A Brief Report of the UGC Sponsored World Conference on ‘Science Fiction Studies’ in India Organized by Department of English, Yashwantrao Mohite College, Pune On 1st and 2nd Feb. 2012

The Department of English organized First World Conference on ‘Science Fiction Studies’ in India on 1st and 2nd February 2013. The world conference was the first largest event in the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Bharati Vidyapeeth. The Conference was inaugurated at the auspicious hands of renowned Scientist and Chief Mentor, Indian Space Research Organization, Bengluru … Continue reading A Brief Report of the UGC Sponsored World Conference on ‘Science Fiction Studies’ in India Organized by Department of English, Yashwantrao Mohite College, Pune On 1st and 2nd Feb. 2012 →

A Report of the 18th National Science Fiction Conference

Indian Association for Science Fiction Studies®, Bangalore (IASFS), Indian Science Fiction Writers Association, Ayodhya (ISFWA), Marathi Vidnyan Parishad, Mumbai (MVP), Marathwada Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, Aurangabad (MSP) and Deogiri Institute of Engineering and Management (DIEM) had joined together with the host Mukthananda College, Gangapur, Aurangabad District, in organizing the 18th Science Fiction Conference at Aurangabad, Maharashtra … Continue reading A Report of the 18th National Science Fiction Conference →

A report of the 17th Science Fiction Conference

17th Indian Science Fiction Conference was organized by Indian Association for Science Fiction Studies, Bangalore, India in collaboration with Indian Science Writers Association, Ayodhya, India and MCIIE, IIT, Benaras, India at Indian Institute of Technology, Benaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India on 15th and 16th of December 2018. The theme of the conference was … Continue reading A report of the 17th Science Fiction Conference →

A Concise Review of Indian SF

Background: As per the Constitution of India there are twenty - two recognized official languages. There are thousands of dialects which are in use. There were several magazines which had published Science Fiction stories and articles in the past. They have shuttered down long back. There were several authors who had experimented weaving stories. But … Continue reading A Concise Review of Indian SF →

A Report of the 16th Indian Science Fiction Conference

The sixteenth Indian Science Fiction Conference was organized by Indian Association for Science Fiction Studies and KMG college of Arts and Science, Gudiayattam, Vellore District, Tamil Nadu state, India at KMG College on March 25 & 26, 2017. It was attended by one hundred participants comprising of students of KMG College, student delegates from Tamil … Continue reading A Report of the 16th Indian Science Fiction Conference →

5 Things You Can Do to Get Your Child Interested in Science Fiction

A child used to be in the company of all the members of the family like father, mother, sister, brother, cousin, grandparents, great grandparents till the end of the first half of the twentieth century. It extended to a decade or more in some families. If an event like a marriage taking place in a … Continue reading 5 Things You Can Do to Get Your Child Interested in Science Fiction →