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<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Day 1- 21.09.2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Department of Sanskrit, University of Mumbai, Centre for Hindu Studies, IACS Unversity of Calcutta, University of Stockholm and Bhaktivedanta Research Centre (affiliated to University of Mumbai) Organized Online Research Methodology Workshop from 21st<\/sup> September to 3rd<\/sup> October 2026 for the students and researchers of Sanskrit, Philosophy, Hindu Studies, Archaeology & Ancient Indian culture. The workshop was mainly focused on data collection & analysis, literature review & research gap identification, citation style & diacritics, research ethics, academic writing, textual criticism and AI tools in research. Numerous intellectuals presented their lectures at the workshop. The Inaugural program started with preamble presented by Prof. Dr. Madhavi Narsalay. The program inaugurated by Prof. Kavita Laghate, Prof. Ferdinando Sardella, Prof. Kamal Kishore Mishra and Dr. Sumanta Rudra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 By giving many examples in Bhagavadgeeta Dr.Kavita Laghate <\/strong>talked about Bridging Tradition and Modernity through systematic research methods. Dr. Laghate talked about the decoding systems which refer to the specialized textual criticism and hermeneutic techniques in Sanskrit research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Key note speaker was Prof. Ferdinando Sardella<\/strong>– a prominent scholar and Professor in the History of Religions at Stockholm University who specializes in modern Hinduism, interreligious dynamics, and transnational religious movements. While navigating social sciences and religious studies, Prof. Sardella explained his critical realism as a holistic research methodology. He positioned it as a vital middle ground between the rigid objectivism of positivism and the highly subjective, discourse-heavy nature of constructivism. By utilizing this approach, his framework emphasizes that while knowledge generation is inherently theory-dependent and shaped by human discourse, a real world with distinct causal structures still exists. Consequently, his methodological thoughts encouraged researchers to balance structure and agency while exploring deep-seated causal tendencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The first session started with Dr. Shakuntala Gawde\u2019s<\/strong> crystal clear elaboration on \u2018What is Research\u2019? Dr. Gawde explained every bit of research by giving excellent examples. She highlighted how classical commentators such as Shankaracharya, Ramanujacharya, and Yaskacharya prioritized rigorous logical reasoning and argumentation alongside or above traditional textual authority when refuting opposing schools of thought or establishing new philosophical positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She emphasized that close and critical reading, critical textual analysis, and contextual interpretation are fundamental steps in research. She claimed that ancient shastrakaras are researchers and research methodology can be observed through their styles of writings. She presented ancient research methods for understanding different devices of research methodology which are still relevant in modern day research. Students have experienced an excellent rational researcher in the form of Dr. Gawde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The next session started with Dr. Meenal Katarnikar\u2019s<\/strong> interactive talk on Epistemology. She elaborated differing concepts of perception and knowledge, her talk fostered cross-cultural understanding and dialogue. She stated that knowledge comes largely through logical reasoning and innate ideas, independent of sensory experience called Rationalism. She explained the constructivism – the idea that humans construct knowledge through their own experiences and social interactions very well. The workshop concluded with question answer session. We want to congratulate to the Head of the Department Dr. Suchitra Tajane and specially Prof. Dr. Madhavi Narsalay for her tireless efforts for oraganizing the workshop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Day 1- 21.09.2026 Department of Sanskrit, University of Mumbai, Centre for Hindu Studies, IACS Unversity of Calcutta, University of Stockholm and Bhaktivedanta Research Centre (affiliated to University of Mumbai) Organized Online Research Methodology Workshop from 21st September to 3rd October 2026 for the students and researchers of Sanskrit, Philosophy, Hindu Studies, Archaeology & Ancient …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,11,2,14,16,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanskritbhavan.mu.ac.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4145"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanskritbhavan.mu.ac.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanskritbhavan.mu.ac.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanskritbhavan.mu.ac.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanskritbhavan.mu.ac.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4145"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sanskritbhavan.mu.ac.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4155,"href":"https:\/\/sanskritbhavan.mu.ac.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4145\/revisions\/4155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanskritbhavan.mu.ac.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanskritbhavan.mu.ac.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanskritbhavan.mu.ac.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanskritbhavan.mu.ac.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}