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Seminar on “Abiding legacy of Maharaja Ranjit Singh’ held at PU

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Chandigarh April 24, 2019

Department of Defence and National Security Studies in collaboration with 
Gyan-Setu a Think Tank of Panjab University organized a one day seminar on “Abiding legacy of Maharaja Ranjit Singh” here today to commemorate the 550th birth anniversary of Shri Guru Nanak Dev ji.

Sh. VP Singh Badnore, Governor of Punjab and Administrator UT Chandigarh in his address, compared the reign of Sikhs with the reign of Bismark in the Germany, and talked about the history of Sikhs with the relations to the history of Rajputs in the Rajasthan and highlighted the key common points between them. He said that the Napoleon was the contemporary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the statecraft of the both 
were quite same and also said that Punjab being the Gateway to the Country had to bear the brunt of various invasions, as a result Punjab State produced warriors.He further added that Maharaja Ranjit Singh left an enduring legacy for successive generations. He was the first ruler to forge Punjabi identity across various faiths. As a secular and inclusive ruler, he combined principles of Meeri (Governance) with Peeri (Faith) in a commendable manner. 

 Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, Panjab University in his address talked 
about the life sketch of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and particularly about his army and his patronage into the arts, history and literature. He also highlighted about his contribution in building gurudwaras and temples. He said that Maharaja Ranjit Singh was the most secular ruler.

Earlier, Lt. Gen. K.J. Singh while welcoming the guests, introduced the theme of the seminar and how that theme got developed. He elaborated that the theme was transition of Sikhs from Baba Nanak to Maharaja Ranjit Singh. He further added that Punjab of Maharaja Ranjit Singh included more than 50% of Muslims of Punjabi descent that shows the true secular way of his State, he talked about the sense of inclusion that Maharaja had that was inherited from the Sikh Gurus and other Sikh intellectuals 
as well.

Prof. Indu Banga, Prof. Emeritus, the keynote speaker of the day talked about Sikh history studies, as well as of the history of Punjab. She started from the beginning of Sikh religion and traced it to reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. She talked about the transition of Sikh religion, from Guru Nanak Dev to Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Starting from Guru Nanak she told about the spiritual dimension of the Sikh religion and the chief transition happened from the Guru Arjun Dev from which the Sikh Religion transformed into a religion of protectors. She told about the resistance of Sikhs against Mughals which made them a Martial Race and after the last guru Shri Guru
Gobind Singh, Maharaja Ranjit Singh continued that legacy, the Statecraft of Maharaja was based on the teachings of Sikh religion and it was the kind of Kingdom where people of all faiths lived in peace. He was the one who really cultivated Punjabi sentiments during his reign he never plundered wealth and ornaments of women. Guru Gobind Singh prepared a manual which shows what are do’s and don’ts for Sikh.

Lt. Gen. Surinder Singh called Maharaja Ranjit Singh as one of the foremost 
Sikh Emperor, he said that he (Ranjit Singh) had legacy of its own by constructing great infrastructure and encourage education and build a great empire. He became part of folklores in Punjab. He gave a few anecdotes and small stories about Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

Dr Jaskaran Singh Waraich, Cchairperson, Department of Defence and National Security Studies, PU gave the vote of Thanks in the end of the Inaugural Session.There were speakers who discussed about the legacy which all Sikh gurus and Maharaja Ranjit Singh carried forward from Baba Nanak to the time period of Maharaj Ranjit Singh.

TECHNICAL SESSION I Transition of Sikh from Baba Nanak Dev to Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

Guru Nanak Dev was greater admirer of Baba Farid and Sant Kabir. He believes that god is one. Communalism has no space in his thinking. Baba Nanak said that we should serve people to serve god and meditation is the key to peaceful living. He talked about his thinking on religious and social matters. He was popularly known as sher-e- Panjab. And also give beautiful interpretation of various life instances of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, also 
talked about the policy of Sikh misals. And much of the literature related to him was missed because it was all in Persian. His focus was on the human resource development. He also highlighted that Gurumukhi is the legacy of Guru Nanak Dev and with-it Guru Nanak empowered Punjabis. 

