Dear friends,
Dr Aroon Tikekar Centre for Advanced Studies takes pleasure in inviting you and your friends to the annual programme of the Centre to award the Tikekar Memorial Fellowship and join us to listen to the chief guest and keynote speaker Ms. Shanta Gokhale.
The programme will be held on Thursday, February 1, 2024 at 5:30PM in the Durbar Hall of The Asiatic Society of Mumbai.
Ms. Shanta Gokhale, reputed writer, translator, chronicler of theatre, and an engaged observer of the arts and culture, will speak on ‘The Great Language Divide’ across the demographics and politics of language in plays and literature in Mumbai. This will be followed by a question-and-answer session.
In keeping with the tradition of the annual programme of the Centre, the sixth Tikekar Memorial Fellow 2024, Dr Himanshu Smart, lecturer and researcher, will present a synopsis of his work done. This will be followed by Mr. Mohmad Aslam Saiyad, co-founder of Hallu Hallu, documentary photographer and environmentalist, briefly introducing the work he proposes to do as a Fellow 2025. The well-known artist and art researcher Mr Suhas Bahulkar, first Tikekar Memorial Fellow, will present a copy of his book written during the fellowship to the Asiatic Society of Mumbai.
You are requested to join us for tea at 5 PM at the venue.
Thank you,
Yours sincerely,
Mr. Vilas Dhavale Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande
Chairperson Hon. Secretary
Dr. Aroon Tikekar Centre The Asiatic Society of Mumbai
for Advanced Studies, ASM
THE 7TH Dr AROON TIKEKAR MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP NOW OPENS
The subject or topic of study for the 7th iteration of the Dr Aroon Tikekar Memorial Fellowship for the year 2024-25 is: “Cultural and/or religious festivals of Maharashtra and/or Mumbai through sociological and economic lenses”
The Dr Aroon Tikekar Memorial Fellowship now carries an award of Rs 2 lakh and offers the selected person the option to request a mentor if she/he would like to.
The last date for submitting applications is 1st July 2023. Interested scholars and researchers may download the application form from this website.
Download : Application Form
The 6th Dr. Aroon Tikekar Memorial Fellowship for the year 2023-24 has been given to two applicants Mr Pankaj Bhosle and Dr Himanshu Smart.
Mr Bhosle, journalist at “Loksatta” and a former Kusumagraj Trust Fellow, will be working on his proposal “Reflections of metropolitan literary images in Marathi narrative literature” through which he will capture Mumbai’s geography reflected in stories and novels, and its influence on creativity.
Dr Smart, dramatist, professor and a recipient of Sahitya Rangabhoomi Pratisthan’s fellowship in the past, will be studying “Metropolitan, half-metropolitan and new metropolitan sensibilities reflected in Marathi dramas of last three decades” during the Tikekar Memorial Fellowship
The Asiatic Society of Mumbai's Dr Aroon Tikekar Centre for Advanced Studies is calling for applications for the fourth fellowship awarded in memory of the late scholar-researcher, editor and bibliophile.
The fourth Dr. Aroon Tikekar Memorial Fellowship, to be awarded on his birth anniversary on February 1, 2020, will be in the field of "Contemporary Culture". Research proposals are invited in any one of the following areas:
1. The Culture of Reading: Changing trends
2. Literary Translations: Challenges and Opportunities.
3. Role of Libraries in the digital age.
Dr. Aroon Tikekar, well-regarded as an erudite scholar, researcher, writer, editor, bibliophile and eminent thinker passed away suddenly on January 19, 2016. He was the President of The Asiatic Society of Mumbai for six years (2007 to 2013) during which he had initiated several projects to enthuse and motivate young research scholars, and had infused new ideas and programmes into the renowned institution. To honour his remarkable work and carry forward its tradition, the Asiatic Society of Mumbai set up the Dr Aroon Tikekar Centre for Advanced Studies in 2016. This Centre is dedicated to nurturing scholars and generating research in a number of fields associated with Dr.Tikekar. It now has three Fellows who have produced research work in fields as diverse as the 'Revival of Bombay School of Art', 'Challenges in journalism', and 'Food Culture of Migrants'. This call is to invite scholars, academics, researchers and others to apply for the fourth edition of this prestigious Fellowship.
