Three-day International Seminar
on
Satyagraha in the 21st Century

Sessions

Chairs, Speakers and Rapporteurs

9.30 am

Registration

10.00  am
–
11.15 am

Inaugural Session
 Venue Multipurpose Hall,  Kamladevi Block

Chair

Muchkund Dubey
President, Council for Social Development

Inauguration

N.N. Vohra
President, India International Centre

Chief Guest

Medha Patkar
Narmada Bachao Andolan, National Alliance for People’s Movement

On the Seminar Theme

Manoranjan Mohanty
Vice-President, Council for Social Development

Greetings from Collaborating Institutions

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Vote of Thanks

Mark Juergensmeyer
Department of Global Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
Monica Bruckmann
Director, REGGEN, Federal University of Rio de Janerio
Satyabrata Chakrabarti
General Secretary, Asiatic Society of India
MM Verma
President, Interfaith Foundation India
Nisar Ul Haq
Political Science, Jamia Milia Islamia
Vibha Chauhan
 Principal, K.M. College

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Arathi PM
Council for Social Development

Rapporteur

11.45 am
–
13:15 am

PLENARY SESSION
Venue  Multipurpose Hall,  Kamladevi Block

Co-Chairs

Monica Bruckmann
Director, REGGEN, Federal University of Rio de Janerio

Manoranjan Mohanty
Vice-President, Council for Social Development

Speaker

Medha Patkar
Narmada Bachao Andolan, National Alliance for People’s Movement
Satyagraha in Contemporary India: Some Reflections

Rapporteur

11.30 am
–
1.00 pm

Parallel Session I    Seminar Room-I
Gandhi’s Concept of Satyagraha

Parallel Session II   Seminar Room-II
Satyagraha Experiences

Chair

Varsha Das
Former Director, Gandhi National Museum, New Delhi

Savita Singh
Former Director, Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, New Delhi

Paper Presenters

Satyagraha and the Dilemma of Self-Realisation: Notes from Post-Independent India
Samir Banerjee
Author based in Ahmedabad

A Satyagrahi’s Language: Gandhi’s Politics and Poetics on Communication

Asha Sarangi
Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

A Conceptual History of Gandhi’s Satyagraha

Nishikant Kolge
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi

Reminiscences of Mahatma’s Champaran Movement in Contemporary Socio-economic Crisis
Bipul Kumar
Centre for Non-Violence and Peace,  A. N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies, Patna

Mapping Conflict in a Gandhian Paradigm: Exploring Satyagraha

Sanjeev Kumar
Department of Political Science, Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi

Gandhi, Satyagraha and the Struggle for Social Equality: The " Untold" Stories of the Vaikom Satyagraha in Travancore, 1924-1925

Raj Sekhar Basu,
Department of History, University of Calcutta

The Concept and Practice of Truth in Gandhi

Rajesh Kumar
Delhi College of Arts and Commerce

Chipko Movement: The Revival of Gandhian Techniques of Satyagraha and Non-Violence to Save Forests
Milan Acharjya,
Department of Political Science, Vidyasagar University, West Bengal

Rapporteur

4:00 pm
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5:30 pm

Parallel Session III   Seminar Room-I
Land and Forest Rights Movements and Satyagraha

Parallel Session IV  Seminar Room-II
Historicising Satyagraha

Chair

Ramchandra Pradhan
Sewagram, Wardha

Nisar Ul Haq
Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi

Paper Presenters

K.B. Saxena
Council for Social Development

Gandhi, Truth and History
Sreejith Sugunan
Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

P.V. Rajagopal
Ekta Parishad

Ideas on Sarvodya and the Mouman Ashram in Assam,
Barnali Sarma
Department of History, Gauhati University, Assam 

Praful  Samantara
Lok Shakti Abhiyan

Forms of Satyagraha: Creative Responses to Injustices in Contemporary India
Priya Sharma
Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Ashok Choudhury
All India Union of Forest Workers

Civil Disobedience as Satyagraha: History and Politics
Dhananjay Rai
Department of Gandhian Studies, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar

Sanjay Basu Mallik
Jharkhand Save the Forest Movement, Ranchi
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Release of

Struggles for Peace and Justice:
India, Etka Parishad and the Globalization of Solidarity
By
Karl-Julius Reubke

Rapporteur

10:00 am
–
11:30 am

Parallel Session IVSeminar Room-I
Peace, Conflict and Religion

Parallel Session V   Seminar Room-II
Satyagraha,  the Human Body and Culture

Chair

Mohinder Singh
Director, National Institute of Punjab Studies, New Delhi

Ananta Giri
Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai

Paper Presenters

Embodying Satyagraha. A Critical Re-Envisioning of Gandhi’s Satyagraha in Light of ‘Biopolitical’ Political Theory and the Climate Crisis
Paul Schwartzentruber
Independent Scholar, Halifax, Canada

