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Periodically SCILET joins with other interested organizations to co-sponsor seminars of one or more days related to Indian Literature in English. Some of these seminars attempt to give a first acquaintance with this literature to participants from overseas countries as part of a longer general introduction to Indian art and culture. Other seminars have involved professionals in this field who come to present papers on aspects of Indian literature that are then intensively discussed. Major seminars in which SCILET has collaborated are listed below, together with their dates, co-sponsors, and seminar leaders.

Topic	: Introduction to Indian Literature in English, for American adults in “Elder-Hostel” type Study Programme
Co-Sponsors	: South India Pilgrimage;The American College
Leaders	: American College “S.I.P.” and Committee members
Date	: January 1996, January 1998, January 2005
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Topic	: Logistics and Details of Computer Networking
Co-Sponsor	: Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre
Leaders	: Mr. K. John Paul Anbu, SCILET Staff Mr. A. Dinakar, SCILET Staff
Date	: February 1996
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Topic	: Translation Workshop
Co-Sponsors	: Affiliated East-West Press, Madras; Indian Review of Books
Leaders	: Dr. Lakshmi Holmstrom, Professional Translator Mr. Dilip Kumar, Professional Translator Ms. Subashree Krishnaswami, Editor, Indian Review of Books
Date	: February 1999
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Topic	: Children’s Literature in India
Co-Sponsor	: Tulika Publishers
Leaders	: Suniti Namjoshi, Novelist Radhika Menon (Managing Editor, Tulika) Sandhya Rao (Editor, Tulika)
Date	: January / February 2000
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Topic	: ‘The West,’ in the Indian Imagination 1857-1947
Co-Sponsors	: Indian Association of Commonwealth Literature And Language Studies (IACLALS); Sahitya Akademi
Leaders	: Dr. K. Satchidanandan (Secretary, Sahitya Akademi) Dr. C. Vijayasree (Secretary, IACLALS)
Date	: September 2001
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Topic	: Representations of the Family in Indian Literature in English
Co-Sponsors	: Department of English, Calcutta University
Leader	: Dr. Sanjukta Das Gupta, Professor and Head, Dept of English, Calcutta University; Fulbright Alumni Programme
Date	: June 2002
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Topic	: Introduction to Indian Literature in English, for Teachers of Chicago, Illinois, USA
Co-Sponsors	: South Asian Center, University of Chicago
Leader	: Dr. Sally Noble, Assistant Director
Date	: August 2003
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Topic	: Introduction to Indian Literature in English, for Teachers of Wisconsin State, USA
Co-Sponsors	: Centre for South Asia, University of Wisconsin; Fulbright Hayes Program
Leader	: Prof. Rachel Weiss, Fulbright Fellow
Date	: July 2005
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Topic	: International Conference on Gender and Development in Asian Literature
Co-Sponsors	: United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia
Leader	: Dr. Betty Cernol-McCann
Date	: May 2007
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