Education, Society & its Knowledge Systems by Shri Pawan Gupta, Founder, Society for Integrated Development of Himalayas (SIDH) Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 6:30pm Venue: IDC Auditorium All are invited. Pawan Kumar Gupta is a graduate from IIT Delhi. After graduating he spent 11 years setting up and managing a chemical industry. Decided to change career in 1987 and got seriously involved in research and practice of Vippassanna. Came to live in the mountains in 1987 to pursue interest in Vipassana and set up SIDH in 1989 along with his wife initially to start primary schools in remote villages. The institute grew organically but the main focus remained education. A number of books were published and edited to challenge the present world view namely, “The collected writings of Dharampal” which gives an account of the education system in India in the 18th and early 19th century. He has edited several books including “Mahatma Gandhi Ek Punarvalokan” and conducted exhibitions to reveal certain facets of Mahatma Gandhi which are courageous and effectively challenge modernity. The exhibition was held at the South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg, Germany under the title “Quintessential Gandhi”. He regularly writes columns (“Dayron ke Paar”) for national dailies like Jansatta, Hindustan and Amar Ujala. A compilation of these published articles was taken out in 2003 called “Dayron se Pare Kuchh Nazariye”. Have edited “Himalya Raibar” a journal on society, science, education and politics for 18 years. - - - - - - - - - - - दांडी नमक सत्याग्रह स्मारक औद्योगिक अभिकल्प केन्द्र (आई डी सी) भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान मुंबई पवई, मुंबई ४०००७६, भारत Dandi Salt Satyagraha Memorial Industrial Design Centre (IDC), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, Maharashtra, India dandimemorial.org
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