IIT Madras organises international conference on Birsa Munda
Titled 'Tribal Resistance, Resilience and Reimagining Future: Celebrating 150 years of Bhagwan Birsa Munda', the conference featured 80 scholars and community leaders from across the globe.
Indrasena Reddy Nallu, Governor of Tripura, said that indigenous knowledge of the tribes of India requires to be integrated with modern science and technology. Prof. V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, Prof. Rajesh Kumar, Head of Humanities and Social Sciences department, IIT Madras, and Prof. Sathyanarayan N. Gummadi, Dean (Students) IIT Madras, spoke at the event.
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