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The '''Forum for Sankaradeva Studies''' (Assamese: ''Sankaradeva Adhyayan Kendra'') is a research-oriented institution  dedicated to promoting the message and the ideals of [[Sankaradeva|Srimanta Sankaradeva]], one of the leading lights of the [[Vaishnavite]] tradition in India. It is based at [[Guwahati]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Assam]], and operates out of its offices located at Keteki Path, Saurabh Nagar, in the [[Beltola]] precinct of [[Guwahati]].

The Forum was formally inaugurated in the year 1988, under the presidency of the eminent scholar Dr. [[Maheswar Neog]]. It has succeeded in producing a steady stream of fine scholarly output since then. The incumbent General Secretary of the Forum is Dr. Pradip Jyoti Mahanta of the department of [[Assamese language|Assamese]], University of Guwahati.<ref name="Sinha2004">{{cite book|author=Biswajit Sinha|title=Folk theatre|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UzEbAQAAIAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Raj Publications|page=143|isbn=978-81-86208-35-9}}</ref>

The aims and objects of the Forum are:

*to establish a centre for research on the diverse contributions of Sankaradeva and their abiding values;