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Emergence of Modern Science in Colonial India

The conference will take place from March 14-16, 2018 at the Indian National Science Academy in New Delhi. It aims to bring together historians and scientists to discuss the emergence of modern science in colonial India, including key Indian scientists' contributions. The conference also hopes to identify gaps in research, preserve relevant source materials, and set up an archive on this topic. Participation is limited to 30 people, with accommodation and some travel support provided.

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Emergence of Modern Science in Colonial India

The conference will take place from March 14-16, 2018 at the Indian National Science Academy in New Delhi. It aims to bring together historians and scientists to discuss the emergence of modern science in colonial India, including key Indian scientists' contributions. The conference also hopes to identify gaps in research, preserve relevant source materials, and set up an archive on this topic. Participation is limited to 30 people, with accommodation and some travel support provided.

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Forthcoming conference

Emergence of Modern Science in Colonial India

Venue: Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi

Dates: 14 – 16 March, 2018

Organizing Committee: Arnab Rai Choudhuri FNA (Chair), Deepak Kumar, Suprakash C.
Roy, Rajinder Singh

Aim: Modern Western science began in colonial India at the initiative of the British rulers, who
needed geological, botanical, zoological and meteorological surveys of their empire, as well as
an understanding of tropical diseases. From the closing years of the nineteenth century, several
pioneering Indian scientists started making path-breaking contributions in basic sciences (J.C.
Bose, P.C. Ray, C.V. Raman, M.N. Saha, S.N. Bose) some of which have remained among the
most important scientific contributions made by any Indian till today. The emergence of modern
science in colonial India presents one of the most extraordinary case studies of the
transplantation of science from one society to another – a topic of considerable interest to
historians of science.

This conference aims to bring together scholars trained in history of science as well as scientists
seriously interested in this subject. One aim will be to identify important topics on which not
much work has been done and to chalk out strategies how to fill up these gaps. One of the
difficulties of doing research in this field is that not much of the relevant source materials have
been preserved properly. We shall try to make an inventory of source materials which may be
known to different participants and discuss ways of preserving these, perhaps even the possibility
of setting up an archive specifically for this purpose.

Participation: Apart from several invited talks by eminent scholars, there will be a few
contributory talks of 15-minute duration on focused themes. If you are interested in participating
in this conference, please write to [email protected] before 30 November
2017. You should write about 4-5 lines describing what work you have done in this field and
why you want to participate in this conference. If you wish to give a contributory talk, then send
also the title of the talk and a short abstract to this e-mail address.

Due to the limited accommodation available at the INSA guest house, this conference will be
restricted to about 30 participants. All the selected outstation participants will be provided full
local hospitality with accommodation at the INSA guest house. Limited funds for travel inside
India will be available primarily for young scholars and retired persons. If you would require
travel support, please indicate this when you write for participation, mentioning an approximate
amount.

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