TECHNICAL SESSION II Lessons in security and military domains were discussed in seminar. Speakers talked about the military of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and what modernisation was there in his military.

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International Workshop on Health Care for the Elderly

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Chandigarh April 24, 2019

 The Four day international workshop on ”health care for older population; 
learning from IndoCanadian Experiences” was inaugurated today at ICSSR seminar hall, Panjab University Chandigarh. The workshop is collaborative venture between Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada and Department of Geography, PU Chandigarh. The grant has been awarded by SICI under the Shastri Development Programme Grant funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development jointly to Prof Smita Bhutani at Panjab University and Prof Rosenberg at Queen’s University. 

Speaking on the occasion, Prof Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, P.U, appreciated 
the timely initiative which he felt was socially a very relevant issue. He stressed the need to take the collaboration further and learn from each other to the mutual benefit of both societies and cultures. 

Prof Rosenberg, the Canadian collaborator while introducing the theme said ageing was one of the three major challenges being faced by a rapidly urbanising world. There was a requirement in this light to re-imagine health and social systems to make the elderly a happy and valued segment of our society.  

Prof Nayak from NEHU, Shillong delivered the keynote address and talked about India’s traditional regard for the elderly which was gradually dwindling as the elderly were perceived as a burden in the family as well as in society at large. He brought out the need to take steps against abuse of the elderly, create aged-friendly infrastructure and increase the number of Gerontology units. 

 The Workshop will see the participation of research scholars, senior citizens, health care professionals, care-givers, academicians and non-governmental organisations. It will include 4 technical sessions and three activity sessions along with field visits to old-age homes and hospitals. 

 The day concluded with a vote of thanks proposed by Prof Simrit Kahlon, 
Chairperson, Department of Geography.

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FIRST CONVOCATION OF PU ISSER

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Chandigarh April 24, 2019

Panjab University Institute of Social Science Education and Research,  (ISSER) organised the first convocation on April 24, 2019 to award B. A. Hons. degrees to the first batch of its students. 

Professor Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor in his inspiring convocation address 
urged the graduating batch of 2018 to become good will ambassadors and carry forward its legacy. He deeply acknowledged the interdisciplinary nature of courses being taught at PU ISSER. While applauding the potential of ISSER to change the societal mindset, Professor Raj Kumar said that science can offer us relevant tools for change which can be effectively utilised by social sciences. Such a change he said would help reach out to the deprived sections of society in a globalizing world.

 Professor Swarnjit Kaur, Chairperson, PU ISSER welcomed the dignitaries, 
graduating batch of 2018 and their parents. She highlighted the innovative nature of the Five Years programme and shared with the audience the speculator accomplishments of graduating batch some of whom had come from Mumbai and Bangalore to attend the function. The batch of 36 students had 100% success rate with five distinctions securing more than 80% marks.  

The Convocation was followed by the first Alumni Meet of the Institute during which many of the fresh graduates became members of PU Alumni Association. They also had an informal experience sharing session with fruitful suggestions.

Registrar Panjab University Professor Professor Karamjeet Singh, Controller of Examination, Professor Parvinder Singh and Dean Faculty of Arts Professor Ronki Ram were the guests of honour. Emeritus Professors of social Sciences Professor Pam Rajput and Professor Bhupinder Brar also graced the occasion, apart from Deans Student Welfare Professor Emanual Nahar and Professor Neena Capalash, Dean Alumni Relations Professor Deepti Gupta and Hony. Director & Deputy Director Human Resource Development Centre, Founder Coordinator Professor Reeta Grewal along with Chairpersons and faculty members of different Social Science departments.

