The Asiatic Society of Mumbai
takes pleasure in inviting you and your friends to the
19th Dr Mani Kamerkar Endowment Lecture by
Professor Vinay Lal
Professor of History and Asian American Studies, UCLA;
Fellow, Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study, South Africa, 2024; &
Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship Holder, India, 2025
on
“A Diaspora Purana: The Figure of the Migrant and
the Epic of Indian Indenture”
on Tuesday, 18th February 2025, at 5.30 p.m.
Professor Ashwani Kumar
Poet & Professor at Tata Institute of Social Sciences &
Formerly Visiting Fellow at London School of Economics, will preside.
Please join us for tea at 5.00 p.m.
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary
- Meenal Kshirsagar, Vice President of the Society & Chairperson - Endowment Lectures Committee
The Asiatic Society of Mumbai
takes pleasure in inviting you and your friends to the
35th Smt. Nabadurga Banerji Endowment Lecture
by
Professor Himanshu Prabha Ray
Author and Historian,
Tagore National Fellow, Jawaharlal Nehru University
on
“The Modern Search for the Buddha's Relics”
on
on Thursday 9th January 2025 at 5.30 p.m.
in the Durbar Hall of the Society.
Dr. Suraj Pandit
Professor, Ancient Indian Culture and Archaeology, Sathaye College
will preside.
Please join us for tea at 5.00 p.m.
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary
- Meenal Kshirsagar, Vice President of the Society & Chairperson Endowment Lectures Committee
The Asiatic Society of Mumbai takes pleasure in inviting you and your friends to 15th B. G. Deshmukh Endowment Lecture by Shri. Tilak Devasher, Author & Member, National Security Advisory Board Former Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat on "Security: Why is it Critical for Good Governance?" on Wednesday 11th December 2024 at 5.30 p.m. in the Durbar Hall of the Society.
Shri. Vappala Balachandran, Author & Columnist Former Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, will preside.
Please join us for tea at 5.00 p.m.
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary
- Meenal Kshirsagar, Vice President of the Society & Chairperson,Endowment Lectures Committee
THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI
The Mumbai Research Centre
Textile Heritage Walk with Savitha Suri
The Mumbai Research Centre of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai is pleased to present a Textile Heritage Walk with Savitha Suri to understand the heritage of Mumbai's textiles, which once made it the Urbs Prima in Indis. She takes you through Mulji Jetha (MJ) Market in Kalbadevi, considered to be Asia's largest textile market. MJ Market is one of the most important contributions of the Kutchi Bhatia community. The walk will introduce the community and their contributions to the textile trade. It will discuss the impact that markets like this have had on the trade and on the streetscape of the neighbourhood.
Date: Saturday, 28th December 2024
Time: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
₹500 Members / ₹750 General
Registration Links:
Member: https://rzp.io/rzp/MJmarketMEMBERS
General: https://rzp.io/rzp/MJwalkGENERAL
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande , Hon. Secretary Asiatic Society of Mumbai
- Dr. Shehernaz Nalwalla, Vice President of the Society & Chairperson – MRC
The Asiatic Society of Mumbai
takes pleasure in inviting you and your friends to the
Twelfth Durga Bhagwat Endowment Lecture
by
Professor Subhash Walimbe
Retd. Faculty, Deccan College PGRI (Deemed University), Pune
on
“Peopling of the Indian subcontinent”
on Wednesday, 3rd July 2024, at 5.30 p.m.
Prof. Mayank N. Vahia
Retd. Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics,Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, will preside.
Please join us for tea at 5.00 p.m.
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary
- Meenal Kshirsagar, Vice President of the Society & Chairperson, Endowment Lectures Committee