Systems of Knowledge in India: Moving Towards Self Reliance
Volume 5 Issue 2 - October 2024
TITLE :
Equinox 2024: The 4th Annual International Conference
AUTHORS :
Taanisi Soni , Aditi Meher, and Meghna Mishra
ABSTRACT :
The Centre for Research (CFR), Maitreyi College, University of Delhi, under the aegis of Vantage: Journal of Thematic Analysis and IQAC, organised the fourth three-day Annual International Conference ‘Equinox 2024’, from September 4th to 6th, 2024. The theme was “Systems of Knowledge in India: Moving towards Self-Reliance.” The principal of Maitreyi College, Prof. Haritma Chopra, was the coordinator of the conference, and Dr. Gopi Devdutt Tripathy, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Dr. Pinkey Bajaj Gandhi, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Dr. Brototi Roy, and Dr. Meena Yadav, Associate Professors, Department of Zoology, Maitreyi College, were the convenors. The conference explored the idea of India's pursuit of self-reliance through an engagement with its diverse systems of knowledge. Though these are comprised of both written classical intellectual traditions and oral and local cultural traditions of knowledge, the latter are relatively marginalised and considered lesser than the written traditions due to various, social, political and historical factors. By inviting discussions on integrating and valuing all the rich plethora of knowledge systems and cultural practices in India, Equinox 2024 provided a platform to empirically and theoretically engage with plural ways of knowing and living in India.
DOI :
: https://doi.org/10.52253/vjta.2024.v05i02.08