II International Conference “Issues and challenges in translation and interpreting studies in Russian and South Asian studies” was held online at RSUH

About 100 participants took part in the Conference, which was dedicated to International Translation Day. About 80 scholars and translators/interpreters presented their papers and shared their experiences and research results on all aspects of theory and methods of translation from Russian into Indian and South Asian languages and vice versa, translation studies and comparative literature. Russian and Indian students presented their reports on the translations of commercials, short films and cartoons from Hindi, Marathi into Russian and vice versa.

This was a joint project of 6 universities:

• Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH);
• Institute of African and Asian Studies of the Lomonosov;
• Moscow State University (IAAS MSU);
• Saint-Petersburg State University;
• Center of Russian Studies at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (CRS JNU);
• Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India;
• Savitribai Phule Pune University, India.

The welcoming speeches were delivered by:

Dr Arunim Bandyopadhyay, Chair of Center of Russian Studies, SLL&CS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Prof. M. Jagadesh Kumar, Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Prof. D. T. Shirke, Vice-Chancellor of Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India

Prof. Alexei Maslov, Director, Institute of Asian and African Studies Moscow State University, Russia

Prof. Vera Zabotkina, Head of the Centre for Cognitive Programs and Technologies and Advisor for International Activities at the Rector’s Office, Russian State University for Humanities, Moscow, Russia

Prof. Anjali Kurane, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Savitribai Phule Pune University, India

Prof. Mazhar Asif, Dean of the School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Dr. Dmitry Petrov, Simultaneous Interpreter, Lecturer, Moscow State Linguistic University, Russia

Dr. Anna Chelnokova, Indologist, Department of Indian Philology, St. Petersburg State University, Russia

The speeches of thanks were delivered by:

Dr. Kiran Singh Verma, Centre of Russian Studies, SLL&CS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Dr. Sonu Saini, Centre of Russian Studies, SLL&CS Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Dr. Indira Gazieva (RSUH)

The conference was attended by participants from the Russian, Indian and CIS countries universities, including:

1. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Technology Vasad (Gujarat, India);
2. The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India;
3. Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India;
4. Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India;
5. Tripura University, Tripura, India;
6. Savitribai Phule Pune University, India;
7. Namangan State University, Uzbekistan;
8. Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies, Uzbekistan.