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PU Post-Doctoral Fellow Bags Prestigious Research Grant for Spain Visit

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Chandigarh April 24, 2019

Dr. Neha Miglani Post-Doctoral Fellow, at University Institute of Fashion 
Technology & Vocational Development (UIFT&VD) Panjab University Chandigarh has been selected for a prestigious grant of US$1500 which is awarded to South Asian Scholars attending the International Association of Media and Communication Researchers (IAMCR) 2019 conference at the Universidad Complutence de Madrid, Spain this year. She is among the 9 women selected worldwide to receive the grant from IAMCR which is a noted body of media researchers worldwide and is an authority in media research. 

21 travel grants at IAMCR 2019 have been offered to early-stage scholars to 
present their research work. The grants have been offered to 9 women and 12 men from 17 different countries including Argentina, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Cuba, India, Jamaica, Pakistan, South Africa, and Turkey.  A record number of total of 3500 papers were sent to IAMCR 2019 this year out of which these research grants were offered on the basis of quality of research work. 

Dr. Miglani is currently working on various facets of fashion and lifestyle 
journalism, the professionals and personal challenges and conflict of these 
journalists. 

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Physics Department, PU, Chandigarh organized 5th Prof. B.M. Anand memorial lecture which was delivered by Prof. Sandip P. Trivedi, Director, TIFR Mumbai, here today.

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Physics Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh organized 5th Prof. B.M. Anand memorial lecture which was delivered by Prof. Sandip P. Trivedi, Director, Tata Institute of fundamental research (TIFR) Mumbai, here today.

Prof. Sandip P. Trivedi started his lecture on “Quantum entanglement” starting with the basics of quantum mechanics and the theory of John Bell  with the idea that probability cannot be negative. He built up the quantum entanglement theory with the idea from the solid state physics and Quantum mechanics and gradually introduced the concept of quantum computers. He demonstrated the work on quantum computers in India 
and abroad and speculated that Quantum computer will be a reality in near future and the computer speed will increase many folds.

Prof. Navdeep Goyal, Chairperson, Department of Physics gave introduction about physics department and regarding Prof. B.M. Anand Lecture. Prof. Arun K. Grover, Ex- Vice Chancellor of PU explained the history of Prof. B.M. Anand  Lecture with  life and works of Prof. B.M. Anand. Prof. K.N. Pathak, Ex-Vice Chancellor of Panjab University introduced Prof. Sandip P. Trivedi and briefed about his lecture. 

The programme was attended by nearly 250 delegates consisting of students and faculty members of PU and nearby institutes.  Students showed great interest and their queries were answered by the speaker.

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Workshop on ‘Bio-waste to Bio-resources’ under Swachhata Action Plan at PU,Chandigarh

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Chandigarh, April 20, 2019

Workshop on ‘Bio-waste to Bio-resources’ under Swachhata Action Plan
at Panjab University, Chandigarh

The 5 th workshop of Swachhata Action Plan (SAP), on the theme,
‘Management of Biomass (Agri waste and Municipal waste) into
Bioresources’, under the aegis of Department of Science and Technology
(DST), Government of India, is being organized by DST-Centre for
Policy Research, in association with Chandigarh Region Innovation and
Knowledge Cluster (CRIKC), on Tuesday, April 23 rd , 2019, at Panjab
University, Chandigarh. The event has been orchestrated to mobilize
the national Administrative-Academic-Industrial ecosystem to address
and resolve the issue of agricultural and municipal waste, with
particular focus on the issue of ‘Paddy Straw (i.e. Stubble) Burning’.
The event will see representations from the Government (state and
central), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO),
Scientific community (Universities and National Research Labs),
Industries (Agro-based and Food industry), Farming community (Farmers
Associations and Corporate Farmers) and Punjab Pollution Control
Board.