Probing Gandhi’s Political Strategy in view of his Civilisational Politics in India
Arun Bandopadhyay
Nurul Hasan Chair Calcutta University, Historical and Archaeological Secretary, Asiatic Society, Kolkata

If Truth Be Told—Violence, the Body and Freedom in Fanon, Gandhi and Ambedkar

Amitha Santiago
Bishop Cotton Women’s Christian College, Bengaluru

The Black Satyagraha: A Report from America
Purushottam Bilimoria
Graduate Theological Union, University  of California Berkeley, Fulbright-Nehru Programme, Ashoka University, Sonepat

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Rethinking Satyagraha in a “Post-Truth” Culture 
Joseph Prabhu
California State University, Los Angeles

Rapporteur

11.45 am
–
13:15 am

PLENARY SESSION
Venue  Multipurpose Hall,  Kamladevi Block

Chair

Ashis Nandy
Honorary Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi 

Speakers

The Global Gandhi
Mark Juergensmeyer
Department of Global Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
Satyagraha and Movements for Justice and  Peace in Africa and Latin America
Beatriz Bissio
Federal University, Rio de Janeiro

Rapporteur

2.15 pm
 –
3: 45 pm

Parallel Sessions VI   Seminar Room-I
Satyagraha in the Swaraj in Ideas

Parallel Sessions VII   Seminar Room-II
Re-thinking Satyagraha:Truth, Culture and Religion

Parallel Session VIII:  Seminar Room-III
Swaraj and Satyagraha

Chair

Madhulika Banerjee
Department of Political Science, University of Delhi

Avijit Pathak
Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Suhas Borker
Convener, Working Group on Alternative
Strategy, New Delhi

Paper Presenters

Certification and Accreditation of Traditional Community Health Providers: A Gandhian Agenda?
Darshan Shankar
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Rethinking and Transforming Satyagraha: Truth, Travel and Translation
Ananta Kumar Giri
Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai

On Economics and Ethics: Examining the Scope and Relevance of Gandhi’s   Economic Ideas
Priya Bhalla Fellow,
Nehru Memorial Museum and Library  Teen Murti House, India ,Assistant Professor (Economics), Motilal Nehru College (E), University of Delhi.

Sanskrutik Samvadke Roop Mein Satyagraha ( Satyagraha in the Form of Cultural Communication)
Anshu Malviya

Can Art Embody Truth? Gandhi, Aesthetics and the Transformation of Self and the World
John Clammer 
Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities, Jindal Global University, Sonepat

Village Swaraj: Decentralised Governance for New India
Ramprasad Pole,
Faculty, YASHADA, Pune Maharashtra

Visionary Futures, Re-visioned Pasts: whither Baisvin Sadi?
Maya Joshi
Department of History, Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi

In Search of Inter-religious Truth: The Acts of Travel and Translation in Comparative Theology
James Ponniah 
School of Philosophy and Religious Thought, University of Madras, Chennai

Gandhi’s Concept and Practice of Truth in the Consumerist Culture of Globalisation
Persis Latika Dass
Assistant Professor, Dept. of History, Sophia Girls’ College, Ajmer

Pedagogy of Constructive Work as Satyagraha
Anup Dhar
Director, Centre for Development Practice, Ambedkar University, Delhi

Gandhi: Religion, Spirituality and Satyagraha in the 21st Century 
Karl-Julius Reubke
Author and Independent Scholar, Colgne, Germany

Environmental Movements in India: The Legacy of Gandhian Ideas
 Ambarish Mukherji
Political Science, Vidyasagar University, Medinipur, West Bengal.

Satyagraha, Ashram and Religion: The Idea of Swaraj and the Philosophical Matrices of Mahatma Gandhi
Payel Chattopadhyay Mukherjee
Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi

Rapporteur

2:15 pm
–
3:45 pm

Parallel Sessions IX  Seminar Room- I
Education and Satyagraha

Parallel Sessions X  Seminar Room- II
Gandhiji and Satyagraha: Bengal in the 1940s

Chair

R. Govinda
Former Vice Chancellor, NUEPA, Council for Social Development  

Arun Bandopadhyay
Nurul Hasan Chair Professor of History (retd.) Calcutta University, Historical and Archaeological Secretary, Asiatic Society, Kolkata

Paper Presenters

Sushama Sharma
Principal, Anand Niketan, Wardha

Gandhian Nationalism – Long-Term Trends
Suranjan Das
Vice-Chancellor, Jadavpur University

V.  Palanidurai
Gandhigram Rural University, Tamil Nadu

Intimate Critique: Re-articulating Nirmal Kumar Bose
Prasanta Ray
Presidency University, Kolkata

Avinash K. Singh
Department of Educational Policy NUEPA

Satyagraha, Swaraj and Education
Nidhi Gau,
Associate Editor, Ektara, Takshila’s Centre for Children’s Literature and Art

