2008

During its first year of operation, in October of 2008, the Uberoi Foundation hosted in Denver, Colorado, more than a dozen renowned scholars of the Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, and Sikh traditions. The scholars used their time together to sketch out the contours of the Foundation's work. Representatives of the traditions were on hand in person, and a representative of Sikhism was present by conference call. Remarkably, the scholars noted how unusual it was for them to be together to reflect on the common threads that bind these traditions and that, as scholars, they rarely, if ever, have that opportunity. It was a wonderful and meaningful beginning to the work that the Foundation had launched.

2009

Over two days in late October of 2009, the Foundation organized a second opportunity to meet with scholars. To participate in its Annual Uberoi Meeting on location in Orlando, Florida, the Foundation invited twenty academicians to collaborate with its five-member board of trustees in three joint sessions. In the months leading up to the sessions, the Foundation announced its intention at AUM to delve deeply into the commonalities of Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism as well as into the ways in which those traditions contribute to society. For the meeting, Shiva Bajpai prepared a paper on Theism: The Ultimate Reality and Arvind-Pal Mandair and Bal Ram Singh prepared a paper on Karma.

2010

Annual Uberoi Meeting participants gathered in Denver in October of 2010 at the Iliff School of Theology. Over two full days of fast-paced discourse, the attendees revealed their considerable talents and scope. In so doing, they demonstrated an exceptionally high level of academic rigor in their presentations and conversations. Deliberations at AUM and the lively exchanges among the scholars very successfully met the lofty charge set by the organizer, Dr. Arvind Sharma, who selected the topic of "Decolonizing Indic Studies."

2011

In the beginning of October in 2011, Uberoi Annual Meeting participants had the pleasure of meeting over two days in Los Angeles, California, with the significant assistance of co-sponsors Loyola Marymount University and Nalanda International. The 2011 AUM, entitled "In Our Own Voices: Dharma Education in North America," sought to facilitate the emergence of innovative and creative theories, approaches, and methods to education and scholarship in Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, and Sikh traditions. "In Our Own Voices" drew attention to the fact that these traditions are not at the center of the dominant global discourse on contemporary issues and challenges. The voices (wisdom and discernment) of the traditions are currently on the margins. Yet they are of great significance and relevance to the crises that face humanity. The ongoing goal is to position the insights of Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism as integral to addressing these challenges. The term "In Our Own Voices" does not refer to who is talking or writing but rather refers to which lens is being used to define and understand these traditions.

2012

In mid-October of 2012, the participants of the Annual Uberoi Meeting once again had the opportunity to meet together over a period of two days. Gathering in Denver, Colorado, the attendees began with reflections on the tragic attack brought upon the Sikh Gurdwara in Wisconsin earlier that year. The participants then turned their attention to practical, in-depth discussions on the two programmatic priorities of the Uberoi Foundation – namely training U.S. school teachers in Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism and correcting distortions and inadequacies of these traditions in North American textbooks. Attendees concluded their time together by sharing brief presentations of pivotal work underway on each of these two programmatic priorities by likeminded organizations and experts.

2013

In the summer of 2013, the vitality of one of the Uberoi Foundation's primary grant-making programs served as the centerpiece of the Annual Uberoi Meeting. Assembling in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, the trustees gathered together a smaller, core group of experts for reflection on the Foundation's strategy and participation in the annual teacher training program held at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Twenty participants began their time together on July 31 with a mini-symposium in recognition of the 150th birthday anniversary of Swami Vivekananda and, specifically, on the impact of his travels to the western world in 1893. The mini-symposium's discussion included the participation of Uberoi Foundation chair Ved Nanda and Uberoi trustees Yashwant Pathak, Shiva Bajpai, and Bal Ram Singh. Witnessing the detail of the training provided to the teachers, the trustees took part mid-week in a focus placed on Jain beliefs, lifestyle, and culture, as well as an evening dance demonstration by UMass Dartmouth student Anuradha Tata. In a strategy session held in the afternoon of August 1, the Uberoi trustees brainstormed on how best to implement the intended mission of Professor Mahinder Uberoi, especially with regard to the Foundation's two fundamental priorities for the next several years – the training of U.S. teachers in Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism and the correcting of distortions about these traditions in U.S. textbooks.

2014

As Fall colors descended upon the valley of Boulder, Colorado, the Uberoi Foundation gathered in mid-September on the historic campus of Naropa University. The Annual Uberoi Meeting began with a special Friday evening event organized by the University of Colorado and Naropa University called the Chogyam Trungpa Lecture, sponsored by Uberoi. Dr. John Makransky, professor of Buddhism at Boston University, served passionately and inspirationally as the keynote speaker. On the Saturday and Sunday which followed, the Foundation then focused exclusively on its theme for AUM in 2014 – “Compassion in the Four Dharmic Traditions”. A total of 21 speakers participated in the featured sessions, along with keynote speeches offered during meal times. Following AUM, the Uberoi Foundation assembled and edited the papers delivered over the weekend into a book for subsequent publishing and dissemination.

