. Malhar Kulkarni
Professor, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences,
IIT-Bombay 

Dr. Prasad Joshi
Vice Chancellor (I/c), Pro-Vice Chancellor, General Editor & Head of Dept. of Sanskrit & Lexicography,
Deccan College PGRI Deemed University, Pune

Prof. Dr. V. Ramanathan
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry,
IIT-BHU

Smt. Nrithya Jagannathan
Director of the KYM Institute of Yoga Studies,
Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, Chennai, India

Dr. Kashinath Nyaupane
Professor and Head, Department of Buddhist Studies, Nepal Sanskrit University, Kathmandu 

Dr. K. Vishnu Namboodiri
Professor, Dept. of Sanskrit Vyakarana, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady. 

CONTACT

Contact for Enquiries:

Dr. Parvathy P. S.
+919495425003
Ms. Vaishnavi Pai
+919870482060

Email: iksamrita@gmail.com

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