Conference on Vedic River Sarasvati and Hindu Civilization held at India International Centre, New Delhi between Oct. 24 to 26, 2008
Registration of delegates
Prof. BB Lal, Former Director General, Archaeological Survey of India (right) with Shri Darshan Lal Jain, President, Sarasvati Nadi Shodh Sansthan, Jagadhri, Haryana
Session: From L. to R. Prof. Shivaji Singh, HOD Archaeology & Ancient History, Gorakhpur University; Shri Rajesh Purohit, Dy. Director, Kurukshetra Museum; Dr. S. Kalyanaraman, Managing Trustee, Sarasvati Research and Education Trust (Press briefing)
(From L. to R.) Shri Haribhau Vaze, Shri Balamukund, Dr. Sharad Hebalkar, Prof. Shivaji Singh
Kumari Sampada Savardekar, PhD student, University of Pondicherry
Dr. N. Mahalingam, Chairman, Sakthi Group of Companies and Patron, Indian cultural/civilization studies lighting the kuttuvilakku
Smt. Sheela Balaji, Managing Trustee, AIM for Seva, releasing the Conf. Papers compendium and book by Dr. S. Kalyanaraman 'Sarasvati -- Vedic River and Hindu Civilization'
A view of Conference participants
Keynote speakers: Prof. KS Valdiya, Professor of Geodynamics, Jawaharlal Nehru Advanced Centre for Research, Bengaluru; Prof. BB Lal, Former Director General, Archaeological Survey of India
(L. to R.) Prof. Shivaji Singh, Archaeology & History, Gorakhpur University, Sri Rajiv Malhotra, Founder, Infinity Foundation; Dr. LS Rao, Superintending Archaeologist, Nagpur (Bhirrana excavation); Dr. RS Bisht, Former Director, Archaeological Survey of India
Dr. AR Chaudhri, Prof. of Geology, Kurukshetra University
(L. to R.) Dr. MR Rao, Director, Sarasvati Project, Oil and Natural Gas Commission; Shri Darshan Lal Jain, President, Sarasvati Nadi Shodh Sansthan, Haryana; Shri MK Gupta, Engineer in Chief, Irrigation Department, Haryana, Shri Chander Mohan, Social Activitist, Haryana, member Sarasvati Nadi Shodh Sansthan
(L. to R.) Shri Rajiv Malhotra, Founder, Infinity Foundation; Prof. Shivaji Singh; Dr. Ravindra Ramadoss; Shri Anil Negudkar, Senior Journalist and Author, Greeks in India
(L. to R.) Shri Vinayak Kale, Itihasa Sankalana Samiti, Konkan; Dr. Shashi Tiwari, Prof. of Sanskrit, Maitreyi College, Delhi University; Kumari Sampada Savardekar, PhD student, Univ. of Pondicherry
(L. to R.) Sri Haribhau Vaze, National Organizing Secy., Akhila Bharatiya Itihasa Sankalana Yojana; Sri CRB Lalit, IAS (Retd.), Himachal Pradesh; Dr. MA Narasimhan, Director, Itihasa Bharati, Mysore
Smt. Sheela Balaji, Managing Trustee, AIM for Seva.
(L. to R.) Dr. KN Dikshit, Former Jt. Director General, Archaeological Survey of India, President, India Archaeological Society; Dr. MR Rao, Director, Sarasvati Project, ONGC. Shri Ratnesh Tripathy, PhD Student, Jivaji University, Gwalior; Shri Badrinath, M.Tech, Lecturer, Shastra University, Thanjavur, PhD student in Sarasvati civilization studies.
Delegates to the Conference.
(L. to R.) Dr. MP Narayanan, President, AIM for Seva; Dr. DK Chadha, Former Chairman, Central Groundwater Authority; Dr. S. Kalyanaraman, Managing Trustee, Sarasvati Research and Education Trust and Author of 15 books on Sarasvati Civilization
