In the Chair: Prof. Aditya Mukherjee, General President

Members Present:

1. Syed Ali Nadeem Rezavi, Secretary

2. Manvendra Kumar Pundhir, Jt. Secretary

3. Syed Jabir Raza, Treasurer

4. R. Mahalakshmi

5. Malvika Binny

6. Ishrat Alam

7. Rajen Saikia

8. Dayanand Roy

9. Mukesh Kumar

10. Kishorilal Chandel

11. Laxmi Kanta Mishra

12. Susnata Das

13. K. K. Mandal

14. Shama Mahmood

15. Nagendra Sharma

16. Sanjay Subodh

17. Arun Bandopadhya

MINUTES

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. Confirmed
            2. Resolved to request members to write obituaries for Presidents, Sectional Presidents, office bearers and others. Also held two minutes silence in the memory of Prof. Tasneem Suhrawardi, Prof. Vivekanand Shukla, Prof. Shamita Sarkar, Prof Mahadev Chakravarti, Prof. BN Goswami, Prof. Kavita Singh, Prof VT Ramandas & Prof. Emanue Le Roy Ladurie.
            3. Approved with appreciation of Secretary’s work.
            4. Approved. Note of appreciation recorded.
            5. Approved. Note of appreciation recorded.
            6. Authorised the Secretary to get the final report from Professor K.M. Shrimali
            7. The following were elected unopposed:

Professor Gautam Sengupta, General President (proposed by Prof. S Ali Nadeem Rezavi, seconded by Prof. Arun Bandopadhyay)

Professor R. Mahalakshmi, Sectional President Ancient India (proposed by Prof. S. Srinath, seconded by Prof. Nagendra Sharma)

Professor Abha Singh, Sectional President Medieval India (proposed by Prof. Ishrat Alam, seconded by Prof. KK Mandal)

Professor Umesh Bagade, Sectional President Modern India (proposed by Prof. Rajen Saikia, seconded by Prof. Dayanand Roy)

Professor GJ Sudhakar, Sectional President Countries Other Than India (proposed by Prof. Mukesh Kumar, seconded by Prof. R. Mahalakshmi)

Professor Marxia Gandhi, Sectional President Archaeology (proposed by Prof. Kishorilal Chandel, seconded by Prof. Malavika Binny)

Professor Sebastian Joseph, Sectional President Contemporary India (proposed by Prof. Malavika Binny, seconded by Prof. Susnata Das)

8. The following Office Bearers were elected unanimously:

Vice Presidents:

Professor Kesavan Veluthat, (proposed by Prof. Nagendra Sharma and seconded by Prof. Malavika Binny)

Professor Shireen Moosvi, (proposed by Prof. Dayanand Roy, seconded by Prof. Sanjay Subodh)

Secretary: Professor Syed Ali Nadeem Rezavi (proposed by Prof. R. Mahalakshmi, seconded by Prof. Sanjay Subodh)

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

Joint Secretaries:

Professor Manvendra Kumar Pundhir (proposed by Prof. Arun Bandopadhyay, seconded by Prof. Ishrat Alam) [Permanent Office].

Professor Raj Sekhar Basu (proposed by Prof. Dayanand, seconded by Prof Rajen Saikia)

9. Professor Kundan Lal Tuteja agreed to conduct elections (if required) for the 5 vacancies.

The following members were elected unopposed to the EC:

(i) Prof. Irfan Habib (Aligarh)

(ii) Prof. Rajen Saikia (Guwahati)

(iii)Prof. Rakesh Batabyal (Delhi)

(iv) Prof. Tejimala Gurung (Shillong)

(v) Prof. K.K. Mandal (Bhagalpur)

(vi) Prof. Sanjay Subodh (Hyderabad)

(vii) Prof. Ishrat Alam (Aligarh)

(viii) Dr. R. Venkataramanujam (Chennai)

(ix) Prof. Malavika Binny (Kannur)

(x) Dr. Kishori Lal Chandel (Shimla)

(xi) Prof. LK Mishra (Cuttack)

(xii) Prof. Mukesh Kumar (Bodhgaya)

(xiii) Prof. Nagendra Sharma (Delhi)

(xiv) Prof. Shama Mahmood (Lucknow)

(xv) Prof. Rajan Gurukkal (Kerala)

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

(xvii) Prof. T. Manohar (Warangal)

(xviii) Prof. S. Srinath (Hyderabad)

(xix) Prof. Arpita Sen (Santiniketan)

(xx) Prof. Sarbani Gooptu (Kolkata)

10. Endorsed and authorised the Secretary to go ahead to sign agreement with Primus.

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

12. Endorsed and authorised the Secretary to make the selections and print the volumes.

13. Endorsed the proposals of the Secretary as laid out by him in his Report. 

14. Endorsed the proposal to set up a YouTube Channel for IHC: Authorised the Secretary.

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

16. The following six Resolutions were tabled and approved:

History in the Framework of the New Educational Policy (proposed by Prof. Arun Bandopadhyay, seconded by Prof. Laxmi Kanta Mishra)

Protection of Monuments (proposed by Prof. Rajen Saikia, seconded by Prof. Dayanand Roy)

Archaeology (proposed by Prof. R. Mahalakshmi, seconded by Prof. Mukesh Kumar)

National Museum (proposed by Prof. Malavika Binny, seconded by Prof. KK Mandal)

Palestine (proposed by Prof. Susnata Das, seconded by Prof. Nagendra Sharma)

Sunehri Bagh Mosque (proposed by Prof. Sanjay Subodh, seconded by Prof. Kishori Lal Chandel)

The Secretary presented a Vote of Thanks.
The meeting came to a close at 11:00 pm