Rapporteur

10.00 am
–
11.30 am

Parallel Sessions X Seminar Room- I
Satyagraha in the Modern World

Parallel Sessions XI Seminar Room-II
Discourse on Truth in Global Philosophical Traditions (Workshop)

Chair

Zoya Hasan
Professor Emerita, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Council for Social Development

M M Verma
Chairperson, Interfaith Foundation of India, New Delhi

Paper Presenters

Satyagraha and People’s Movements in Latin America
Monica Bruckmann
Director, REGGEN, Federal University , Rio de Janerio

Gandhi and the Discourse on Global Future in China
Huang Yinghong
Sun Yatsen University, Guangzhou and Jindal Global University

Discourse on Truth in Indian Philosophy
Uma Chattopadhyay
Professor of Philosophy, University of Calcutta

Continuity and Change in the Ideas on Anti-Civilisation in the Works of Mahatma Gandhi, John Zerzan  and Derrick Jensen
Divyaraj Amiya
University of Tuebingen, Germany and University of Zurich, Switzerland

Truth Discourse : Notes from European and Indian Philosophy
Saroj Giri
Department of Political Science
University of Delhi

Satyagraha and its Relevance for Fledgling Governance and Development in Nepal
Avinash Gupta,
South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment, Kathmandu, Nepal

Truth Discourse in Chinese Philosophy
Arttatrana Nayak
Professor of Chinese  (retd.)
Vishva Bharati, Santiniketan

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Gandhi’s Truth and Popular Culture
Manindranath Thakur
Centre for Political Studies, JNU

Truth Discourse in the Persian Tradition
Akhlaque Ahmed
School of Languages, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Truth Discourse in Global Traditions: Some Methodological Issues
Manoranjan Mohanty
Council for Social Development, New Delhi

Rapportuer

11.45 am
–
1:15 pm

PLENARY SESSION
Venue  Multipurpose Hall,  Kamladevi Block

Chair

Neera Chandhoke
Former Professor of Political Science, University of Delhi

Speakers

Martin Luther King Jr.  and the Gandhian Legacy of Satyagraha
Ramin Jahanbegloo
Mahatma Gandhi Chair, Jindal University 
Coloured Races and Future of Satyagraha
Vinay Lal
 Professor of History and Asian American Studies,
University of California, Los Angeles

Rapporteur

12:15 pm
–
1.45 pm

Parallel Sessions XII  Seminar Room- I
Reclaiming Satyagraha: Swaraj and Constructive Programme

Parallel Sessions XIII Seminar Room-II
Religion and Politics in Satyagraha

Parallel Session XIV Seminar Room- III
Satyagraha  and Mass Communication

Chair

Vibha Chauhan
Principal, Kirorimal College

Vinay Kumar Srivastava
Director,  Archaeological Survey of India

Sumit Chakravartty
Editor, Mainstream

Paper Presenters

The Ethics of Gandhian Politics: Satyagraha, Swaraj and Tapasya 
Bindu Puri
Professor, Centre for Philosophy, Jawarharlal Nehru University

 Satyagraha, Three Gunas and the Calling of Hope: Plato, Gandhi, Moltzman and Beyond
Gianluigi Segarleba
University of Vienna, Austria

Sabarimala: Adversarial Culture and the Role of Media
N. Tamilselvi,
Dean, Media Studies, Quaide Milleth International Academy of Media Studies, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Reclaiming Satyagraha: Truth, Travel and Translation
 Meera Chakravorty,
Jain University, Benagaluru

Religion and the Political in Gandhi
Rinku Lamba
Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Satyagraha and the Modern Communication
Subhranshu Choudhary
People’s Mobile Network, Chhattisgarh

Social Service, Religion and the Art of Looking for the 'Truth':  A Post-colonial Perspective from India 
Koushiki Dasgupta
Diamond Harbour Women’s University, Kolkata, West Bengal

Role of Church and Civil Society in Social Change and Democracy: Mizoram in the Context of Gandhian Concept and Practices
Suwa Lal Jangu,
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, School of Social Sciences, Mizoram University, Aziawl

Satyagraha, Truth and Communication: Gandhi in the time of ‘Fake News’
Papia Sen Gupta
Centre for Political Studies,  Jawaharlal Nehru University

Rapportuer

4:00 pm
–
5:45 pm

Valedictory Session
Venue Multipurpose Hall,  Kamladevi Block

Chair

Muchkund Dubey, President, Council for Social Development

Valedictory Lecture

Satyagraha and Life Sustenance on Earth 
Vandana Siva
Environmental Activist and Founder, Navdanya

Reflections on the Seminar

Vinay K. Srivastava
Director, Anthropological Survey of India

Concluding Remarks

K. N. Srivastava
Director, India International Centre

Vote of Thanks

Ashok Pankaj
Director, Council for Social Development

Rapporteur