The first Global and the 7th National Peace Convention came to an end with the adoption of the Peace Declaration 2021 at the online concluding function. The chief guest of the function, Dr. Sudarshan Laxmi Inger, former Vice-chancellor of Gujarat Vidyapith Ahmedabad in his address appealed to the participants to lead a simple life in harmony with nature in order to bring in peace in oneself, the society and the nature. This is the message that Mohandas Gandhi gives us today, he said. Rtn.
Dr. Bharat Pandya, also referred to Mahatma Gandhi in his keynote address and emphasized the need for self-transformation for building peace. “Let us ourselves better”, he said by quoting Gandhiji. “You be the change you want to see in others.”
As in the previous years, this year also the participants reflected on different dimensions of peace building. There were a total of seven sessions including inaugural and concluding sessions. The participants consisted of professionals from various fields, Rotarians, educationists, social activists, teachers and students.
The National Peace Convention 2021 was held online from January 30 to February 1, 2021, provided an opportunity to convert the National Convention into a Global Convention with registration of more than 750 people from 15 states of India and 20 countries of the world. On an average 450 people participated in the various sessions and the highest participation was in the inaugural session with 540 persons. The Peace Convention started on 30th January on the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, a champion of world peace. Report by Jacob Peenikaparambil.
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