2015

In the beginning of October of 2015, the Uberoi Foundation gathered once again for its Annual Uberoi Meeting, this time in Tampa, Florida, on the campus of the University of South Florida. The Jijnyasa Foundation co-sponsored the meeting, represented by its executive director, Dr. Gururaj Mutalik, among others from its network. Uberoi Foundation Advisory Committee Chairman Dr. Yashwant Pathak was a most gracious host, as were Uberoi Vice Chairman Shri Parveen Setia and his wife, Smt. Mini Setia, who reside in southern Florida. Dharma Education in the United States – Challenges and Opportunities served as the focus of the 2015 AUM, with many first-time participants taking part, and in so doing, adding tremendous value. Those individuals included Dr. Vishwa Adluri from Hunter College in New York; Dr. Narinjan Kaur Khalsa from Loyola Marymount University; Dr. A.S. Pandya at Florida Atlantic University; Prof. Andrew Schelling from Naropa University; Mr. Matthew Spurlin, a PhD student at the University of Denver; Dr. Darshan Thakkar from Boston; Dr. Lavanya Vemsani from Shawnee State University; and Dr. Alice Wood from Bethune-Cookman University.

2016

On September 15, the Uberoi Foundation assembled in Montreal for its Annual Uberoi Meeting in order to attend a special program of an Uberoi grantee, McGill University. Professor Arvind Sharma, faculty member of Religious Studies at McGill and a regular expert of the Uberoi Foundation, served as the lead organizer of the “Third Global Conference on World’s Religions since September 11: From Faith to Interfaith.” Co-sponsored by the Uberoi Foundation, the Conference called upon many prominent keynote speakers, including Deepak Chopra and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. Following the Conference, members of the Uberoi Advisory Committee and of the Uberoi Grants Committee met in strategic planning sessions in order to review the programmatic priorities of the Uberoi Foundation and the implementation of those priorities through the Foundation’s grantmaking process. A renewed commitment resulted with regard to the Foundation’s focus on teacher training and textbook reform.

2017

Between September 29 and October 1, the Uberoi Foundation met in Denver, Colorado in association with the Ved Nanda Center and the Sturm College of Law at the University of Denver to focus on “The Environment, Climate Change, and Sustainability from the Perspectives of the Four Dharmic Traditions”. Professors Rita Sherma, Veena Howard, Ramdas Lamb, Mugdha Yeolekar, Bal Ram Singh, Lavanya Vemsani, Subhash Kak, Haragopal Parsa, and Appachanda Thimmaiah provided the Hindu perspective; Professors Claude D’Estree, Joan Policastri, and Matt Spurlin the Buddhist perspective; Professor Nirinjan Kaur Khlas and Mr. Dilpreet Singh Jammu the Sikh perspective; and Professor Chris Chapple, Dr. Sulekh Jain, and Professor Yashwant Malaiya the Jain perspective. A most interesting dimension of the 2017 AUM was the offering of a perspective on the topic from the U.S. indigenous tradition, led by Lakota elder Grandmother Regina Brave, Lakota leader Doug Good Feather, Professor Andrew Reid, and Professor Yashwant Pathak.

2018

In mid-October, the Uberoi Foundation met once again – this time in Tampa, Florida, at the Patel College of Global Sustainability on the campus of the University of South Florida. Yashwant Pathak served as the chair and the host of the 2018 Annual Uberoi Meeting, and in the process, of the inauguration of a second decade of these very special gatherings, with this now as the eleventh in a series. Over a day and a half, a total of nine sessions took place on the topic of “Human Rights and Human Dignity: Rooted in the Four Dharmic Traditions”, a theme developed thoroughly by way presentations made on 28 separate abstracts.

2019

Once again in mid-October, experts from around the United States gathered for the Annual Uberoi Meeting. This year, the topic was the “Concept of Health and Well-being in the Four Dharmic Traditions”, reflecting humanity’s yearning for each person to live to her or his full potential. In his final few months as chair of the Uberoi Foundation, Ved Nanda hosted AUM 2019. The location was especially befitting, as it is named for him: the Ved Nanda Center for International Law at the University of Denver. Over two days, presentations centered around 23 abstracts. The richness of the discussions is illustrated by just a few of the titles of the abstracts presented, including: "Yoga as India’s Soft Power: Balancing the Sacred and the Secular, Intermitted Fasting: a New Wave to an Old Tradition, and Living Well and Dying Well in Dharma.

2020

AUM was not held this year due to the pandemic.

2021

Once again, due to the pandemic, AUM was not held this year.