The event will be marked by deliberations on identifying strategies
for the efficient utilization of Paddy Straw as Bio-fuels and raw
materials in various industries, with a dedicated interactive session
on ‘Sustainable Management of Agro-waste’. The ‘Key-Note Address’ will
be delivered by the Padmashree awardee, Dr. M H Mehta, Chairman,
Gujarat Life Sciences, Ahmedabad. The event will be inaugurated by the
Vice Chancellor of Panjab University, Prof. Raj Kumar, graced by Mr.
Suresh Kumar (Chief Principal Secretary, Punjab) as the Chief Guest
and Prof. S S Marwaha, (Chairman, Punjab Pollution Control Board) as
the Guest of Honour.

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Panjab University Chandigarh organised one day national seminar on the theme ‘Women Empowerment in Bharat Through Ages’ here today.

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Chandigarh, April 20, 2019

 Dr. Ambedkar Centre, Panjab University Chandigarh organised
one day national seminar on the theme ‘Women Empowerment in Bharat
Through Ages’ here today.

Smt. Anarben Patel, Director , Gramshree -Women Empowerment,
Ahmedabad, Gujarat  provided inputs from her own life and ground
experiences and shared her experience how she moved into the
downtrodden sections and address to their needs and grievance. She
gave example of her mother who stood by her ideals and stopped a child
marriage even when it meant bycott from their own community. She
encouraged women to find the answer to the question, ‘Who Am I?’ The
answers needs to be found both in spiritual and physical world. She
reiterated her commitment to all women to help them find their
potential and identify themselves as themselves minus any family,
caste, community and other social identities.

She beseeched men to work in the ground and mentally accept the equal
status of women and not act as hindrance to women empowerment. She
acts the stereotypical segregation of men and women in various social
groups and denial of political participations at the ground level. She
concluded the talk with a message that women must move in society and
work hard to achieve their potential without getting entangled in
social barriers. She hoped the society must move towards finding the
answer to the question ‘what is right?’ from ‘who is right?’ to
achieve real harmony in the society.

Prof Raj Kumar, PU Vice Chancellor welcomed the dignitaries and
stressed that the real women empowerment can be achieved only through
deeply ingraining the idea of equality in mind. The same can be done
by bringing up our daughters with all intellectual and physical
capabilities ranging from education to equality at home. He stressed
that no nation or society can achieve real progress without bringing
half of its population at equal footing. He remarked that Dr Ambedkar
also wanted special attention to be given to the women of India and he
worked hard to achieve the same in his life through various legal
reforms. prof Raj Kumar also thanked His Excellency Sh. Satyadeo
Narain Ji, Hon’ble Governor of Haryana, for his able guidance to the
University.

Ms Heena Kumari, IRS  delivered her talk on defining the meaning of
Empowerment of Women and how women had significant role to play
throughout history giving various examples from Indian past. While
highlighting some features of matriachial society, she hoped that the
same can be adopted to some extent in Indian culture giving hope to
indian women who have otherwise displayed their worth in competitive
world.

Mr. Rajesh Bagga, Former Chairman SC Commission Punjab, highlighted
the vision of Dr. Ambedkar specially for women and shared his
experience in the ground and discussed how he had to convince the
husbands to first treat their wives at home equally before expecting
equality in social life. He gave the message that followers of Dr.
Ambedkar have the responsibility to replicate the ideals of Babasahib
who dreamt of strong country minus any distinction on the basis of
caste,creed and religion. He reiterated that breakers of law can not
be real Ambedkarites as Babsahib respected the education, law and
discipline.

Ms Alka Gauri, State Organiser, Panjab and Haryana Vivekananda Kendra
reminded audience if indian philosophy believed in soul which
undergoes through many circles of birth, then soul is genderless and
men and women are equal creation of nature with same consciouness.
Thus men and women  must respect each other both as equal and
compatible and the same has been enumerated by all sages of Indian
civilization.

