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A New Chapter in INDICA’s Journey
INDICA is delighted to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Central Sanskrit University (CSU) @CentralSanskrit, marking the beginning of a long-term institutional partnership for advancing Indian Knowledge Systems, Culture and Traditions.
The partnership brings together the complementary strengths of CSU and INDICA to create new possibilities in education, research, publications, curriculum development, digital initiatives, faculty and scholar engagement, capacity building and public outreach.
The MoU provides a broad framework for developing academic programmes and educational resources, undertaking collaborative research and documentation, creating knowledge resources, and exploring Centres of Excellence, Chairs, Research Centres, Fellowships and other institutional initiatives.
Following the signing and exchange, the MoU was reverentially offered at the feet of Śrī Gaṇeśa and Maharṣi Vyāsa, seeking their blessings for the journey ahead.
For INDICA, this partnership marks an important step in our continuing endeavour to preserve, protect, promote, present, advance and transmit India’s civilisational knowledge systems, culture and traditions.
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Prof. Shrinivasa Varakhedi (@shrivarakhedi), Vice-Chancellor, Central Sanskrit University, and the entire CSU team for their vision, trust and commitment in bringing this partnership together.
We look forward to all that we can build together.
@ragamuki @dimplekaul_in @IKS_Media
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Navaguñjara: Many Forms, One Vision
What is the extraordinary creature featured in the announcement of our MA in Mahābhārata Studies?
Meet Navaguñjara, a wondrous composite form drawing upon nine different beings, associated with Sarala Dasa's Odia Mahābhārata. In this remarkable manifestation, Śrī Kṛṣṇa reveals himself to Arjuna, inviting him to recognise the divine beyond familiar forms.
The choice of Navaguñjara reflects the academic vision of the programme.
The Mahābhārata encompasses philosophy, poetry, dharma, politics, ethics, psychology, aesthetics, history, geography, and living traditions. Its study calls for multiple approaches that illuminate and enrich one another.
Navaguñjara also reminds us that the Mahābhārata extends beyond any single language, textual tradition, or geography. Its rich and varied expressions across Bhārata form an integral part of its civilisational legacy.
The MA in Mahābhārata Studies, offered by Central Sanskrit University in academic collaboration with INDICA, seeks to engage with this extraordinary inheritance through Text · Research · Immersion.
Many forms. Many perspectives. One extraordinary Mahābhārata.
For more details: indica.in/announcing-a-maste…
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What is Dharma and how do we understand a tradition that has shaped Bhārata’s thinking on conduct, responsibility and collective life?
INDICA, in collaboration with Central Sanskrit University @CentralSanskrit , presents a two-day Master Class on Dharmaśāstra with Sri Nithin Sridhar, @nkgrock offering an introduction to this foundational tradition and its contemporary relevance.
Across intensive sessions, participants will explore the basics of Dharmaśāstra, key ideas required to engage with Dharma texts, important tenets of dharma, and their application to everyday life. The Master Class will also examine contemporary issues through case studies and group deliberation, opening possibilities for further research and inquiry.
The programme will be led by Sri Nithin Sridhar, author, speaker and Director of the INDICA Centre for Moksha Studies, whose work engages deeply with Hindu philosophy, Dharmaśāstra, ethics and contemporary questions concerning Hindu traditions.
📍 21–22 November 2026
9:30 AM–5:30 PM IST
Vishwa Bharti Public School, Noida
Participation is through application and selection. A focused cohort will enable serious study, dialogue and engagement.
📖 Selected participants are required to bring Chatuh Shloki Manusmriti: An English Commentary by Nithin Sridhar for the sessions.
🔗 Register: indica.events/event/master-c…
#INDICA #Dharmaśāstra #IndianKnowledgeSystems #Dharma #NithinSridhar
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Master Class on The Pursuit of π & the Advent of Calculus in India
Dates: 19–20 December 2026
Faculty: Prof. K. Ramasubramanian
Location: Noida
INDICA will offer this forthcoming two-day Master Class exploring India’s mathematical traditions and their contributions to the development of calculus, with a focus on π, infinite series, approximation and convergence. This is being offered in collaboration with Central Sanskrit University.
The workshop will introduce participants to Sanskrit mathematical texts and the work of scholars including Āryabhaṭa, Mādhava, Nīlakaṇṭha Somayājī and Jyeṣṭhadeva, offering an engaging exploration of Indian mathematical knowledge traditions and their place in the history of mathematics and science.
