We invite original research on the mathematical, astronomical, technological and scientific traditions of India. Contributions should be grounded in primary texts, manuscripts, artefacts, archaeological evidence or documented reconstruction. The conference welcomes comparative work where India is a substantive term in the analysis.

Conference tracks

Track A — Mathematics

• Śulbasūtra geometry, altar construction and the sides-and-diagonal relation
• Decimal place-value, numeration and zero: evidence and chronology
• Algorithms in Āryabhaṭa, Brahmagupta, Mahāvīra, Śrīdhara and Bhāskara I and II
• Kuṭṭaka, indeterminate analysis and cakravāla
• Combinatorics, meru-prastāra and prosody: Piṅgala, Hemacandra and Nārāyaṇa Paṇḍita
• Kerala school infinite series, Yuktibhāṣā, priority and transmission
• Bakhshālī manuscript: dating, content and controversies
• Jaina and Buddhist mathematics; large numbers and infinity
• Commentary, proof and upapatti in Indian mathematical practice

Track B — Astronomy, Calendrics and Computation

• Siddhāntic planetary models and their accuracy
• Pañcāṅga computation, intercalation and calendar reform
• Yantras, Jantar Mantar and Sawai Jai Singh II’s observatories
• Bīja saṃskāra correction procedures and empirical revision
• Computational reconstruction and error analysis of historical algorithms
• Indo-Islamic exchange and zīj literature in India

Track C — Technology, Engineering and Materials

• Wootz steel, Zawar zinc distillation and the Delhi iron pillar
• Harappan drainage, Dholavira reservoirs, stepwells, johads and tank cascades
• Architecture, temple geometry, Vāstu and Śilpa texts; structural analysis
• Textiles, dyes, ceramics and glass
• Shipbuilding, navigation and maritime technology

Track D — Life Sciences, Agriculture and Environment

• Āyurvedic pharmacology and experimental validation
• Vṛkṣāyurveda, traditional agronomy and seed practice
• Ethnobotany and regional healing traditions
• Ecological and water-conservation practice, including arid-zone Rajasthan

Track E — Language, Logic and Computation

• Pāṇinian grammar, Aṣṭādhyāyī and rule ordering
• Navya-Nyāya logic and formalisation
• Mīmāṃsā interpretive rules and śāstra as knowledge representation
• Connections to formal languages, compiler theory, knowledge graphs, AI and Indic-language NLP

Track F — Pedagogy, Curriculum and Digital Humanities

• IKS module design and NEP 2020 credit structures for STEM
• Assessment design and learning outcomes
• Manuscript digitisation, Indic-script OCR, corpora and computational philology
• Open educational resources and teacher preparation

Track G — Methodology, Historiography and Transmission

• Dating debates, methods and their limits
• Indo-Arabic-European, Kerala-to-Europe and India-China transmission
• Colonial, nationalist and revisionist historiography
• Standards of evidence and critical responses to pseudo-historical claims
• Archives, manuscript access and source-base politics

Publication plan

The concept note proposes an abstract volume with ISBN and a peer-reviewed edited volume or journal special issue for selected full papers. Publisher and publication details will be announced when confirmed.