As part of the Gandhi 150 webinar series the next conversation would be with Prof. Sudarshan Iyengar on ‘Gandhi and Sustainability’.

Please do join us on YouTube live for the interaction:  Friday, July 10th 2020   6:30 pm – 7:45 pm ||https://youtu.be/aw5AO7rYZV0

About the speaker:

Prof. Sudarshan Iyengar, is the former Vice Chancellor of Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad founded by Mahatma Gandhi. He has worked with various Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) recognised socio-economic research institutions in Ahmedabad and Surat. Prof Sudarshan was also Chair Professor, Gandhian Philosophy, at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai. He is presently living and working at Action Research in Community Health and Development (ARCH) at Dharampur, Valsad, Gujarat.

The webinar is on ‘Gandhi and Sustainability’. While determining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) United Nations committed itself to promote the integration of the three components of sustainable development — economic development, social development and environmental protection — as interdependent and mutually reinforcing pillars. Gandhiji looked at the material development and resultant prosperity from a different vantage point. He was concerned with self first and lived improving self all life, designing and experimenting in economic, political and social realms. He called them Constructive Programme, Satyagraha and Sarvodaya. The design and experiments along with his lived life explains Gandhiji’s perspective of sustainability. His philosophy is that of building harmony between Vyakti - Individual, Samashti – Society, and Shrishti – Nature.

The talk will be followed by a Q & A session.