Earlier, Prof Devinder Thakur , coordinator of the centre, introduced
the theme and thanked Vice Chancellor for providing all support to the
centre and assured that the centre will soon start a course and
fellowships to the needy students to disseminate  the ideals of Dr
Ambedkar.

Dr. Aditi Sharma conducted the session and Dr. Anil Thakur offered
the vote of thanks.

The session was attended by PU Fellows, Deans, Chairpersons, Faculty,
researchers  and students from many states across north India.

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Panjab University Dental Institute to offer state-of-art CBCT facility

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Panjab University Dental Institute to offer state-of-art CBCT facility

 The Dental Institute of Panjab University will soon start State of the art 
CBCT(Cone Beam Computerized Tomography) facility to provide high end diagnostic scanning facility.  The University Dental Institute is the first Dental Institute in the region to offer such a kind of facility after PGI.   The CBCT Scan facility is a three-dimensional X-ray scanning facility which will help in the treatment planning of patients in need of implants, orthoganthic surgeries, aligner orthodontic treatment, root canal treatment and other complicated treatment. Further the presence of CBCT facility will give a greater push to the dental institute as far as is research objectives are concerned. The Hon’ble Vice Chancellor of Panjab University Professor 
Rajkumar today personally visited this facility and expressed satisfaction of its potential benefits to general public.  The CBCT Scan will be offered to general public at a nominal cost making this useful investigation affordable for general public.

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Panjab University, Chandigarh organised a one-day workshop on [UTF-8?]“Conflict Resolution and Peace [UTF-8?]Building” to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi ji

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 The Department of Gandhian & Peace Studies, Panjab
University, Chandigarh organised a one-day workshop on [UTF-8?]“Conflict
Resolution and Peace [UTF-8?]Building” to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi ji. Dr. Ashu Pasricha, Chairperson of the Department introduced key speakers to the audience and also informed them about the event.

Dr Sumit Narula, Director, Amity School of Communication, Amity
University Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior was the Chief Facilitator of the
workshop. During the workshop he gave hands-on training on the topic
Conflict Resolution and Peace Building.  He started his talk by saying
that [UTF-8?]“We are surrounded by conflicts at our homes, workplace, society, within nations as well as internationally. How can we transform
conflict societies into peace-loving societies? As part of the civil
society, there is a need to formulate creative ways of dealing with
conflicts. This workshop aims at educating people on the paradigms,
models and skills that can aid societies in transforming conflicts in
a peaceful manner and by spotting the possibilities of moving away
from conflict and building peace. Peace Building is thus an
always-ongoing and dynamic [UTF-8?]process.” Conflicts can be resolved
successfully if we view it from the perspective of a WIN-WIN
situation.

The Workshop focused on the following:

1) To gain an understanding of the basic nature and challenges of
contemporary conflicts.

2) Familiarize students with theoretical understandings of the related
fields of Conflict Transformation, Conflict Prevention, Conflict
Management, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding.

3) Develop capacities and skills for responding to social conflicts
(such as dialogue, active listening, facilitation, meditation and
negotiation).

4) Facilitate an in-depth knowledge about peacebuilding approaches in
diverse conflict reasons.

5) Create an interactive space for the building of a network of young
people committed to constructive social change.

6) Build a synergy between the theory and practice of Conflict
Transformation, Human security and Development.

 The faculty members, research scholars, students and members
of the staff of the department similarly, faculty members, staff and
students from other departments of the University attended this
Lecture. The Chairperson, Department of Gandhian and Peace Studies &
Honorary Director, Gandhi Bhawan, Dr. Ashu Pasricha, extended her warm
thanks to all the invited guests and the attendees. She emphasised
that the values, thoughts and principles espoused by Gandhiji can
guide our planet towards a better future.

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Panjab University, Chandigarh organised a special lecture on the theme [UTF-8?]“Understanding Future [UTF-8?]Warfare” by Lt. Gen. P. J. S. Pannu, PVSM, AVSM,

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Special Lecture on [UTF-8?]“Understanding Future [UTF-8?]Warfare” by Lt.
Gen. P. J. S. Pannu, Deputy Chief Integrated Defence Staff at the
Department of Defence and National Security Studies.

