Schedule

Venue: Alladi Ramakrishnan Hall, IMSc (except for public lectures)

Monday (May 4, 2015)

Time
09:00-09:30Registration
09:30-10:00Introductory overview of the meeting
10:00-11:00Vasant S Shinde: Recent researches on the Harappan culture in the Saraswati basin
11:00-11:30Tea/Coffee
11:30-12:30M. Izhar Ashraf: Mathematical approaches to understand the Indus Script
12:30-01:00Discussion
01:00-02:00Lunch
02:00-03:00Steven Bonta: The Indus Fish Signs and Others: How Metrology Fields (M-Fields) can Point the Way to a Decipherment
03:00-03:30Coffee/Tea
03:30-04:30Nisha Yadav: Computational studies of the Indus Script
04:30-05:00Discussion
05:00-05:30High Tea (in front of Ramanujan Auditorium)
05:30-06:00Public lecture by Vasant S Shinde: Harappan Civilization's contribution to the field of basic sciences and technologies
Venue: Ramanujan Auditorium, IMSc
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Tuesday (May 5, 2015)

Time
10:00-11:00Steven Bonta: The Indus Fish Signs and Others: How Metrology Fields (M-Fields) can Point the Way to a Decipherment, Part 2
11:00-11:30Tea/Coffee
11:30-12:30Mayank Vahia: Simulation studies of Harappan civilization
12:30-01:00Discussion
01:00-02:00Lunch
02:00-03:00C. Subramanian: A Comparative study of Indus concordances
03:00-03:30Coffee/Tea
03:30-5:00Discussion and Concluding Session
05:00-05:30High Tea (in front of Ramanujan Auditorium)
CANCELLED
05:30-06:00Public lecture by Steven Bonta:The Indus Valley Script: In search of an entering wedge
Venue: Ramanujan Auditorium, IMSc
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TALK CANCELLED

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