Register Here: indica.events/event/master-c…
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Has Dharmashastra has caught your curiosity but don't know where to begin? Are you looking at an introductory primer on Dharmashastra? Or are you looking for a gateway to understand Sanatana Dharma?
This Masterclass is precisely designed for you.
Do join.
What is Dharma and how do we understand a tradition that has shaped Bhārata’s thinking on conduct, responsibility and collective life?
INDICA, in collaboration with Central Sanskrit University @CentralSanskrit , presents a two-day Master Class on Dharmaśāstra with Sri Nithin Sridhar, @nkgrock offering an introduction to this foundational tradition and its contemporary relevance.
Across intensive sessions, participants will explore the basics of Dharmaśāstra, key ideas required to engage with Dharma texts, important tenets of dharma, and their application to everyday life. The Master Class will also examine contemporary issues through case studies and group deliberation, opening possibilities for further research and inquiry.
The programme will be led by Sri Nithin Sridhar, author, speaker and Director of the INDICA Centre for Moksha Studies, whose work engages deeply with Hindu philosophy, Dharmaśāstra, ethics and contemporary questions concerning Hindu traditions.
📍 21–22 November 2026
9:30 AM–5:30 PM IST
Vishwa Bharti Public School, Noida
Participation is through application and selection. A focused cohort will enable serious study, dialogue and engagement.
📖 Selected participants are required to bring Chatuh Shloki Manusmriti: An English Commentary by Nithin Sridhar for the sessions.
🔗 Register: indica.events/event/master-c…
#INDICA #Dharmaśāstra #IndianKnowledgeSystems #Dharma #NithinSridhar
MYU Art Camp 2026
INDICA is delighted to invite artists to be part of an immersive Art Camp at Mysore Yoga Utsava (MYU), presented by INDICA, taking place from 17th–20th December 2026 in Mysuru.
✨ Theme: PRANIDHANA — Surrendering to the Divine
A Conversation with Chief Curator Aman Preeth
youtu.be/n2Ojywtf56w?si=Tjbq…
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What is Dharma and how do we understand a tradition that has shaped Bhārata’s thinking on conduct, responsibility and collective life?
INDICA, in collaboration with Central Sanskrit University @CentralSanskrit , presents a two-day Master Class on Dharmaśāstra with Sri Nithin Sridhar, @nkgrock offering an introduction to this foundational tradition and its contemporary relevance.
Across intensive sessions, participants will explore the basics of Dharmaśāstra, key ideas required to engage with Dharma texts, important tenets of dharma, and their application to everyday life. The Master Class will also examine contemporary issues through case studies and group deliberation, opening possibilities for further research and inquiry.
The programme will be led by Sri Nithin Sridhar, author, speaker and Director of the INDICA Centre for Moksha Studies, whose work engages deeply with Hindu philosophy, Dharmaśāstra, ethics and contemporary questions concerning Hindu traditions.
📍 21–22 November 2026
9:30 AM–5:30 PM IST
Vishwa Bharti Public School, Noida
Participation is through application and selection. A focused cohort will enable serious study, dialogue and engagement.
📖 Selected participants are required to bring Chatuh Shloki Manusmriti: An English Commentary by Nithin Sridhar for the sessions.
🔗 Register: indica.events/event/master-c…
#INDICA #Dharmaśāstra #IndianKnowledgeSystems #Dharma #NithinSridhar
Master Class on The Pursuit of π & the Advent of Calculus in India
Dates: 19–20 December 2026
Faculty: Prof. K. Ramasubramanian
Location: Noida
INDICA will offer this forthcoming two-day Master Class exploring India’s mathematical traditions and their contributions to the development of calculus, with a focus on π, infinite series, approximation and convergence. This is being offered in collaboration with Central Sanskrit University.
The workshop will introduce participants to Sanskrit mathematical texts and the work of scholars including Āryabhaṭa, Mādhava, Nīlakaṇṭha Somayājī and Jyeṣṭhadeva, offering an engaging exploration of Indian mathematical knowledge traditions and their place in the history of mathematics and science.
Register Here: indica.events/event/master-c…
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Coimbatore always delights.
Glimpses from the 5th edition of @GhatsLitFest by @theverandahclub
My session with @AbhinavAgarwal on the @IndicaOrg 's journey resonated with many.
Enjoyed the other sessions too. Most memorable of thrm being the breathtaking account of INSV Kaundinya by @Sanjeevsanyal ji
As usual, team @ShefVaidya @jaggu916 Saravanakumar, Vigneswaran and the rest proves that they outdo themselves every successive year.