The application form is available with The Asiatic Society of Mumbai office. It can also be downloaded from its website at www.asiaticsociety.org.in The completed forms along with research proposals are to be submitted so as to reach us by November, 20, 2019. They can be submitted via regular post or courier to The Asiatic Society of Mumbai. They can be sent by email on the id This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The terms of the Fellowship are mentioned on the application form. Briefly, this is a one-year Fellowship with an award of Rs.1.25 lakh, and open to people between 25 and 65 years. All details and terms of the Dr Aroon Tikekar Memorial Fellowship are available on the website and on the application form. A jury comprising eminent people and experts in the subjects will select the scholar/ researcher for the year.
Any queries may be posted to the above email id and addressed to the undersigned.
- Dr. Meena Vaishampayan, The Asiatic Society of Mumbai
The Sixth Dr. Tikekar Memorial Fellowship
Dr. Aroon Tikekar, the noted and erudite scholar-researcher, well-regarded writer, books and rare books collector, veteran editor, and eminent thinker passed away suddenly on January 19, 2016. He had contributed immensely to the intellectual life of Mumbai and Maharashtra in the last four decades through his vast collection of essays, editorials, opinion articles, and books. He had also nurtured the tradition of well-researched historical and sociological studies.
Dr. Tikekar was the President of The Asiatic Society of Mumbai for six years (2007 to 2013) during which he had initiated several projects to enthuse and motivate young research scholars, and had infused new ideas and programmes into the renowned institution.
The Asiatic Society of Mumbai has set up the Dr Aroon Tikekar Centre for Advanced Studies to honour his remarkable work and carry forward its tradition. This Centre is dedicated to nurturing scholars and generating research in a number of fields associated with Dr. Tikekar. The Sixth Dr. Aroon Tikekar Memorial Fellowship through this Centre will be awarded on his birth anniversary on February 1, 2022. The research field chosen for this year is, “Literature: Fiction”. Under this broad subject, the following topics are suggested.
- Reflections of metro life in Marathi/English fiction, by Indian authors, from 1991 to date(fiction includes short story/novel/drama)
- Mythology reinterpreted in Marathi/English fiction, by Indian writers, from 1991 to date(fiction includes short story/ novel/ drama)
Scholars, academics, researchers and others are invited to apply for this prestigious fellowship. They can choose any one from the above given topics. The application form is available with The Asiatic Society of Mumbai office, and can also be downloaded from its website at www.asiaticsociety.org.in
The completed forms along with research proposals are to be submitted to reach us by 30th November 2021. They should be submitted through e-mail, post or courier to The Asiatic Society of Mumbai. The email id for the submissions is – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
The terms of the Fellowship are mentioned on the application form. But briefly, the Fellow will have one year to complete his/her work, and will be awarded a total amount of Rs.1.25 lakh. Interested people in the age limit of 25-65 years are encouraged to apply. All other details and terms of the Tikekar Memorial Fellowship are available on the website and on the application form.
Download
1. Application form
2. Guidelines
3. Marathi
A jury comprising eminent people and experts in the subjects will select the scholar/researcher for the year.
- Dr. Usha R Vijailakshmi, Officiating Hon. Secretary, The Asiatic Society of Mumbai
The Asiatic Society recognizes persons who have contributed to the promotion of the objectives of the Society by electing them as Honorary Fellows. This practice was started in 1815. Scholars and luminaries like Monier Williams, R.G. Bhandarkar, Father Heras, S. Radhakrishnan, Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad, Satyajit Ray and M. N. Srinivas were among the Honorary Fellows. Current Honorary Fellows include distinguished personalities like Jayant Narlikar, Mahashweta Devi, I.G. Patel and Kapila Vatsyayan.
The Society has instituted 3 medals for excellence in different fields, which are awarded every 3 years.
Campbell Memorial Gold Medal established in 1907, awarded in recognition of distinguished services on the subject of Oriental History, Folklore or Ethnology, calculated to further the objects of the Society, namely the investigation and encouragement of Oriental Arts, Sciences and Literature.
MM.Dr. P.V.Kane Gold Medal established in 1946, awarded for valuable research work in Vedic Studies or in Classical Sanskrit with special reference to Dharma Shastra and Poetics.
Society's Silver Medal awarded to a Member of the Society who has written a book adjudged as the best in the given 3 year period.
