Janapada Sampada

Nirmal Kumar Bose Memorial Lecture

Publication Series

nirmal_kumar_boseNirmal Kumar Bose (1901-1972), one of India’s greatest sons, a humanist, a Gandhian and a radical anthropologist of whom social reconstruction was more important than building sociological theories – was a carry over of the nineteenth century Renaissance in Bengal. He was a great mind, a great visionary who was never confined to the conventional boundary of an academic discipline, be it anthropology, geography, geology, prehistory, archaeology, and even gandhiology (if that term may be used). Professor Bose used anthropology of demonstrate India’s unity in the diversity of cultures. He possessed in his heart a precious thing – the love for his countrymen – that was much greater than his passion for anthropology. Historians of world anthropology are aware of Bose’s pioneer thinking and his original contribution to the concept of culture. But, regretably and not so regretably. Bose could not pursue it further, because in his judgement something else was more important. That was India’s national Freedom Movement. He preferred to remain in the prison rather than in the luxury of intellectual pursuit.

This Memorial Lecture Series was initiated in honour of eminent Anthropologist, great Humanist and Gandhian, Prof. Nirmal Kumar Bose, who used anthropology to demonstrate India’s unity in the diversity of cultures :

Date/Time Event
31/01/2024
3:00 pm 		13th Prof. N.K. Bose Memorial Lecture

The Janapada Sampada Division is organizing the 13th N.K. Bose Memorial Lecture.

Title – From Colonial to Post-colonial Anthropology in India: Reflections and Future Pathways

Speaker- Prof. P. Venkata Rao, Senior Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Hyderabad

Chairperson – Dr. Sachchidanand Joshi, Member Secretary, IGNCA


Venue:  Samvet Auditorium, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), Near Western Court, Janpath, Delhi
21/01/2022
2:30 pm 		Nirmal Kumar Bose and Nation Building in Indian Anthropology by Prof. Abhijit Guha

The Janapada Sampada Division will be organizing the 11th N.K. Bose Memorial Lecture through online mode.
13/02/2018
4:00 pm 		9th Prof. Nirmal Kumar Bose Memorial Lecture

Speaker : Prof. Nadeem Hasnain (Senior Fellow, Indian Council of Social Science Research, Former Prof. & Head, Department of Anthropology, Lucknow University, India)
Topic : First Citizens: The Tribal People at Crossroads


Venue:  Lecture Hall, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, 11 Mansingh Road, New Delhi
21/06/2016
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm 		VIIIth Prof. Nirmal Kumar Bose memorial lecture by Prof. P K Misra

Venue:  IGNCA, New Delhi
21/10/2013 - 22/10/2013
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm 		Prof. Nirmal Kumar Bose Memorial Lecture

Prof. Nirmal Kumar Bose Memorial Lecture 21st
October – Anthropological Survey of India and Nirmal Kumar Bose. View Text (PDF) 22nd October – Rupkund Human Remains: A Mystery Yet Unresolved. View Text (PDF)


Venue:  Lecture Hall, 11, Man Singh Road, IGNCA, New Delhi
21/01/2006
4:30 am - 5:30 am 		Understanding Tribal Transformation in India
  1. Understanding Tribal Transformation in India
  2. Integration
    of the Tribes in the Indian Society: A View from Orissa

Speaker:

Lakshman Kumar Mahapatra


Venue:  IGNCA, New Delhi
21/01/2002
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm 		Nirmal Kumar Bose and Field Research: The North-East Indian Experience
  1. Nirmal Kumar Bose and Field Research: The North-East Indian Experience
  2. Social Formation and Ethnic Identities in North – East India: A Preliminary Statement

Speaker:
A. C. Bhagbati


Venue:  IGNCA, New Delhi
21/01/2000
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm 		Prof Bose on the Adivasi of India
  1. Prof Bose on the Adivasi of India
  2. Gods of the Tharus of the Himalayan Tarai

Speaker:
T. N. Pandey


Venue:  IGNCA, New Delhi
21/01/1997
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm 		Professor Nirmal Kumar Bose and his Contribution to the Studies on Indian temple Architecture
  1. Professor Nirmal Kumar Bose and his Contribution to the Studies on Indian temple Architecture
  2. The Prathistha-laksanasamuccaya and the Medieval Architecture of Kalinga
    source: Vol. V 1997 (IGNCA Newsletter Vihangama)

Speaker:

M. A. Dhaky


Venue:  IGNCA, New Delhi
21/01/1996
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm 		Gandhi’s Impact on Bose’s Scholarship
  1. Gandhi’s Impact on Bose’s Scholarship
  2. Rabindranath and Gandhi: Response to Indian Reality

Speaker:
Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya


Venue:  IGNCA, New Delhi
28/10/1993 - 29/10/1993
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm 		Prof. N.K. Bose Memorial Lecture
  1. The Heritage of Nirmal Kumar Bose
  2. Indian Civilization: Structure and Change

Prof. N.K. Bose Memorial
Lecture: On two consecutive days, 28 and 29 October 1993, Prof. Surajit Sinha spoke on Indian Civilization, Structure and Change. An eminent anthropologist and former vice-chancellor, Visva Bharati in Calcutta, Prof. Sinha is the author of several books and papers, including two books on Dr. Nirmal Kumar Bose himself. In the first lecture, Dr. Sinha spoke on Bose’s involvement in anthropological research and in exploring the creative power of Indian civilization. The second lecture was devoted to a reappraisal on the structure and transformation of Indian Civilization from the speaker’s point of view. The nature of continuity and change in the context of national integration and nation building came up for detailed treatment in the deliberations.

Speaker:

Surajit Chandra Sinha


Venue:  IGNCA Conference Room and Auditorium, New Delhi india