РОССИЙСКО-ИНДИЙСКОЕ РЕГИОНАЛЬНОЕ СОТРУДНИЧЕСТВО В СФЕРЕ ИСТОРИЧЕСКОГО ВЫСШЕГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ (НА ПРИМЕРЕ ВОСТОКОВЕДЧЕСКОЙ ЛАБОРАТОРИИ ЛГПУ ИМЕНИ П.П. СЕМЕНОВА-ТЯН-ШАНСКОГО)

Abstract

In the XXI century, the Russian Federation and the Republic of India have great scientific and educational potential. A particularly privileged strategic partnership between the two states and their leaders, President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is aimed, among other things, at developing and innovating scientific and educational cooperation, which has stable traditions laid down in the second half of the XX century. The 75th anniversary of India’s independence and the establishment of Soviet/Russian-Indian diplomatic relations, widely celebrated in both countries in 2022, emphasize the relevance of studying the history of cooperation between the two states in the field of science and higher education, its current state and prospects. One of the aspects of such a partnership is the Russian-Indian cooperation between regions and individual universities. In this practice-oriented article, based on the principle “not in general, but in particular”, the authors characterize the experience of scientific and educational activities and international cooperation of the Oriental Studies Laboratory of the Lipetsk State Pedagogical University named after P.P. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky with Indian publishing houses, the Center for Russian and Central Asian Studies of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (Delhi), participation in international forums and their organization, implementation of grant projects on Indian issues with the support of federal funds: the Presidential Grants Fund, the Fund of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh), RGNF, RFBR, Russian scientific foundation. An important component of the laboratory’s international cooperation is the reception of delegations and online contacts with the Embassy of the Republic of India in the Russian Federation since 2000. Until now.