These scholars approached the Government of India, which arranged to convene the first International Sanskrit Conference at New Delhi in March 1972.
The next year, at the 29th International Congress of Orientalists, Sanskrit scholars from all over the world got together to form the IASS.
[2] The sixteenth conference in Bangkok, Thailand in 2015 received unprecedented support from the Indian government.
[5][6] In an email sent to the INDOLOGY listserv, the lead conference organizer, Dr. Adheesh Sathaye, publicly apologized for the "hooliganistic behaviour of some members of the audience.
"[7] The first World Sanskrit Conference was held in Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, India between 26–31 March 1972.