{"id":377623,"date":"2026-03-07T14:30:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T09:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=377623"},"modified":"2026-03-07T14:17:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T08:47:28","slug":"dme-law-school-international-conference-traditional-knowledge-systems-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/03\/07\/dme-law-school-international-conference-traditional-knowledge-systems-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Participation | DME Law School, Noida | International Conference on Intersections of Traditional Knowledge Systems and the Future: Law, Culture, Sustainability, and Collective Well-Being [8th & 9th May 2026]"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WELCOME TO NEW DELHI<\/h3>\n

New Delhi, the capital city of India is regarded as the heart of the nation. Located at the banks of the Yamuna River in north-central India, it is of great historical significance as an important commercial, transport, and cultural hub, as well as the political centre of India. Home to many important historical monuments, it reflects the cultural impact of the Mughals, the ancient Indian, and the British. It also is the home to the Guru Gobind Indraprastha University, New Delhi to which DME, Noida is affiliated.<\/p>\n

ABOUT GGSIP UNIVERSITY, NEW DELHI<\/h3>\n

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) was the first University established in 1998 by Govt. of the NCT of Delhi. Accredited with NAAC A++, in a short span of 27 years, the University has been able to earn the best of national accreditations, educational awards, and stringent certifications. It is a teaching and affiliating University with the explicit objective of facilitating and promoting studies, research, and extension work in emerging areas of higher education with a focus on professional education and also to achieve excellence in these and connected fields. DME Noida is affiliated with GGSIPU.<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE ORGANISERS: DME LAW SCHOOL, NOIDA<\/h3>\n

Accredited with NAAC A+, Delhi Metropolitan Education, imparts education in the fields of Law, Management, and Journalism, with the law course approved by the Bar Council of India. It was founded by the Sunshine Educational and Development Society (Est. 2004). The Society has been providing quality education to 10, 000+ students through its 6 sister institutions including schools & colleges. This conference is being organized by the DME Law School. The Law school offers LL.M. and 5-year integrated B.A., LL. B (Hons.) & B.B.A., LL. B(Hons.) programs and practices project-based pedagogy with a strong connection between classroom teaching and evolving legal & corporate needs.<\/p>\n

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS<\/h3>\n

Educators, academicians, activists, think tanks, researchers, scholars, students, professionals, and other relevant stakeholders of all disciplines are invited to contribute to this conference. Research papers describing original and unpublished works of conceptual, constructive, empirical, experimental, or theoretical work in all areas related to the theme of the conference can present papers in the event.<\/p>\n

OVERVIEW<\/h3>\n

Traditional Knowledge Systems (TKS) are historically evolved bodies of knowledge, practices, and innovations developed by indigenous peoples and local communities through sustained interaction with their natural, social, and cultural environments. Embedded in cultural traditions, social institutions, and customary norms, these systems span domains such as medicine, agriculture, biodiversity conservation, climate adaptation, craftsmanship, and ethical governance. Despite their enduring relevance, TKS have long been marginalised, inadequately protected, or commercially exploited under dominant legal, scientific, and economic frameworks. In recent decades, however, they have gained renewed prominence within national and global legal and policy discourses, particularly in relation to intellectual property rights, biodiversity conservation, public health, sustainable development, and climate resilience, positioning traditional knowledge as a subject of global governance rather than a purely domestic concern.<\/p>\n

International instruments such as the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Nagoya Protocol, TRIPS, and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples seek to address recognition, protection, and equitable benefit-sharing, while national frameworks, including India’s Biological Diversity Act, Geographical Indications regime,<\/p>\n

Traditional Knowledge Digital Library, and education reforms under the National Education Policy 2020, reflect growing institutional engagement with traditional knowledge. At the same time, the incorporation of TKS into legal, academic, and market oriented frameworks such as universities and emerging ESG governance models raises complexSocio-Legal questions concerning ownership, community agency, standardisation, consent, and commodification.<\/p>\n

From a Socio-Legal perspective, traditional knowledge systems thus offer a critical lens to examine the interaction of law, culture, power, and governance across national and transnational contexts, forming the basis for the proposed International Socio-Legal Conference on Traditional Knowledge Systems and its comparative global focus, with particular attention to Indian Knowledge Systems.<\/p>\n

SUGGESTED SUB-THEMES<\/h3>\n

1. Historical Perspectives of Traditional Knowledge Systems<\/p>\n