Auroville Foundation, which comes under the aegis of Ministry of Education, has announced its first literature festival from August 25 - 27th August, 2023, bringing together some of the best Indian, International and local writers, thinkers and poets and to celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Sri Aurobindo.
“As the culminating event of the150th year commemoration, we are honoured to have on board the Chennai International Centre and the Valley of Words Literature and Arts International Festival as our festival partners and are grateful for the generous support of the Ministry of Culture and the Auroville Foundation,” said Jayanti Ravi (IAS), Secretary, Auroville Foundation.
Ever since appointmnt of the 1991 batch Gujarat cadre officer, Ravi has been successfully able to work on keeping intact the glory of Auroville which remained neglected for years after its inception through an Act of Parliament. The campus situated near Chennai in Tamil Nadu and in Puducherry also hosted a series of working committee meetings on G20.