The Scientific advisory board

20 members sit on this council, which is tasked with examining, validating and assessing the scientific content on the website.

The Scientific advisory board is  co-chaired by Gilles Pécout (President of the BnF) and Kapil Raj (EHESS).

Nine research specialists appointed on account of their scientific expertise :

  • Kapil Raj (EHESS)
  • Nalini Balbir (EPHE)
  • Samuel Berthet (Alliance française d'Hyderabad)
  • Bhaswati Bhattacharya (Center for Modern Indian Studies)
  • Emmanuel Francis (CNRS, CEIAS)
  • Dhir Sarangi (Center for French & Francophone Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University)
  • Kavita Singh (School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University)
  • Raphaël Malangin (UMR TEMOS 9016)
  • Inès Zupanov (CNRS, EHESS, Centre de Sciences Humaines de New Delhi)

 

Other members of the Scientific advisory board includes : 

For the partner institutions :

  • Achal Pandya, Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts (IGNCA)
  • Soline Lau-Suchet, Bibliothèque universitaire des langues et civilisations (BULAC)
  • [To be nominated], Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO)
  • Caroline Riberaigua, Institut d'études indiennes du Collège de France
  • Vincent Lefèvre, Musée national des arts asiatiques - Guimet (MNAAG)
  • Blandine Ripert, Institut français de Pondichéry (IFP)

For the BnF:

  • Ophélie Ramonatxo, Director of International Engagements department

Members on account of their scientific expertise concerning collections bearing on the region's history and heritage :

  • the Head of Litterature and Art division
  • the Head of the Oriental Manuscript section,
  • the Head of the History, Philosophy and Human sciences division.

 

 

Last updated : 22 July 2024