In the Chair: Prof. Gautam Sengupta, General President

Members Present:

1. Syed Ali Nadeem Rezavi, Secretary

2. Manvendra Kumar Pundhir, Jt. Secretary

3. Raj Sekhar Basu, Jt. Secretary

4. Syed Jabir Raza, Treasurer

EC Members:

5. Nagendra Sharma

6. Mukesh Kumar

7. S. Srinath

8. Umesh R. Bagade

9. Rakesh Batabyal

10. Laxmi Kanta Mishra

11. Tejimala Gurung

12. Arpita Sen

13. Sarvani Gooptu

14. R. Venkataramanujan

15. Kishori Lal Chandel

17. KK Mandal

MINUTES

1.    Confirmed Minutes of 83^rd Session

2.  Resolved to request members to write obituaries for our departed members, office bearers and others who expired in the past session. Also held two minutes silence in the memory of Prof. Amiya Kumar Bagchi, Prof. Champalakshmi, Dr Har Mohinder Singh, Professor KV Raman, Professor Collin Renfrew and Dr. B Udaya

3.    Approved with appreciation of Secretary’s work.

4.    Approved the Report of Jt Secretary and the Statement of account.

5.    Approved the Report of Jt Secretary and the Statement of account.

6.    Accepted and Approved the Statement of Professor KM Shrimali for Comprehensive History of India Project

7.  The following were elected unopposed:

Professor Rajen Gurukkal, General President (proposed by Nagendra Sharma, seconded by Prof. Kesavan Veluthat)

Professor Nupur Dasgupta, Sectional President Ancient India (proposed by Prof. Sarvani Gooptu, seconded by Prof. Rakesh Batabyal)

Professor Sunita Sharma, Sectional President Medieval India (proposed by Prof. KK Mandal, seconded by Prof. Jabir Raza)

Professor Rakesh Batabyal, Sectional President Modern India (proposed by Prof. KL Chandel, seconded by Prof. Venkataramanujam)

Professor AK Ramakrishnan, Sectional President Countries Other Than India (proposed by Prof. S Srinath, seconded by Prof. Rakesh Batabyal)

Professor Shubhrat Kumar Acharya, Sectional President Archaeology (proposed by Prof. Laxmi K Mishra, seconded by Prof. MK Pundhir)

Professor Prabhat Shukla, Sectional President Contemporary India (proposed by Prof. Mukesh Kumar, seconded by Prof. Nagendra Sharma)

8. The following Office Bearers were elected unanimously:

Vice Presidents:

Professor Aditya Mukherjee, (proposed by Prof. Kesavan Veluthat and seconded by Prof. Nagendra Sharma)

Professor Shireen Moosvi, (proposed by Prof. Nagendra Sharma, seconded by Prof. Raj Sekhar Basu)

Secretary: Professor Syed Ali Nadeem Rezavi (proposed by Prof. Kesavan Veluthat, seconded by Prof. Mukesh Kumar)

Treasurer: Professor Syed Jabir Raza (proposed by Prof. Shama Mahmood, seconded by Prof. LK Mishra)

Joint Secretaries:

Professor Manvendra Kumar Pundhir (proposed by Prof. Rakesh Batabyal, seconded by Prof. LK Mishra) [Permanent Office].

Professor Raj Shekhar Basu (proposed by Prof. KK Mandal, seconded by Prof S Gooptu)

9. Professor Kundan Lal Tuteja agreed to conduct elections, if required

The following members were elected unopposed to the EC:

(1) Prof. Irfan Habib (Aligarh)

(2) Prof. Sajal Nag (Guwahati)

(3) Prof. Devendra Ingle (Maharashtra)

(4) Prof. Tejimala Gurung (Shillong)

(5) Prof. Dayanand Roy (Bhagalpur)

(6) Prof. Suchandra Ghosh (Hyderabad)

(7) Dr. Shameem Akhtar (Aligarh)

(8) Dr. R. Venkataramanujam (Chennai)

(9) Prof Kesavan Veluthat (Kerala)

(10) Dr. Kishori Lal Chandel (Shimla)

(11) Prof. LK Mishra (Cuttack)

(12) Prof. Mukesh Kumar (Bodhgaya)

(13) Prof. Nagendra Sharma (Delhi)

(14) Prof. Zaheer Husain Jafri (Delhi)

(15) Prof. Amarkant Singh (Bihar)

(16) Prof. K.M. Shrimali (Delhi)

(17) Prof. Muhammad Idris (Warangal)

(18) Prof. S. Srinath (Hyderabad)

(19) Prof. Arpita Sen (Santiniketan)

(20) Prof Sarbani Gooptu (Kolkata)

10. Requested and authorized the Secretary to
explore and decide the next venue in consultation with the President, IHC.

11. Endorsed and authorized the Secretary to print the addresses & special lectures etc.

12. The following six Resolutions were tabled and approved:

·     On History Syllabus as Drafted by the UGC (proposed by Prof. Sarvani Gooptu, seconded by Prof. Laxmi Kanta Mishra)

·       Protection of Monuments (proposed by Prof. Kesavan Veluthat, seconded by Prof. Arpita Sen)

·    Publication of the Archaeological Survey Reports (proposed by Prof. R Srinath, seconded by Prof. Kishori Lal Chandel)

·      Resolution on Tampering of School Textbooks (proposed by Prof. Rakesh Batabyal, seconded by
Prof. LK Mishra)

·   Statement on Mythification of History (proposed by Prof. Raj Sekhar Basu, seconded by Prof. Nagendra Sharma)The Secretary presented a Vote of Thanks.

The Secretary presented a Vote of Thanks.

The meeting came to a close at 11:00 pm