Chief Guest: Prof. Yugal Kishor Mishra, Vice-Chancellor, Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Rajasthan Sanskrit University, Jaipur.

Presided over by Prof. K. D. Tripathi, Hon. Coordinator, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Varanasi.

Coordinated by Dr. Kamla Pandeya and Dr. Chandra Kanta Rai.

Participating Institutions: Vasanta Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Sanskrit Matrimandalam, Vasanta College for Women, Arya Mahila Degree College, Department of Sanskrit (BHU), Women's College (BHU), DAV College and Panini Kanya Mahavidyalaya.

A demonstration-cum-lecture based on Dr. Kamla Pandeya's epic Bhagavan Shankaracharya - Avirbhuyat Punarbhuvi organized in collaboration with Sanskrit Matrimandalam, Vasanta Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Varanasi.

Chief Guest : Prof. Krishna Kant Sharma, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.

Coordinated by Dr. Kamla Pandeya, Dr. Swarvandana Sharma and Dr. Shanta Chatterjee.

Participating Institutions: Faculty of Sanskrit Learning & Theology (BHU), Department of Sanskrit (BHU), Arya Mahila Degree College, Vasanta College for Women, Women's College (BHU), Vasanta Kanya Mahavidyalaya and Sanskrit Matrimandalam.

In collaboration with Sangeet Parishad, Kashi

Vocal Recital by Padmavibhushan Smt Girija Devi (Varanasi)

Shrauta-Yaga Mitravindeshti was performed by Ahitagni Mahadeva Shastri Agnihotri, Shri Shashi Kant Agnigotri and Group from Buldhana, Maharashtra along with other renowned priests from Nasik and Varanasi.

A power-packed stage performance of Sanskrit Theatre Kutiyattam was organized in collaboration with the Kuttiyattam Kendra, Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) at the Prof. K. N. Uduppa Auditorium, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, which was highly lauded by the spectators.

Celebrated artist of Banaras Gharana Padmavibhushan Pandit Chhannulal Mishra performed for the delegates of the International Conference on "Democracy in Our Time : The Past and the Future of the Enlightenment"

An Exhibition on Sketches of Yoginis by Mr. Edmundo Moure (Switzerland) was put up in collaboration with the Embassy of Switzerland, New Delhi and Kriti Gallery, Varanasi

Conducted by Shri Raja Ram Sharma (Udaipur)

Guidance by Prof. Anjan Chakraverty (Varanasi)

No. of Participants: 34

The workshop was followed by a lecture on Tradition and Technique of Pichhwai Paintings of Nathadwara by the Chief Guest of the Valedictory Function Prof. Kalyan Krishna (Varanasi)

Conducted by Dr. Shailendra Bhandare, Assistant Keeper, South Asian Numismatics, Ashmolean Museum & Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford, UK

No. of Participants: 27

Conducted by Prof. K. K. Thaplyal (Lucknow)

No. of Participants: 23