Media Release
Mangaluru, Oct 28: The department of Political Science, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru in association with Mangalore University Nehru Study Centre organizing a one-day National Seminar on 'Understanding Gandhi' on October 29 at 9.30 am in Sanidhya Hall of the college.
Professor B K Chandrashekhar, former education minister, Government of Karnataka will inaugurate the seminar. Capt Ganesh Karnik, former MLC, Government of Karnataka will be the chief guest for the programme. Fr Melwin J Pinto, SJ, rector, St Aloysius Institutions, Mangaluru will preside over the programme.
There will be three sessions during the programme. The first session by professor Chandan Gowda, director, Ramakrishna Hegde Chair, ISEC, Bengaluru will speak on 'Hind Swaraj: A Critique'. The second session will be the paper presentation by professor K M Lokesh, department of History, Mangalore University on 'Gandhi and Nationalist Movement' and professor Meti Mallikarjun, Sahyadri Arts College, Kuvempu University, Shimoga on 'Gandhi and the Language Question'. The third session by Dr Kiran M Gajanur, department of Public Administration, Central University, Gulbarga on 'Gandhi and Alternative Politics'.
Understanding Gandhi:
Today Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi does not remain confined to India alone. The profoundity of his ideas and the moral conviction with which he pursued them made him an exceptional global visionary. The nationalist movement in India that the Mahatma led, perhaps, is the only instance in human history that achieved freedom through non-violence. Ahimsa, Satya and Swaraj are the three cardinal principles around which he conceptualized his philosophy of political practice.
The incredible vibrance of his teachings and the astonishing ethical vigour that it exerts compels generation after generation to engage with the concerns that Gandhi represented and tease out their contemporary meaning and significance. Resultantly, we confront a formidable global scholarship on Gandhi today, offering divergent perspectives on what Gandhi said and did.
It is in this spirit Nehru Study Centre of Mangalore University, in association with the Department of Political Science, St. Aloysius College (Autonomous) Mangaluru, is organizing a one-day national seminar entitled 'Understanding Gandhi' on October 29. Scholars from different parts of Karnataka are expected to take part in it.
The institute takes the opportunity to invite interested participants for the programme. A copy of the invitation is attached herewith.