I INDIA, F FROM HIS STORY TO O PROGR RESS

INDIA,
I
F
FROM
HISSTORY TO
O PROGR
RESS
The 9th edition of Summer C
Courses on
n India, larggely sponssored by th
he Governm
ment of Indiia, was orgganized at the Univerrsity of Com
mplutensee by Institu
ute of Indology. The ccourses, whiich have taaken placee every 2 yeears since 1999, havve contribu
uted to thee disseminaation of info
ormation aabout Indiaan culture,, history, p
philosophyy, religions,, arts, literrature, geo
ography and
d so on in SSpain. This yeaar’s edition
n was titled
d ‘India: Frrom Historry to Progress’ and w
was held fro
om 22nd to 26
2 th July, 2013 2
at th
he El Escorrial campu
us of the Compluten
C
nse Univerrsity. Ambassador nd
deliivered the inaugural address o
on 22 Jully, in which he highllighted thee salient points in the philosoph
hical, historrical and cu
ultural devvelopmentt of India.
Over fivve days of tthe course
e, followingg talks werre organizeed: • The Fundamen
ntal Rightss in India (Mr. Rafael Iruzubieeta Fernan
ndez, Lawyyer and Foun
nder of the
e Instituto de Indologgía) • The Role of Wo
omen in Cu
urrent Indiia (Ms. Alkka Jaspal, D
Director off Papeles d
de India, ICCR, Ne
ew Delhi. • The Classical SSources of IIndian Phillosophy (M
Mr. Juan Arrnau Navarrro, Researcher at CSIC and Indologisst) • Trends of Currrent Art in
n India (Mss. Blanca García G
Vegga, Univerrsity of Valladolid, Instituto
o de Indolo
ogía) • Interrcultural TTensions ‐‐A
Anatomy o
of Passage to India, by E. M. FForster (Mrr. Pedro Carrero
o Eras, Pressident of th
he Instituto
o de Indolo
ogía). • Conttributions ffrom India to the Weest (Mr. Enrique Galíu
ud Jardief, Indologistt and writer) • Interrnational Relations R
of India (M
Mr. Ramón‐María M
Moreno Go
onzález, Diplomat D
and Direector of Caasa Asia) • Posittioning of India in the Globaliseed Econom
my (Mr. Praadeep Bhargava, Eco
onomist, businesss consultant and wriiter). Also, Round Taables weree held on:
• The Caste S
T
System (Maain speakeer: Mr. Agu
ustín Pániker Vilaplan
na, Directo
or of the Editorial Kairós publisshing house and writer). • The T Hindu Religion (M
Main spea
aker: Mr. Javier Ruiz Calderón,, philosopher and in
ndologist)
• The Pundits: Indian collaborators Serving the British Empire (Main speaker: Mr. Jules Stewart, journalist and writer) • Geography of India: the Other Indian Mountains (Main speaker: Mr. Juan Luis Salcedo Miranda, journalist and mountain climber.) Photo Gallery:
Ambassador of India, with other dignitaries after the Inaugural Session
Participants in the course along with guest speakers and the organizers.