The main theme of this year’s seminar will be ‘Indo-Nepal Affinities : the
Retrospect and the Prospects’.
There are also sub themes as:
a) Environmental Problems

• Forest Policies and Encroachments : Man animal tussle
• Natural Calamities, Mafia Intrusion, Ecological Imbalance and Governmental Interventions.
• Climate Pathways, Renewable Energy and Developmental Policies – South Asia Scenario
• Eeocriticism, Disaster Management and Environmental consequences

b) Science and Technology

• Technological Revolution and advent of Artificial Intelligence into
  Educational, Industrial and Engineering Spheres

• Advances of Science and Technology in Third World Countries – Science,
  Bio-technology, Space Research and Fisheries

• Technological Revolution and the Curbing of Cyber crimes.

• Need for advancements in transportation technology and implementation
  in Third world countries.
  

c) Health and Medicine

• Drug market enterprises and the enhancing life style diseases.

• Food as medicine : increasing perils of insecticides in non-organic
  cultivation and consumption.

• Internationalising Indiginous medical practices and scope for health
  tourism.

d) Political Issues

• Changing Global order and small countries in South Asia.

• SAARC : The need for Revival of Regional Rejuvenation in Global South
  Policies

• Sino-South Asian Policies-Implications on India and her neighboring
  countries
• Contemporary Polity and Society of South Asia.

e) Sociological, Psychological and Gender Issues

• Enhancing homicides – Sociological and psychological undercurrents and
  urgency of counter action.

• Tribal Situation in 21st Century – the need for mainstreaming the isolated
  Tribal Communities.

• Rising menace of drug – liquor mafia and the perishing generations – a
  debate on solutions.

• Cutting the roots of violence against Minors and women : Need for
  psychological, sociological, and legal correction
• Gender – transgender Formations in public spaces

f) Economic, Educational and Legal Questions

• Issues and Prospects in the Agricultural Sector – South Asian Scenario

• Digital Economic Inclusion – India a case study.

• Indian Constitution and the concept of Equality – Need for a Rereading.

• Revamping Higher Education and Reducing foreign migrations for
  education and employment.
• State versus Centre – financial conflicts and judicial intervention
  

g) History, Archaeology, Art and Literature

• Debates on relegated voices, subalternity and local history – the post
  colonial trends.

• The folk narratives – assuming novel trends in literature, art and history

• Need for revamping Epigraphical and Archaeological research – the
  secular way.

• Expanding horizons of Music, Theater, Cinema and performing arts in
  South Asia
• Current Trends in South Asian Literature

f) Religion and Thought

• Evolution of Buddhist and Hindu Thought in Nepal

• Tantric traditions in Nepal and affinities with Indian traditions

• Imperative ideas on interfaith dialogue and the concept of Universal
  religion of Sree Narayana Guru of Kerala.