Roundtable on Concept and Predicate Commonality Across Indian Languages

The conference brings together experts from Linguistics, Philosophy, Literary Studies, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and NLP for a focused discussion on revitalizing Indian-language ecosystem, with particular attention to shared concepts and predicates. It also aims at developing new technical capabilities needed to understand the civilizational role of languages in forming a unified culture.
| Day | Time | Theme | Speakers | Respondents |
| Day 1 Dec 4 | 10:00-11:30 | Introduction to CSIL and Predicates Project | Prof. Ashwin Kumar A P – Dean Academic Affairs, Chanakya University, Bengaluru | |
| 11:30-11:45 | Tea | |||
| 11:45-1:15 | Attending to Concepts in studying a Culture | Prof. B Narahari Rao – Rtd. Professor, Institute of Philosophy, Saarland University, Saarbrucken, Germany Dr. Nagaraj Paturi – Independent Researcher and Scholar, Hyderabad | Prof. Ramakrishna Pejathaya – Director, Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems, Chanakya University, Bengaluru | |
| 1:15-2:30 | Lunch | |||
| 2:30-4:00 | Psychology, Cognitive Science and Culture | Prof. Ramesh Kumar Mishra – Head, Centre for Neural and Cognitive Sciences; Dean, School of Medical Sciences, University of Hyderabad Dr. Shankar Rajaraman – Director, Centre for Ancient History and Culture, Jain University | Prof. Ashok H S – Professor, Chanakya University, Bengaluru Dr. Vinayachandra Banavathy – Chanakya University, Bengaluru Dr. H R Meera – Independent Researcher, Bengaluru | |
| 4:00-4.15 | Tea | |||
| 4:15-5:45 | Creating Language Corpora for the Study of Indian Culture | Prof. P K S Pandey – Former Vice Chancellor, Deccan College PGRI (DTBU), Pune; Rtd. Professor, Centre for Linguistics, JNU, New Delhi Prof. Niladri Sekar Dash –Professor & Head, Linguistic Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata | Sri Manjunatha Kollegala – Researcher and Scholar, Mysuru Sri B S Suryaprakash – Researcher and Scholar, DAKSH Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Law and Technology, IIT Delhi | |
| Day | Time | Theme | Speakers | Respondents |
| Day 2 Dec 5 | 10:00-11:30 | Understanding and Experience in Studying Cultures | Prof. Vivek Dhareshwar – Independent Researcher and Scholar, Bengaluru Dr. Shashikala Srinivasan – Independent Researcher and Scholar, Bengaluru Sri Posina Venkata Rayudu – Independent Scientist, Conceptual Mathematics, Bengaluru | Prof. Rajendra Joshi – Chanakya University, Bengaluru Sri Sudev Madhav – Research Analyst, PlanAdapt |
| 11:30-11:45 | Tea | |||
| 11:45-1:15 | Archiving and Digital Technologies for Indian Languages | Prof. Buddha Chandrashekhar – Chief Coordinating Officer, AICTE; CEO, Anuvadini AI Prof. Yogananda C S – Founder and Director, Sriranga Digital Software Technologies Pvt Ltd | Sri C V Venkatesh – Project Head, E-bharatisampat Digital Library, Samskrita Bharati, Bengaluru Sri Shreehari H S – Assistant Professor, Chanakya University, Bengaluru Dr. Hariprasad M – Assistant Professor, Chanakya University, Bengaluru | |
| 1:15-2:30 | Lunch | |||
| 2:30-4:00 | Round Table Discussion | Moderator – Prof. Ashwin Kumar A P | ||
| Concluding Remarks | Prof. K S Kannan – Honorary Professor, Centre for the Study of Indian Languages, Chanakya University, Bengaluru | |||
| 4:00-5:00 | High Tea | |||