Overview

• The three-day meeting at the IGNCA runs September 11–13 with presentations on the undeciphered Indus signs.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to attend on September 12 and Home Minister Amit Shah on September 13.
• A mixed roster of academics and independent claimants offers competing hypotheses tying the signs to Sanskrit, proto-Dravidian, Santali, Gondi, or non-linguistic administrative symbols.
• The programme spotlights AI efforts, with 40 entrepreneurs and 10 researchers selected after a nationwide competition and the formal launch of the Gyan Bharatam Mission funded at Rs 482.85 crore through 2031.
• Officials and scholars report no credible breakthrough, citing core hurdles such as very short inscriptions, no bilingual texts, and a limited corpus and context.