Annual Fellowships
In order to encourage and support young researchers in Indology, History and other social sciences, the Society has, beginning from 1991, instituted annual fellowships for scholars, including but not confined to PhD research scholars. One fellowship is given by the Society itself and the remaining have been endowed by various individuals and institutions
Fellows are required to submit a research paper at the end of their tenure, and several of these have been published in the Journal.
List of fellowships
- Chief Justice M.C.Chagla Doctoral fellowship in Modem Indian History
- INDAL fellowship in Social Sciences
- Fellowship in Labour Studies
- Justice K.T.Telang fellowship in Indology
- Gulestan Billimoria Fellowship for a topic related to Mumbai/Maharashtra
- Asiatic Society's Fellowship in Social Sciences
- G.S.Pohekar Memorial Fellowship for a topic on any aspect of Japan
HONORARY FELLOWS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY
Years of conferment Name Of Honorary Fellows
1815 Mr. Asselien de Cherville.
1829 Chevalier Caesar Moreau, F.R.S. (Paris).
1829 Le Baron Silvestre De Sacy (Paris).
1829 Professor Augustus William Von Schelegel (Bonn).
1829 Mr. Julius Von Klaproth (Paris).
1829 Mr. Abel Remusat (Paris).
1829 Rev. Dr. Thorne.
1829 Mr. Antonine Leonard De Chezy (Paris).
1830 Sir J. G. Wilkinson, K.C.I.E. (London).
1830 Dr. Otham Frank.
1830 Signor G. Mutti.
1831 Sir John Wither Awdry, Kt.
1832 Lt. Genl. Sir Colin Halket, K.C.B., G.C.H.
1832 Sir Herbert Compton.
1832 Professor Garcin de Tassy (Paris).
1834 Rt. Rev. Bishop S. Miles Pendergast.
1835 Baron C. Hugel (Vienna).
1835 Dr. A.S. Walne (Cairo).
1839 Prof. T. Pavie (Paris).
1842 Prof. N.L. Westergaard, K.D. (Conpenhagen).
1842 Le Comte Genberg de Homao.
1842 Prof. C. Lassen (Bonn).
1842 M.M. Etienne de Quatremere (Paris).
1843 Rt. Rev. Dr. W. J. Whelan, R.C.Bishop of Bombay.
1843 M. Etienne de Quatremere (Paris).
1845 Le Marquis de Ferriere de Vayer (Paris).
1845 Dr. James Cowles Prichard, M.D., F.R.S. (Bristol).
1845 Dr. Thomas Hodgkin, M.D., F.R.G.S. (London).
1846 His Excellency Monsieur de la Grieve.
1848 Le Vicomte de kerckhov (Antwerp).
1848 Mr. M. Felix Bogaerts, R. N. (London)
1849 Capt. S.H. Inglefield, R. N. (London)
1849 Mr. B. Hodgson, B.C.S.
1850 Mr. R. X. Murphy, Bombay.
1855 Rev. R. H. Th. Frienderich, F.R.G.S. (Batavia, Java).
1855 Rev. John Stevenson, D.D. (Ladykirk, Berwick).
1859 Mr. E. E. Elliot (Bombay And London).
1860 Dr. Martin Haug (Poona).
1862 Mr. H. J. Carter, F.R.S., Bombay Medical Service.
1865 Mr. W. E. Frere, I.C.S. (London).
1866 Sir Richard Temple, K.C.S.I.
1866 Mr. J. H. Rivara de Cunha, (Goa).
1866 Dr. A. Weber (Berlin).
1867 Dr. A. H. Leith, M.D. (London).
1868 Sir G. C. M. Birdwood, DT. M.D., C.S.I. (London).
1869 Mr. H. Newton, C. S.
