Three-day long East zone philosophy teacher’s meet kicked off at VBU on Friday on the theme ‘Identity, Autonomy and Development’. The meet sponsored by Indian Council of Philosophical Research was inaugurated by eminent scholar of philosophy former Vice-Chancellor of various universities cum ex-Member of Parliament Prof Ramjee Singh.
He inaugurated the meet by paying floral tributes on the portrait of Saint Vinoba Bhave and by lighting the lamp along with Prof Gurdeep Singh VC, VBU.
As the keynote speaker of this teachers’ meet Prof Ramjee Singh said that each and every person must be aware about his identity like ‘Who he isIJ What he isIJ And why he isIJ’ He further said that with the help of identity we can be humble and confident.
Talking about autonomy Singh said that there must be freedom in the autonomy. It is essential for education and administration. He advocated the decentralisation of the power. With the help of decentralization we can hope for better development.
The vice chancellor of VBU Prof Gurdeep Singh said that the topic of this meet is very relevant in the present era. Without the identity a human being can never be a good human being. He shared his personal experiences related with the topic of the meet.
The Pro-Vice Chancellor MP Sinha said that autonomy must be linked with development.
He requested all the scholars of east zone to must discuss on the practical aspects of the life and said that the topic must be linked with it so that something fruitful may come out for the society.
University departemt of Philosophy of Vinoba Bhave University Hazaribagh has organized this three day long meet cum seminar of the philosophers of entire eastern India. About 100 philosophers of different states are participating in this meet. Vote of thanks was given by the Head of the department Dr. RKS Choudhary in the inaugural session.