कूजन्तं रामरामेति मधुरं मधुराक्षरम् । आरुह्य कविताशाखां वन्दे वाल्मीकिकोकिलम् ॥
(Vālmīki is the cuckoo — perched upon the branch of poetry, cooing the name ‘Rama’. I bow to that cuckoo in the form of Vālmīki.)
It began with a cry — a krauñcha’s lament that stirred a depth beyond sorrow. Vālmīki’s grief took metrical form as he cursed the fowler. Brahmā himself appeared, reassuring him that Sarasvatī’s manifestation was as per divine will, and commanded him to compose the story of Śrī Rāma in verse.
By Brahmā’s grace, all events of Rāma’s life, seen and unseen, became clear to #Vālmīki, and he composed the evergreen poem called #Rāmāyaṇa.
Today, on #VālmīkiJayanti, we honor the sage whose words still awaken the heart, illuminate the mind, and make the soul hum with the melody of dharma ~ an article by Dr. Sriram Narainswamy Iyer (@SNarainswamy)
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Over 2 days @IndicaOrg held online symposium #Rajadharma applied in Leadership, Governance and Policy. Galaxy of excellent speakers. Videos soon avlbl on #YouTube Must watch. Short 30 min each, insightful
indica.events/event/44th-ind…
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I am grateful for this symposium being organised, and opened up for students of Dharmashastr, and of Rajadharm, apart from conventional Rajadharm supporters and Indic Academy theorists, and researchers..
I am very lucky to have been a listener, and at the receiving end, to traditional civilisational wisdom provided to us by our ancestors, and predecessors in the form of the Arthashastr.
I am grateful 🙏🇮🇳🙏 to Dr. Shivakumar G. V., to Dr. Shrinivasa Varakhedi, to Prof. Abhoy K Ojha, to Dr. Subramaniam Chidambaran, to Shri Garikapati Pavan Kumar, to Sushri Surekha Radhakrishnan Pillai, to Prof. Deepti Acharya, to Sushri Ami Ganatra, to Dr. Karanam Aravinda Rao, to Shri Pranav Patel, to Prof. Sampadananda Mishra, to Shri Vinay Kulkarni, to Dr Deepti Navratna, to Dr. Vinayak Rajat Bhat, to Dr. Vivek Sharma, to Shri Samridh Joshi, to Shri Raghava Krishna, to Dr Shrinidhi R. Pyati, to (Retired) Wing Commander Vijay Chattur, to Shri Devamalya De
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Dr. Subramanian Chidambaran
Shri. Anil Srinivas Chilla
Shri. Pranav Patel
Shri. Vinay Kulkarni
Dr. Deepti Navaratna
Shri. Sriram Balasubramanian
Shri. Raghava Krishna
Shri. Garikapati Pavan Kumar
Prof. Deepti Acharya
Shri. Vijay S Laghate
Dr. Arjun Anand
Shri. Rajesh Kamath
Dr. Ashwini Shelke
Dr. Rajshekar Krishnan
Dr. Sushroe Sasmita Pati
Shri. Venkatesh Rangan
Shri. Jayesh Prabhulal Solanki
Dr. Vasantha Reddi
Sushri. Manjula Tekal
Sushri. Varsha Pangar
Shri. Nakul Sharma
Dr. Vinayak Rajat Bhat
Dr. Vivek Sharma
Shri. Samridha Joshi
Wg Cdr Vijay Chattur (Retd)
Shri. Nigamanth Srivatsan
Swami Agastyananda Giri
Shri. Venky Ramachandran
Shri. Devamalya De
Dr. Venoth Rex
Dr. Kamini Gogri
Dr. Bharti Chhibber
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The Arthaśāstra is often read as a manual of cunning. That reading misses its centre.
Kauṭilya opens with ānvīkṣikī, disciplined inquiry, as the lamp of all sciences. He makes the ruler’s happiness lie in the happiness of the people. He sees the state as seven interdependent limbs, not a machine of departments. And he insists that power exists to secure the yogakṣema of the governed, their gain and their security.
These are first principles, not period pieces. The task before us is to separate what is timeless from what belonged to the Mauryan court, and to rebuild with it: in policy, in institutions, in how we form leaders.
That is the arc of Rājadharma Applied, and the theme of today’s Closing Keynote by Prof. B. Mahadevan, “Arthaśāstra: A Vision for the Future.”
Not nostalgia. Application.
#RajadharmaApplied @SaamaanyaJ
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Prof Mahadevan's Closure Keynote
starts in another 1 hour at 6-30 PM
@IndicaOrg #INDICAKautilyaCentre #Rajadharma
It is our honour to have Dr. B Mahadevan, Professor - Operations Management, IIMB (Retd), delivering the Closure Keynote at our Symposium.
