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  On 4 th October 2020, The History Department of Kirori Mal College along with the Internal Quality Assurance Cell of Kirori Mal College organized a 5-day International Webinar on the topic RELEVANCE OF MAHATMA GANDHI IN THE 21ST CENTURY: PHILOSOPHY, POLITICAL IDEAS AND SOCIO-SPIRITUAL DIMENSION to observe the 150 th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. In the 2 nd day of the Webinar, we have had with us Professor Priyankar Upadhyaya, UNESCO Chair for Peace, Benaras Hindu University, Global Fellow, Peace Research Institute Ohio (PRIO), who spoke on the 4 th October 2020 at 3pm IST on the Gandhi in Contemporary Peace Continuum . Prof. Upadhyaya holds M.Phil. and Ph.D from the Jawaharlal Nehru University and holds Advance International Diploma(s) in Conflict Resolution from Uppasala University, Sweden. He is also a scholar of University of London and the Woodrow Wilson Centre for International Scholars, Washington DC. He is a recipient of many...

As the International Webinar on The Relevance of Mahatma Gandhi in the 21 st Century : Philosophies, Political ideas and Socio-Spiritual Dimensions came to an end on the 5 th and the last day of the Lecture Series on 7 th October, 2020 organised by The Department of History, Kirori Mal College and Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), the participants shared their knowledge and understanding which was enhanced by the prior lectures. On 7 th October, the platform of the Webinar was thrown open to all the participants for learning through the discourse of debate and discussion. Due to the constraints of the online platform and managing between two different time zones, the organizing committee could not give chance for a discussion that usually follows after a lecture. However, the organizing committee was aware that no clarity could be gained in the field of social sciences without allowing the scholars to discuss and debate and thus on the last day Gandhi Gatha was organized w...

  On 2 nd October 2020 , The History department of Kirorimal college along with the Internal Quality Assurance Cell of Kirorimal college organized a 5-day webinar on the topic RELEVANCE OF MAHATMA GANDHI IN THE 21 ST CEBNTURY: PHILOSOPHY, POLITICAL IDEAS AND SOCIO-SPIRITUAL DIMENSION . The whole function was organized on an online platform to allow more and more participation. The programme began at 11:00am . The programme was moderated by Ridhi Jain , who began by giving a brief introduction of the programme. Principal maam, Dr. Vibha Singh Chauhan , welcomed the whole gathering and congratulated Mr. Amit K suman sir for conducting the programme on a short notice. She talked about how Gandhi ji is an epical figure and is seen as a world leader. Mr. Sanjay Verma , senior faculty member of history department, addressed the whole gathering which was followed by Dr. Anshu’s , the convener of the IQAC cell, addressing. Shambhavi Jha introduced the guest speaker, the guest speaker...

  The Department of History, Kirori Mal College in collaboration with the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) organised a series of webinars upon the theme – The Relevance of Mahatma Gandhi in the 21 st Century : Philosophies, Political ideas and Socio-Spiritual Dimensions from the 2 nd to the 7 th of October, 2020. The 3rd day of this webinar series was graced by Prof. Faisal Devji. Devji's multidisciplinary work grounds empirical historical issues in philosophical questions. He has taught at The New School in New York City as well as at Yale University. Since 2009, Devji is University Reader in Modern South Asian History, Oxford University. He also is a senior fellow at the Institute for Public Knowledge (New York University) and Yves Oltramar Chair at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. He published The Impossible Indian: Gandhi and the Temptations of Violence, by Hurst & Co. in March 2011. Professor Devji talked in detail...

The Department of History, Kirori Mal College in collaboration with the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) organised a series of webinars upon the theme – The Relevance of Mahatma Gandhi in the 21 st Century : Philosophies, Political ideas and Socio-Spiritual Dimensions from the 2 nd to the 7 th of October, 2020 to honour the 150 th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The 4 th day of this webinar series was graced by Professor Douglas Allen. Prof. Douglas is a professor of Philosophy and former Chairperson of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Maine in the U.S.A. Author and editor of 14 books and well over 100 book chapters and scholarly journal articles, he has been the recipient of Fulbright (1963-64 and 2009-10) and Smithsonian (1992) grants to India. He is often recognized as one of the world’s leading scholars in the phenomenology of religion and the philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi. Prof. Douglas talked vividly about the relevance of Gandhi’s Philosophy of ...