Memorial Lecture

Date/Time Event
03/04/2024
3:00 अपराह्न
अष्टम पद्मश्री डॉ0 विष्णु श्रीधर वाकणकर स्मृति व्याख्यान

विषय – Rock Art Studies: Science Meets Art

वक्ता – डॉ0 चन्द्र मोहन नौटियाल (सेवानिवृत्त वरिष्ठ वैज्ञानिक, बीरबल साहनी पुराविज्ञान संस्थान, लखनऊ)

अध्यक्ष – डॉ0 बी0 एम0 पाण्डे (पूर्व निदेशक, भारतीय पुरातत्त्व सर्वेक्षणनई दिल्ली)


Venue:  समवेत सभागार, इन्दिरा गाँधी राष्ट्रीय कला केंद्र, नई दिल्ली , नई दिल्ली 
03/04/2023
4:00 अपराह्न
Seventh Dr. Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar Memorial Lecture

Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Adi Drishya Department cordially invites you to Memorial Lecture titled “ARTISANS AT QUARRY AND WORKSHOP: EARLY STONE CARVING ART OF MIDDLE GANGA PLAIN” & Inauguration of Exhibition On “Rock Art of Chandauli”

Speaker – Prof. Vidula Jayaswal

Chairperson – Prof. Kishor Kumar Basa


Venue:  Samvet Auditorium, IGNCA, Janapath Road, New Delhi 110001, New Delhi, New Delhi
04/04/2022
3:00 अपराह्न
Sixth Dr. V. S. Wakankar Memorial Lecture: Celebrating Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar

Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Adi Drishya Department cordially invites you to Memorial Lecture.

Speaker: Prof. Ravi Korisettar, Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Formerly, ICHR Senior Academic Fellow, Dharwad

Chairperson: Prof. Sarit Kumar Chaudhuri, HoD, Dept. of Anthropology, Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh

Moderator: Prof. B. L. Malla, Adi Drishya, IGNCA


Venue:  Samvet Auditorium, IGNCA, Janpath Road, New Delhi, New Delhi
03/04/2021
4:00 अपराह्न - 5:30 अपराह्न
Fifth Dr. Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar Memorial Lecture on Common Themes in the Rock Art of India & Europe

You are cordially invited to join the Fifth Dr. Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar Memorial Lecture on on Common Themes in the Rock Art of India & Europe.

Speaker: Prof. Angelo Eugenio Fossati, Professor of Prehistory and Proto-history at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan and Coordinator of the CAR – Italian Rock Art Committee of the ICOMOS-UNESCO from Italy.

Chief Guest: Prof. Sachchidanand Joshi, Member Secretary, IGNCA, New Delhi
Chairperson: Prof. P. C. Joshi, Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi, New Delhi.
Moderator: Prof. B. L. Malla, Adi Drishya, IGNCA

11/06/2020
3:00 अपराह्न - 5:00 अपराह्न
Fourth Dr. V. S. Wakankar Memorial Lecture on Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar: The Chief Architect of Rock Art Studies in India

The fourth Dr. V. S. Wakankar Memorial Lecture “Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar: The Chief Architect of Rock Art Studies in India” to be delivered by Prof. V. H. Sonawane, Eminent Archaeologist and Rock Art Specialist

Releasing of Fourth Memorial Lecture Download Memorial Lecture Booklet
Releasing & Screening of Documentary

Chair : Prof. Sachchidanand Joshi, Hon’ble Member Secretary, IGNCA
Chief Guest : Shri K N Dikshit General Secretary, Archaeological Society of India, New Delhi
Moderator : Prof. B L Malla, Head, Adi Drishya, IGNCA

03/04/2019
4:00 अपराह्न
Third Dr. V. S. Wakankar Memorial Lecture

The third Dr. V. S. Wakankar Memorial Lecture “Interaction of Mainstream Art of India and Autochthones” was delivered by Prof. Arvind P. Jamkhedkar, Chairman, Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi”


Venue:  Auditorium, C. V. Mess Building IGNCA, Janpath, New Delhi, New Delhi
03/04/2018
4:00 अपराह्न
Second Dr. V.S. Wakankar Memorial Lecture

The second Dr. V. S. Wakankar Memorial Lecture “Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar: The Legendary Encyclopaedia of Indian Rock Art” was delivered by Padmashree Dr. Yashodhar Mathpal, Eminent Archaeologist and Rock Art Specialist.

Chairperson : Dr. Narayan Vyas, Rock Art & Cultural Studies Specialist


Venue:  Auditorium, C. V. Mess Building IGNCA, New Delhi, New Delhi
03/04/2017
5:00 अपराह्न
First V. S. Wakankar Memorial Lecture

The first Dr. V. S. Wakankar Memorial Lecture “Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar: A Versatile Genius” was delivered by Dr. G. B. Deglurkar, Former President, Deccan College, Pune.


Venue:  Auditorium, CV mess Building IGNCA, Janpath, New Delhi, New Delhi