1874 Sir Walter Elliot, K.C.S.I.
1874 Mr. E. Rehatsek.
1874 Mr. M. C. Commendatore.
1874 Dr. Karl Von Scherzer.
1875 Sir Monier M. Williams, Oxford.
1877 Surgeon Major O. Codrington.
1877 Pandit Bhagwanlal Indraji.
1879 Rai Rajendralal Mitra, C.I.E.
1885 Count A. de Gubernatis (Italy).
1892 Sir Raymond West, M.A., LLD, K.C.I.E.
1921 Dr. F. W. Thomas, M. A., Ph.D., C.I.E., Oxford.
1922 Dr. Sylvain Levi.
1923 Dr. M. Winternitz.
1924 Sir R. G. Bhandarkar, K.C.I.E.
1924 Dr. Heinrich Luders.
1924 Sir Jadunath Sarkar.
1924 Dr. Ganganath Jha. M.A., D.LITT., LL.D.
1924 Dr. Mahamahopadhyaya Vasudeo Shastri Abhyankar.
1924 Shams-ul-ulema Sir Jivanji J. Modi, C.I.E.
1924 Mr. Vishwanath P. Vaidya, B.A., Bar-at-law.
1924 MM. P.V. Kane, M. A., LL.M.
1924 Dr. M. N. Dhalla.
1924 Sir George A. Grierson.
1924 Prof. N. B. Divatia.
1924 Mr. Vishwanath K. Rajvade.
1924 Dewan Bahadur L. D. Swami Kannu Pillai.
1924 The Rev. Dr. D. Mackinchan, M.A., D.D.
1924 The Rev. Dr. R. Scott, M.A., D.D.
1924 Khan Bahadur Prof. Shaik Abdul Kadar Surfraz.
1924 Prof. S.H. Hodivala.
1938 Dr. V.S. Sukthankar, M.A., Ph.D.
1938 Mr. W. lvanow.
1943 Dr. B. C. Law, M.A., Ph. D., D.L.H.
1951 Dr. Radha Kumud Mookerji.
1951 Dr. S. K. Belvalkar.
1951 Dr. G. S. Sardesai.
1953 Dr. S. Radhakrishnan.
1953 Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterjee.
1953 Dr. R. C. Majumdar.
1953 Dr. L. D. Barnett.
1953 Dr. L. Renou.
1953 Dr. W. Schubring.
1954 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
1954 Prof. Nilakanta K. Sastri.
1954 Rev. Fr. H. Heras.
1969 Dr. Moti Chandra
1969 Dr. K. M. Munshi.
1991 Durga Bhawat.
1991 Father John correia-Afonso.
1991 Dr. Bhabatosh Datta
1991 Tarkateertha Laxmanshastri Joshi.
1991 Mr. Karl Khandalavala.
1991 Dr. Braj Basi Lal.
1991 Dr. Bal Ram Nanda.
1991 Mr. Setu Madhavrao Pagadi.
1991 Dr. Pratapaditya Pal.
1991 Dr. Kakkadan Nandanath Raj.
1991 Dr. Kanta Ranadive.
1991 Mr. Satyajit Ray.
1991 Mr. Hormasji Maneckji Seervai.
1991 Prof. Mysore Narasimhachar (M. N.) Srinivas.
1991 Prof. Romila Thapar.
1991 Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan.
1993 Dr. Malcolm Sathianathan Adiseshiah.
1993 Dr. Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar.
1993 Dr. G. S. Gai.
1993 Dr. Ashin Das Gupta.
1993 Dr. Parameshwari Lal Gupta.
1993 Dr. Vaman Mahadev Kulkarni.
1993 Prof. Ravinder Kumar.
1995 Prof. Sukumari Bhattacharji.
1995 Mr. Purushottam L. Deshpande.
1995 Dr. Rewa Prasad Dwivedi.
1995 Prof. Sarvapalli Gopal.
1995 Dr. Indraprasad G. Patel.
1995 Prof. Yashwant D. Phadke.
1998 Dr. Krishna Deva.
1998 Dr. K. V. Ramesh
1998 Mr. Shyam Sunder Benegal
1998 Mahasweta Devi.
1998 Prof. Jayant Vishnu Narlikar.
2003 Hon. Bhairon Sigh Shekhawat
2004 Prof. Bhikhu Parekh
Dr. Lokesh Chandra
Mr. M. N. Deshpande (Posthumously)
Dr. M. K. Dhavalikar
Dr. Indira Goswamy
Dr. B. N. Goswamy
Dr. Girish Karnad.
