HSS Department, IIT Kanpur

And the third edition of Anviksha was concluded successfully! It took a loads of heavy lifting for the team to curate and execute the event. The two-day conference required months of "invisible" planning that made it happen. We are grateful to all the presenters who took up the stage and brought forward up and coming ideas.

We are proud of our DPGC student reps: Neha Jain and Archana Janardhan as well as student volunteers: Shipra, Zeeshan, Mayank, Abhinav, Bihan, Sagnik, Brishti, Navneet, Manisha, Dona, Sugandhaa, Yashika, Deeksha, Iram, Samiksha, Diya, Elza, Raima, Meghna, Kriti, Rishabh, Bitupon, Aakash, Nimish Ankita, and Anandita

We are grateful of Prof Rajarshi Sengupta, Prof Thounaojam Somokanta, Prof Usha Udaar and Prof Lalit Saraswat for providing guidance and support.

✨ Anviksha 2026 | Call for Abstracts is now OPEN! ✨

The Department of HSS, IIT Kanpur presents Anviksha 2026, our annual Research Scholars Conference, happening on Feb 7–8, 2026.

This year’s theme:
🌀 Humanity in Transition: Creativity, Consciousness, Society in a Changing World

How is our world transforming? How are ideas of self, society, and imagination shifting alongside global change? We invite research scholars to share their work, reflections, and critical engagement with these questions.

📢 Submit your abstracts and be part of this vibrant academic dialogue.

Important Dates:
Deadline for Abstract Submission: December 20,2025
Notification of Acceptance: January 04, 2026
Conference Dates: February 07-08, 2026

Link to abstract submission form:
https://lnkd.in/gwNU2JAg

Stay tuned for more updates!

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🎉 Abstract Submission Closed! Thank You for Your Overwhelming Response!

We are thrilled to announce that the call for abstracts for the Anviksha: A Research Scholars' Conference on Identities has officially closed. The overwhelming response from scholars across disciplines has been truly inspiring! 🙌

We deeply appreciate your interest and enthusiasm. Our team is now reviewing the submissions, and selected presenters will be notified of their confirmation by the 3rd week of December.

Following confirmation, details about the registration and payment process will be shared.

Thank you once again for making this initiative a success—we look forward to an intellectually enriching and collaborative conference experience!

Stay tuned for updates!

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Greetings Everyone,

Hope you all are doing well!

The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of TechnologyKanpur, invites abstracts from research scholars for Anviksha’s second edition on thetheme “Identities”. This multidisciplinary conference aims to explore variousunderstandings of identity and the multidimensionality of the processes of identityformation. Identity has emerged as an urgent and complex issue in the contemporaryworld. In a society marked by its diversity, the politics of identity have gained newsignificance, shaping debates on religion, caste, language, region, class, nation, and
gender. Amidst social transformations and political polarisation, questions of belonging,cultural representation, and material injustices demand deeper exploration. Thisconference aims to bring together scholars to examine how identities are constructed,
negotiated, and contested, fostering dialogues essential to understanding and navigatingthe tensions of a rapidly changing society.

Proposals are invited from research scholars in the Humanities and Social Sciences.Please note that to participate in the conference you must be enrolled in a doctoralprogramme. For shortlisted proposals co-authored with faculty members, only theresearch scholar will be invited to present the papers.

Interested candidates may submit an abstract of no more than 300 words by the 12th ofDecember, 2024. The abstract, with three keywords, must be submitted as a PDFdocument, attached in a Google form. The Google form link for submission ishttps://lnkd.in/g-rrJ665.

For the further details related to submissions, deadlines and themes please refer to the attached document.

Really looking forward to your active participation.

Conference Concluded 🤝🏻

We received over 500 abstracts. Out of these, 50 were shortlisted. Supervised by professors and supported by the staff, over 25 volunteers worked with 2 DPGC Student Representatives to bring the participants and attendees on this forum.

Countless hours have been spent in preparing panels and curating the conference kit. Admittedly, countless hours of sleep has also been sacrificed. Almost 6 months of hard work has come to fruition as Anviksha'24 was concluded today!

This post is about acknowledging the efforts of the Organising Committee in making this event a success. HSS community extends its thanks to: Prof Esha Chatterjee (), Prof Rajarshi Sengupta (), Prof Sushruth Ravish, Ms Mani Dixit (), and Mr Mayank Mishra (._ ).

Taking the exuberance and enthusiasm forward to future editions of Anviksha🥂

Conference Schedule 📋

Anviksha '24 is scheduled for 3 and 4 February. The conference begins at 9.30 am with keynote addresses followed by 6 panels scheduled for each day. Every panel has four speakers. Swipe right to familiarise yourself with the themes that the panels are covering.

We are very excited because our weekend looks amazing. Hope to see you all there!

Keynote Speakers 🎤

On the first day, 3 February, the keynote address will be delivered by Prof Ipsh*ta Chanda. She will be speaking on "What... Boundaries?" Ethically Engaging Plurality. The abstract for the same is available in Slide 2.

On the second day, 4 February, the keynote address will be delivered by Prof Janaki Abraham. She will be speaking on "Where is the kumkumam?" Wedding Rituals and the Making of Traditions. The abstract for the same is available in Slide 3.

Poster Reveal ✨

Providing a platform for research scholars, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur's Humanities and Social Sciences Department is hosting the first edition of its national conference, Anviksha.

Anviksha, which translates as "search", is visualised here through the depiction of a wide-open eye. The arrangement of the repetitive geometric motifs is employed to emphasise the difference between void space and patterned surface; in other words, the theme "boundaries" is depicted here through this variance.

Poster Design Credit: Prof Rajarshi Sengupta

In Conversation with Khalid Jawed

On 16 January 2024, Centre for Creative Writing and Publications hosted Khalid Jawed () at IIT Kanpur (.kanpur). The conversation was led by Prof Chinmay Dharurkar, and Head of the Department, Prof Mini Chandran.

Khalid Jawed is the author of The Paradise of Food (Nematkhana), the winner of the JCB award for literature in 2022. He writes in Urdu, and has also won the Katha Award (2007), Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy Award (2014, 2020), and the Delhi Urdu Academy Award (2017). Some of his popular works are Akhri Dawat (2007), Maut ki Kitab (2011), Nematkhana (2014), and the latest Arsalaan Aur Baezaad (2022). His works have been translated to numerous Indian languages including Hindi and English. He is a Professor of Urdu at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

🎨 Exciting Event Alert! Join us for an inspiring talk by renowned muralist Prof. Suresh K. Nair from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
🗓 Date: 5th February 2024
🕛 Time: 12 pm
📍 Venue: FB620
🎙 Talk Title: "Past Continuous: My Journey as an Artist."

We are thrilled to host Prof. Suresh K. Nair, Faculty of Visual Arts, as he takes us on a captivating journey through his experiences and insights as an artist.

Poster Credits: Partha Dutta

Kanpur Literature Festival✨

People from the Fine Arts discipline and Design department () have exhibited their work at the ongoing Kanpur Literature Festival ().

Slide 9: Visitors from IIT Kanpur to the festival also had the opportunity to meet and interact Dr Muskan Jahanara, a renowned textile professor.

The festival is being organised on 23-24 December at GHS-IMR (.kanpur), Kamla Nagar, Kanpur. Apart from their artistic display, the festival is graced by the likes of Seema Pahwa () and Swanand Kirkire ().

Do visit to bask in the glory of crafts performed and presented at the festival.