Pune

The Pune Centre, India

Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient
Deccan College
Pune 411006, India
Tel.: + 91 20 669 39 04
dominic.goodall@efeo.net

The EFEO Center in Pune, Maharashtra, the great university city of western India known under the British as Poona, was set up in 1964. The establishment of the EFEO on the campus of Deccan College, a distinguished teaching and research institution well-known for its rich library resources, was formalized under an agreement between the two institutions signed in 1997.

At the outset the aim of the Center was primarily to further studies on modern Indo-Aryan languages and literature. Since the early 1990's the Center has also hosted research in several areas.

Current research program:

  • Sanskrit treatises on logic and exegesis
  • Contemporary religions
  • The Maratha language
  • Indian treatises on mathematics

Work has also been carried out on the application of new technologies to philology, especially the adaptation of computer Internet languages (html, xml, xsl, etc.) to Sanskrit and other Indian languages.

The Center also houses a collection of Marathi literature and basic reference works for Indian studies. Visiting scholars including fellowship holders and doctoral candidates also have access to the library resources of Deccan College.

News from the Pondicherry centre
Ostinato
12 MARCH 19 On the occasion of the visit of the Belgian group Duo Laterna Magica, a concert entitled “Ostinato” will take place at 6 pm in the library of the EFEO, 19, rue Dumas, on  ... Read more
“Constructions of meaning: semantics, interpretation, argumentation”
25 FEBRUARY 19 Workshop in compared philosophy (India and the medieval West): “Constructions of meaning: semantics, interpretation, argumentation”On 25th and 26th  ... Read more
Vedāntadeśika: the last NETamil Reading Workshop in Pondy
22 FEBRUARY 19 Vedāntadeśika's Cillaṟai Rahasyaṅkaḷ. The final NETamil reading workshop to be held in Pondicherry was devoted to reading parts of Vedāntadeśika's œuvre,  ... Read more
EFEO News
Conference ''Enjeux du patrimoine : de la restauration à la cartographie du paysage archéologique''
Fontainebleau, France, 09 February 2019
Christophe Pottier gives a conference for the APJFA (Association pour la promotion du jumelage Fontainebleau-Angkor): Enjeux du patrimoine : de la restauration à la cartographie du paysage archéologique.
At 17h, at the hôtel de l'Aigle Noir, place Napoleon Bonaparte at Fontainebleau.
Paris EFEO/ASIES Seminar
Paris, France, 04 February 2019
Monday 4th February Michela Bussotti speaks on Images de généalogies chinoises : objets et sources de la recherche.

This seminar is part of "Images: objects and sources / Research in primary sources" of the ASIES seminar (master Amo - Asie méridionale et orientale : terrains, textes et sciences sociales).

10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (Free admission)
Maison de l'Asie, First floor salon, 22 avenue du Président Wilson, 75116 Paris READ MORE
Exhibition ''Les bosquets sacrés d’Aiyaṉār / Groves of Aiyaṉār''
Pondicherry, India, 31 January 2019
As part of the Pondicherry Heritage Festival, the exhibition of Jean-Louis Cardin's photographs titled Les bosquets sacrés d’Aiyaṉār / Groves of Aiyaṉār was inaugurated on January 31 by Her Excellency Kiran Bedi, Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry.
Communication : ''La contribution de Gongga Laoren (1903-1997) à la diffusion du bouddhisme tibétain à Taïwan''
Paris, France, 29 January 2019
Fabienne Jagou talks on La contribution de Gongga Laoren (1903-1997) à la diffusion du bouddhisme tibétain à Taïwan as part of the cycle of conferences organized by SEECHAC.

At 18h, at the Musée Cernuschi, 7 avenue Velazquez 75008 Paris.
Illustration: Chongqing Monastery, Tainan, July 2013. © Jagou
Reopening Ceremony of Battambang Provincial Museum
Battambang, Cambodia, 11 January 2019
Inauguration of the new scenography of the provincial museum of Battambang after the resettlement of the collections of sculptures, restorations and restoration on pedestals, conducted by the National Museum of Cambodia with its conservation workshop. In the group gathered around the minister Ms. Phoeurng Sackona, the director of the national museum, M. Kong Vireak and the location manager Huot Samnang: Sreymom, Soda, Chea Socheat, Phy Sokhoeun and the young Sopheak (master 1 Inalco).