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Two days, 40 speakers, one question: How to bring Rajadharma to the mainstream of civilization? Arthashastra might hold the key.
The 44th INDICA Online Symposium, Rājadharma Applied, closes today with a Closing Keynote by Prof. B. Mahadevan: “Arthaśāstra: A Vision for the Future.”
Across this symposium, scholars and practitioners carried the Rājadharma tradition from text, to taxonomy, to translation, to application. The closing keynote now turns us forward: where must this work go next? Can Arthashastra show the way?
Prof. Mahadevan, a professor for three decades at IIM Bangalore, Founder Vice-Chancellor of Chinmaya Vishwa Vidyapeeth, and co-author of the textbook that brought Indian Knowledge Systems into classrooms across the country, is an exemplary of textual knowledge, embodiment and institutional engagement.
Held in memory of Dr. Radhakrishnan Pillai, who made Kauṭilya a teacher for millions.
Join us.
@IndicaOrg #RajadharmaApplied #Arthashastra #IKS
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Shri. Sriram Balasubramaniam
Economics, Author, Columnist
speaking on
Cultural Norms and Institutional Efficacy: Perspectives from Dharma based Economic Frameworks
@IndicaOrg #INDICAKautilyaCentre #Rajadharma
We are glad to have Shri. Sriram Balasubramanian
@SriramB1000, Economist and Best Selling Author of Dharmanomics, with us at our Symposium to deliver a Special Talk.
@IndicaOrg #INDICAKautilyaCentre #Rajadharma
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Shri. Raghava Krishna @Anviksiki , CEO Brhat @brhat_in
speaking now on
Rajadharma, Institutional Theory, and Jananayaka Culture
@IndicaOrg #INDICAKautilyaCentre #Rajadharma
INDICA Kautilya Centre presents the 44th INDICA Online Symposium
Rājadharma Applied: IKS Lens for Policy, Governance, and Leadership
Rājadharma, Institutional Theory and Jananayaka Culture
25 October 2026 | 12:40 PM
Shri. Raghava Krishna
Event Details & Registration: share.google/vPFrMn9Fodzi1jI…
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INDICA Kautilya Centre presents the 44th INDICA Online Symposium
Rājadharma Applied: IKS Lens for Policy, Governance, and Leadership
Anvikṣikī: From Critical Thinking to Wise Decisions
25 October 2026 | 11:10 AM
Dr. Vinayak Rajat Bhat
Event Details & Registration: share.google/6z6PiVjTumLjAJr…
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Shri. Samridha Joshi - Head of Research, INDIA HOUSE, Delhi
Delivering a Talk on
Daishaka Shastra
@IndicaOrg @indiahouse_org @subhamize @SamridhJoshi
#INDICAKautilyaCentre #Rajadharma
What is the oldest promise a government makes to its people? The Indian tradition calls it Yogakshema—securing people’s welfare and protecting what they have.
At the 44th INDICA Online Symposium, Rājadharma Applied: IKS Lens for Policy, Governance, and Leadership, Shri Pranav Patel, Dean of the Indian Institute of Democratic Leadership (IIDL), an initiative of Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini (RMP), Mumbai, examined Yogakshema as a practical framework for contemporary governance.
Drawing on Kauṭilya’s Arthaśāstra and the Bhagavad Gītā, the talk explored four principles of governance: acquiring resources, protecting them, enabling growth, and ensuring their just distribution. It applied these principles to Direct Benefit Transfer, food security, rural employment and the debate on welfare expenditure.
The talk also examined how these enduring principles could inform democratic leadership today, with the Constitution providing the foundation for public accountability and the people’s voice.
Can Rājadharma offer a systems-based approach to governance, in which every institution functions as part of an interconnected whole?
At the 44th INDICA Online Symposium, Rājadharma Applied: IKS Lens for Policy, Governance, and Leadership, Shri Vinay Kulkarni, Adjunct Faculty, RV Institute for Management, presents Rāṣṭra-Śarīra: The Body of the Nation — Rājadharma as Systems Thinking.
Drawing on Kauṭilya’s Arthaśāstra, the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva, the Saptāṅga theory of the seven limbs of the state, and the Pañcakośa model, he explored an integrated framework for dharmic governance. It examines how interconnected institutions, coordinated information and collective intelligence can inform policy and state action.
The framework also extends to enterprise management, highlighting cross-functional integration and the leader’s role in sustaining the health of the whole organisation.
