The Forum for Sankaradeva Studies (Assamese: ''Sankaradeva Adhyayan Kendra'') is a research-oriented institution dedicated to promoting the message and the ideals of Srimanta Sankaradeva, one of the leading lights of the

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tradition in India. It is based at

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in the

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n state of

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, and operates out of its offices located at Keteki Path, Saurabh Nagar, in the

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precinct of

Inauguration

The Forum was formally inaugurated in the year 1988, under the presidency of the eminent scholar Dr.

Maheswar Neog Professor Maheswar Neog (7 September 1915 – 13 September 1995) was an Indian academic who specialised in the cultural history of the North East India especially Assam, besides being an Assamese-language scholar and poet. He was a top Indologis ...

. It has succeeded in producing a steady stream of fine scholarly output since then. The incumbent General Secretary of the Forum is Dr. Pradip Jyoti Mahanta of the department of Assamese, University of Guwahati.

Forum

The aims and objects of the Forum are: *to establish a centre for research on the diverse contributions of Sankaradeva and their abiding values; *to organize and hold lectures, seminars, exhibitions of art, demonstrations of music, dance and drama; *to encourage and focus standard performances and other products of various art forms of the Sankaradeva tradition; *to establish a centre for performing and other art forms; *to establish a reference library particularly equipped with a manuscript section and also a museum of art objects; *to bring out bulletins, journals and other publications from time to time; *to organize extension programmes, etc. in different places for the furtherance of the ideals of Sankaradeva. Thus, The Forum is committed to providing institutional support for research-workers, students, scholars and other sections of the public who are engaged in Sankaradeva studies, as also to creating an atmosphere which conduces, in broad social terms, to the success of such efforts.

References

Culture of Assam Guwahati Hindu studies Ekasarana Dharma Organizations established in 1988 Organisations based in Assam 1988 establishments in Assam {{Hindu-theo-stub