Mihaela Gligor, director of the Center for Indian Studies at "Babeș-Bolyai" University in Cluj-Napoca, participated between October 14 and 16 at a conference organized by the Indian Government, through the Ministry of Culture and the "Indira Gandhi Institute for Art". The event presented 270 papers within 28 panels, on topics ranging from history and philosophy to dance, gastronomy and music.

The researcher spoke about the activities of the Center for Indian Studies at UBB over the past 12 years and about the Romanian Journal for Indian Studies, the only one in Romania published in print format, with support from grants from the Indian Ministry of Culture. She also presented her passion for India, linked to Mircea Eliade and Maitreyi, as well as the contributions of researchers from Transylvania, such as Samuel Brassai and Korosi Csoma, considered the founder of the discipline of Tibetology.

Gligor noted that the organizers were impressed by the variety of events held in Cluj, including Bengali and Sanskrit language workshops, lectures about Tagore and collaborations with prestigious Indian universities, and expressed their desire to sign collaboration agreements with UBB. The researcher also spoke about her studies on the Holocaust and about a study published in Romania, dedicated to the Jewish community in Calcutta.