The Sharada Project

  • About
  • Workshop-1
  • Workshop-2
  • Workshop-3
  • Workshop-4
  • Contacts


Sharada is a very important script for Sanskrit and Kashmiri in the Jammu & Kashmir region. The script has a large number of manuscripts in Sanskrit and represents many documents and traditions of the Kashmiri Pandit community. This script was added to the Unicode Standard in January, 2012 with the release of version 6.1. The Computational Linguistics group at Special Center for Sanskrit Studies started an initiative for digitizing three of India's ancient scripts - Brahmi, Sharada and Grantha. For Sharada we have signed an Agreement of Cooperation with an NGO - Millennium India Education Foundation (MIEF) which focusses on the Kashmiri culture and heritage. Please visit us regularly for update on activities

AoC document with MIEF

Shankaracharya Temple



Sharada Manuscript
Recent Events
  • Workshop-1 on Sharada script at Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU on 8-10 Nov 2013.

  • Workshop on Digitization, Preservation and Promotion of Sharada, Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies, JNU, February 20, 2013.

  • Digitization of India's ancient scripts - Brahmi, Sharada and Grantha at Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU on 20th March, 2012.

  • Workshop-2 on Sharada Script at Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU on 18-19 Feb 2014.

Upcoming Events
  • The 3rd Sharda workshop will be held at Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies from 12-13 September 2014.

Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies, JNU in collaboration with Millennium India Education Foundation organized a 3-day Sharada workshop during November 8-10, 2013 at the Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies, JNU. The goal of this workshop was to provide elementary knowledge of Sharada script and to train people in reading and writing basic Sharada script. A total of 84 students from various universities had participated in this workshop. Dr Kirti Kant Sharma, IGNCA was the main resource person for Sharada script during this workshop.

Participants of the Workshop-I : Nov 8-10, 2013

Picture Gallery

The 2nd Sharada workshop to create resource persons in Sharada script was held at Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies, JNU, New Delhi during February 18 - 19, 2014. This workshop had two separate sessions - Prof T N Ganjoo conducted a refresher course for those students who had taken part in the first workshop held in 2013, and Prof S S Toshkhani trained a fresh batch of students in elementary Sharada. A total of 83 students from various universities participated in this workshop.

Sharda Study Materials of the Workshop-2

Participants of the Workshop-2 : Feb 18-19, 2014

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The 3rd Sharda workshop will be held at Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies from 12-13th September 2014. This workshop will be organized at two levels-

  1. Dr Kirti Kant Sharma, IGNCA will conduct a level-3 course for those students who had participated in the first and second workshop held in 2013 & 2014, and
  2. Prof S S Toshkhani will train a fresh batch of students in elementary Sharada.


How To Register:

There is no registration fee. Just send us an e-mail to sharada.jnu@gmail.com in with the following details and the subject line as "Registration for 3rd Sharada workshop" :
  1. Name
  2. Class/Designation
  3. Institute/University
  4. Mobile No.
  5. Email Id
Registration starts: 28th August 2014
Last date for Registration: 8th September 2014
Notification of Acceptance: 9th September 2014

Please note - No TA/DA will be provided.

The 4th Sharda workshop will be held at Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies from 16-18 Oct 2015 from 2-5pm. This workshop will be organized at two levels-

  1. Dr Kirti Kant Sharma, IGNCA will conduct a level-3 course for those students who had participated in the 1-3 workshops held in 2013 & 2014, and
  2. Prof S S Toshkhani will train a fresh batch of students in elementary Sharada.


How To Register:

There is no registration fee. Just send us an e-mail to sharada.jnu@gmail.com in with the following details and the subject line as "Registration for 4th Sharada workshop" :
  1. Name
  2. Class/Designation
  3. Institute/University
  4. Mobile No.
  5. Email Id
Registration starts: 5th October 2015
Last date for Registration: 14th Octpber 2015
Please note - No TA/DA will be provided.

Workshop Contacts:

For further more information, please send an email or call :
sharada.jnu@gmail.com,
+91-9810301261/9305580337

  • Program Committee:
    Dr. Girish Nath Jha                                  Dr. Uday Kakroo
    Professor of                               Director,
    Computational Linguistics                       Millennium India Education Foundation
    Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies.         13 Community Centre, East of Kailash,
    Jawaharlal Nehru University                    New Delhi-110065
    New Delhi-110067                                http://mief.in/team/
    http://sanskrit.jnu.ac.in


  • Workshop Manager:
    Dr. Abhijit Dixit, Post Doctoral Fellow, Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, JNU
    Mob. No. +91-8506833324
    shashwatup9k@gmail.com