Dr. R. Nagaswamy
Dr. M. S. Nagaraja Rao
Dr. S. R. Rao
Mr. Soli Sorabjee
Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam
M.M. DR. P.V. KANE GOLD MEDAL (ESTD. 1947)
THE BOMBAY BRANCH OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY
YEAR NAME
1950 Prof. K.V. Rangaswami Atyanagar
1953 Dr. V. Raghavan
THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BOMBAY
1956 Dr. Louis Renou
1959 Prof. Durgamohan Bhallacharya
1962 Prof. H.D. Velankar
1965 Dr. Bhabatosh Bhattacharya
1968 Prof. Vishvabandhu Shastri
1971 Dr. Sushil Kumar De (Posthumous)
1974 Dr. R. N. Dandekar
1977 Dr. T. G. Mainkar
1980 Dr. K. Krishnamoorthy
1983 Prof. Reva Prasad Dwivedi
1986 Prof. R. P. Kangle
1989 Dr. Radhavallabh Tripathi
1992 Dr. Harivallabh C. Bhayani
1995 Dr. Madhukar A. Mehendale
1998 Prof. A. M. Ghatage
THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI
2002 Late Dr. C. G. Kashikar
2003-2006 Dr. S. D. Joshi
2006-2009 Dr. M. D. Paradkar
THE CAMPBELL MEMORIAL GOLD MEDAL (ESTD, 1907)
THE BOMBAY BRANCH OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY
YEAR NAME
1908 Dr. Aurel steln
1911 Dr. D. R. Bhandarkar
1914 Prof. A. A. Macdonell
1917 Dr. Jivanji J. Modi
1920 Dr. Shama Shastry
1921(Special) R. B. P. B. Joshi
1923 Sir. G. Grierson
1926 Dr. Sr. Jadunath Sirkar
1929 Prof. S. H. Hodivala
1932 Sir John Marshall
1035 MM. Dr. Ganganath Jha
1938 Dewan Bahadur Dr. S. K. Aiyangar
1941 MM. Dr. P.V. Kane
1944 Dr. B. C. Law
1947 Dr. P.W. Thomas
1950 Dr. R. C. Majumdar
1953 Shri. P.S.S. Pissurlencar
THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BOMBAY
1956 Dr. Verrier Elwin
1959 Dr. S. K. Belvalkar
1962 Dr. R. B. Whitehead
1965 Sir. Ralph Lilley Turner, Kt.
1968 MM. Pandit Gopinath Kaviraj
1971 Dr. K. A. Nilakantha Sastri
1976 Dr. H. D. Sankalia
1977 Dr. G. S. Ghurye
1980 Dr. (Mrs.) Kapila Vatsyayan
1981(special) Dr. C.Sivaramamurti
1983 Dr. R. S. Sharma
1986 Shri K. Shivram Karanth
1989 Shri Karl J. Khandalwala
1992 Prof. Madhusudan A. Dhaky
1995 Prof. Ajay Mitra Shastri
1998 Dr. B. N. Mukherjee
THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI
2002 Dr. I. K. Sharma
2003-2006 Prof. A. K. Narain
2006-2009 Dr. R. C. Dhere
THE SOCIETY’S SILVER MEDAL
(ESTD. 1928)
THE BOMBAY BRANCH OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY
YEAR NAME
1930 Shri S. V. Karamdikar
1934 Dr. G. S. Ghurye
1938 Sir R. P. Masani
1942 Dr. H. D. Sankalia
1946 Dr. Verrier Etwin
1950 Prof. H. D. Velankar
1953 Dr. G. M. Moraes
THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BOMBAY
1956 Dr. A. D. pusalkar
1959 Dr. V. G. Dighe
1962 Dr. Moti Chandra
1965 Prof. R. P. Kangle
1968 Dr. S. S. Bhawe
1969 (Special) Shri A.A.A. Fyzee
1971 Prof. G. C. Jhala
1974 Dr. T. G. Mainkar
1977 Dr. (Mrs.) Devangana Desai
1980 Dr. Sadashiv Ambadas Dange
1983 Dr. V. M. Kulkarni
1986 Dr. A. P. Jamkhedkar
1989 Dr. O. P. Kejariwal
1992 Dr. (Miss) G. V. Davane
1995 Dr. Kamala Ganesh
1998 Dr. Haripriya Rangarajan
THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI
2002 Dr. (Sr.) Anila Verghese
2001-2003 Prof. Kirit K. Shah
2003-2006 Dr. Sindhu S. Dange
(Calendar Year)
2010-2012 Shri V. K. Dharamsey