A two- day-long international conference on “Reconstruction of Indian History: Society and Religion” was held at Bhanja Vihar here. It was organised by the Post-Graduate Department of History, Berhampur University.
Utkal University of Culture VC Prof Byomakesh Tripathy as chief guest inaugurated the event and delivered the introductory address. The inaugural session was chaired by acting Vice-Chancellor/ Chairperson, PG Council, Berhampur University Prof Arundhati Rath. Former VC, Khallikote Cluster University, Prof Manmath Padhy joined the event as guest of honour.
Professor Rekha Pande of University of Hyderabad delivered her keynote address on the topic “Relooking at pre-modern society through the lens of gender.”
Professor of History State University of New York Oswego, USA, Geraldine Forbes, delivered her distinguished lecture on the topic “Adding women and gender to write histories of human experience.” Associate Professor Dr Sadananda Nayak of the Department of History, Berhampur University was convenor of the conference.
Assistant Professor of History Dr Sankarasan Mallick introduced the guests while Assistant Professor Dr Ramakanta Bhuyan offered the vote of thanks.
The plenary session was presided over by former Professor of History LN Raut. Former Principal Scientist of ICRISAT and founder director, SEED, Dr Suresh Pande and Prof BK Mallick, Professor of History, Utkal University spoke. More than 150 research papers were presented.