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Aug
29
2020
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
IIT KGP’s Gandhian Call

IIT KGP’s Gandhian Call

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IIT Kharagpur's month-long celebration of Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary ended yesterday, August 28, 2020. The international e-symposia which started on August 8, the anniversary of the launch of the Quit India Movement in 1942, could not have a more befitting close than the day marking the anniversary of the historic civil rights march at Washington DC in 1963 and the iconic speech of Martin Luther King Jr. - "I have a dream". With India journeying through the pandemic, global economic turmoil, trade war with China and the 'Atma Nirbhar Bharat' mantra of Govt. of India, we Indians are embracing…
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Aug
12
2020
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
IIT-MIT Experts Explore Community Living in Gandhian Way

IIT-MIT Experts Explore Community Living in Gandhian Way

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IIT-MIT Symposium on Mahatma Gandhi traces the roots of community networks in socio-economy and urban planning IIT Kharagpur organized the first event in the series of e-Symposia on Gandhian Thoughts and Philosophy on August 8, 2020. Organized in association with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA and Gandhi Forum, India, the event was graced by academic luminaries from both institutions and Gandhian experts. The talks were themed around two concepts, ‘Sarvodaya’ - universal upliftment or progress for all, and ‘Swavalamban’ - the quest for self-reliance. Watch Webinar The symposium was chaired by Director, IIT Kharagpur, Prof. Virendra Tewari. He spoke about…
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