The Great Pertinence of Gandhi to India in the 75th Year of Its Independence

Inaugural Address: Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah, Chairman, Sarvodaya International Trust

Valedictory Address: Shri N.N. Vohra, President, IIC

Session I (11 am to 1 pm)

Invocation (Vaishnava janato) by Smt Neha Vats Khankriyal

Speakers: Shri M. Hamid Ansari, former Vice President of India; Prof. Rajmohan Gandhi, Research Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; and Dr. Gita Dharampal, Professor Emeritus, Heidelberg University, Germany

Session II  (4 pm – 6 pm) |   Click here to watch Session  II

Speakers: Lord Bhikhu Parekh, Chairman, Gandhi Foundation, UK; Shri Shyam Saran, Life Trustee, IIC; and Amb. Alan Nazareth, author Gandhi’s Outstanding Leadership and Gandhi: Soul Force Warrrior

Sarod rendition of Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram by Ustad Amjad Ali Khan

Moderator: Shri Arun Maira, former Chairman, Boston Consulting Group

(Collaboration: Sarvodaya International Trust)