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August 17, 18 & 19, 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 17 – 19, August 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: 15th April 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

TIMEPROGRAMVENUE
17-08-2026 (MONDAY)
8:30 am – 10:00 amInaugural SessionĀCĀRYA HALL
10:15 am – 10:45 am1st Plenary SessionĀCĀRYA HALL
10:45 am – 11:15 am2nd Plenary SessionĀCĀRYA HALL
11:15 am – 11:30 amTea Break
11:30 am – 12:00 pm3rd Plenary SessionĀCĀRYA HALL
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm4th Plenary SessionĀCĀRYA HALL
12:30 am – 1:00 pm5th Plenary SessionĀCĀRYA HALL
1:00 pm – 2:00 pmLunch Break
2:00 pm – 4:00 pmOral Presentations.Keynote. 15 minutes followed by presentationsĀCĀRYA HALLŚRADDHA HALL,KRIPA HALL
4:00 pm – 4:15 pmTea Break
4:15 pm – 6:00 pmOral Presentations.15mts KeynoteĀCĀRYA HALLŚRADDHA HALL,KRIPA HALL
4:30 PM – 6: 00 pmPoster Presentation- Evaluation.Poster Venue
18-08-2026 (TUESDAY)
9:00 am – 10:00 amPanel DiscussionĀCĀRYA HALL
10:15 am – 10:55 am1st Plenary SessionĀCĀRYA HALL
10:55 am – 11:30 am2nd Plenary SessionĀCĀRYA HALL
11:30 am – 11:45 amTea Break
11:45 am – 12:20 pm3rd Plenary SessionĀCĀRYA HALL
12:20 pm – 1:00 pm4th Plenary SessionĀCĀRYA HALL
1:00 pm – 2:00 pmLunch Break
2:00 pm – 4:00 pmOral Presentations.Keynote. 15 minutes followed by presentationsĀCĀRYA HALLŚRADDHA HALL,KRIPA HALL
4:00 pm – 4:15 pmTea Break
4:15 pm – 6:00 pmOral Presentations.15mts KeynoteĀCĀRYA HALLŚRADDHA HALL,KRIPA HALL
4:30 PM – 6: 00 pmPoster Presentation- Evaluation.Poster Venue
19-08-2026 (WEDNESDAY)
9:00 am – 10:00 amPanel DiscussionĀCĀRYA HALL
10:15 am – 11:00 am1st Plenary SessionĀCĀRYA HALL
11:00 am – 11:35 am2nd Plenary SessionĀCĀRYA HALL
11:35 am – 11:50 amTea Break
11:50 am – 12:25 pm3rd Plenary SessionĀCĀRYA HALL
12:25 pm – 1:00 pm4th Plenary SessionĀCĀRYA HALL
1:00 pm – 2:00 pmLunch Break
2:00 pm – 4:00 pmOral Presentations.Keynote. 15 minutes followed by presentationsĀCĀRYA HALLŚRADDHA HALL,KRIPA HALL
4:00 pm – 4:15 pmTea Break
4:15 pm – 5:00 pmValedictory SessionĀCĀRYA HALL

Invited Speakers

Dr. Raghuram Bhatta
Chief Academic Officer for IKS, Centre of Excellence; Former Pro Vice Chancellor, Sanskriti University

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. 

Dr. M. V. Vinod Kumar
Professor & Head,
Department of Samhita and Siddhanta,
VPSV Ayurveda College, Kottakkal

Prof. Mala Kapadia
Director – Special Projects at Siddhanta Knowledge Foundation

Prof. Pankaj Kumar Vyas
Professor and Head of the Department of Vyākaraṇa at the National Sanskrit University, Tirupati

Prof. C. G. Vijayakumar
Former Vice Chancellor, Maharshi Panini Sanskrit Evam Vedic Vishwavidyalaya, Ujjain

Prof. Sunitha Grandhee
Dean, Research and Development
Chinmaya Vishwa Vidyapeeth, Ernakulam, Kerala

Keynote speakers and Judges

  • Dr. Mithun P
    Assistant Professor, Amrita Darshanam
  • Dr. Harikrishnan V P
    Assistant Professor, Amrita Darsanam
  • Dr. Manish Rajan Walwekar
    Adjunct Faculty, Amrita Darshanam, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bengaluru campus
  • Prof. Ramadas P V
    Professor, Department of Samhita Siddhanta & Sanskrit, Amrita School of Ayurveda
  • Dr. Zeena S Pillai
    Professor in Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, Amrita School of Physical Sciences, Amritapuri
  • Dr. Ashwini BN
    Professor, Department of Salakyatantra, Amrita School of Ayurveda
  • Dr. Meera E
    Professor, Department of Samhita & Siddhanta, Amrita School of Ayurveda
  • Dr. Priyalatha B
    Professor and Head, Department of Dravyaguna Vijnana, Amrita School of Ayurveda
  • Dr. Parvathy Unnikrishnan
    Associate Professor, Department of Prasutitantra and Stree roga, Amrita School of Ayurveda
  • Dr.Siva Balaji
    Professor and Head, Department of Salakyatantra, Amrita School of Ayurveda
  • Dr. Leena P Nair
    Professor and Head, Department of Samhita & Siddhanta, Amrita School of Ayurveda
  • Dr. Shyam Vinayan
    Professor, Department of Salyatantra, Amrita School of Ayurveda
  • Dr. Paritosh Bhatt
    Professor of Practice, Ayurveda Consultant and Speaker
  • Dr. Sreejith K
    Professor, Department of Kayachikitsa, Amrita School of Ayurveda
  • Dr. Arun Mohanan
    Professor and Head, Department of RSBK, Amrita School of Ayurveda
  • Dr. Preethi Mohan
    Professor and Head, Department of Agadatantra, Amrita School of Ayurveda
  • Dr. Shyamasundaran K
    Associate Professor, Department of Samhita & Siddhanta, Amrita School of Ayurveda
  • Dr. Deepthi Balakrishnan
    Professor and Head, Department of Kaumarabhritya, Amrita School of Ayurveda
  • Dr. Anjaly M V
    Professor, Department of Prasutitantra and Stree roga, Amrita School of Ayurveda
  • Dr. Dhanya S
    Associate Professor, Department of RSBK, Amrita School of Ayurveda
  • Dr. Vishnuraj S
    Associate Professor, Department of Panchakarma, Amrita School of Ayurveda
  • Dr. Meera S
    Associate Professor at the Department of Swasthavritta, Amrita School of Ayurveda
  • Dr. Anusree Dileep
    Professor and Head, Department of Swasthavritta, Amrita School of Ayurveda
  • Dr. Vishnu U Pillai
    Professor, Department of Panchakarma, Amrita School of Ayurveda
  • Dr Janeesh Janardanan
    Associate Professor, Department of Samhita & Siddhanta, Government Ayurveda College, Thiruvananthapuram

CONTACT

Contact for Enquiries:

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

Email: iksamrita@gmail.com

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