International seminar being organised by Department of Culture, Government of Madhya Pradesh titled, ‘Value-based life’ will be inaugurated at Vidhan Sabha auditorium on Friday.
The three-day international discourse, which is being organised from April 17 to 19, would be inaugurated by revered Saint Jaggi Vasudevji Maharaj, President of Isha Foundations, Coimbatore at 4 pm. The function would be presided over by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication, Bhopal and Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas, New Delhi are also participants of the discourse.
The discourse is being organised as a pre-dialogue for Simhasth 2016 and will see the participation of intellectuals and scholars from and outside the country. The second day of the three-day discourse ie April 18 would have parallel sessions like – value-based school education, value-based higher and vocational education, value-orientation in mass communication mediums and information technology, value-based government and administration system, inclusion of values in justice and legal sector, orientation of values in family and social life, inclusion of values in medical services, inclusion of values in professional life, values in public life and universality of values.
The different sessions of the discourse would be presided over by Chairman of University Grants Commission (UGC), Ved Prakash, renowned educationist Deenanath Batra, JS Rajput, principal secretary of IT Department of Madhya Pradesh, Hariranjan Rao, Justice DM Dharmadhikari, HR Nagendra, Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University, Prof Kapil Kapoor, secretary of Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas, Atul Kothari, vice-chancellor of Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication, Prof Brij Kishore Kuthiala, senior journalist, Umesh Upadhyaya, Shyamlal Yadav and other scholars, who would share their views.
The discourse would come to an end on April 19 at noon. The chief guest of the concluding session would be director of Akhil Vishwa Gayatri Parivar and vice-chancellor of Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar Pranav Pandya. The concluding session would be presided over by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.