Tattvabodha , the monthly lecture series launched by the National Mission for Manuscripts in January 2005, has established itself as a forum for intellectual debate and discussion. Eminent scholars representing different aspects of Indian knowledge systems have addressed and interacted with audiences both in Delhi and other centres across the country. The Mission publishes a compilation of these lectures by the same name, Tattvabodha . The first volume ofTattvabodha is a compilation of first 10 lectures and was released in September 2006. It includes lectures by Lokesh Chandra, Kapila Vatsyayan, R. Champakalakshmi, G. N. Devy, Namwar Singh, Irfan Habib, Sheldon Pollock, M. S. Valiathan, D. P. Chattopadhyaya and M. K. Byrski.