The Department of Defence and National Security Studies,
Panjab University, Chandigarh organised a special lecture on the theme
[UTF-8?]“Understanding Future [UTF-8?]Warfare” by Lt. Gen. P. J. S. Pannu, PVSM, AVSM,
VSM, Deputy Chief Integrated Defence Staff (Doctrine, Organisation and
Training) on 18 th April 2019 in the department premises.

Dr. Jaskaran Singh Waraich, Chairperson, Department Defence and
National Security Studies, introduced the theme as well as the speaker
to the audience. He also highlighted the fact that the theme of the
seminar is an official part of the curriculum of the [UTF-8?]master’s
programme in the department.

The lecture was presided over by Sh. R. K. Kaushik, Secretary
Power and Divisional Commissioner, Roopnagar, Government of Punjab.
The proceedings of the lecture were initiated by Sh. R. K. Kaushik. He
said that the history of war is is as old as that of society. In the
previous century, the world witnessed two world wars which were one of
the most devastating wars ever. As a result of the Second World War, a
lot of countries gained independence. Our nation India was one of
them. Since

Independence, India intended to remain a peace-loving country. But
within a few months, war was forced on India in the form of the
Pakistani invasion of Kashmir followed by their capture of large
portion of Indian territory in J&K. In 1962, our northern
neighbour China attacked us and once again India was involved in war.
Keeping these instances in mind and the fact that we are surrounded by
perennial enemies, we must always remain prepared as far as national
security is concerned.

Explaining Future Warfare, Gen. Pannu spoke about how human
beings have been the most dangerous species to ever exist on this
planet. In order to understand the nature of war, we must first
understand the nature of human beings. In the course of their
evolution, Human

Beings have become involved in a conflict against nature and in the
recent times humans are trying to outsource this conflict via
employment of machines. Quoting Kautilya, he explained how the world
is slowly shifting from the age of Prakasha Yuddha (Open War) to the
age of

Kuta Yuddha (Deception War), Tusnim Yuddha (Silent / Cyber War),
Mantra Yuddha (Information War) and Gudha Yuddha (Irregular and
Concealed War). With its present rate of its growth, the human
population would in the future start exceeding the [UTF-8?]planet’s capacity
for sustaining life. Now we have become a consumerist society.

 Talking about the evolution of warfare, Gen Pannu explained
the geopolitical importance of the main island of the world and also
tried to establish the link between the various industrial revolutions
and generations of warfare. He suggested that because at the time of

Independence the strength of the Indian Army was around 2.2 million
soldiers, which would have easily made India a military power.
However, the then world powers, engaged in the Great Game, divided
India to prevent this.

He said that just like Germany tried to gain control over this
heartland during the world war two, in the present day, China, which
is a peripheral country has started making inroads in this region and
the tool they are using is trade and soft power influence of their
economy. In this backdrop, any nation that fails to understand Fourth
Generation Warfare will get defeated in case of war.

 While highlighting the transition from Sensing to Sense
Making, he said that first, computing changed the speed and complexity
with which we could process information. Then, communication broadened
our access in both time and space and connected us globally. In this
decade, sensing devices are having the most profound effect as they
bring information,

awareness and responsiveness to the objects, places and people around
us. The next wave of technology will be all about sense making [UTF-8?]– the
ability to make sense out of the enormous amount of information and
sensory signs all around us. Lt Gen K. J. Singh, Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Chair and State Information Commissioner, Haryana also highlighted the
necessity for our security forces as well as civilians to develop an
understanding of the future of warfare.

  The lecture was attended by members of Gyan Setu Think-tank,
various faculty members, serving and retired armed forces officers
pursuing various courses in the department, research scholars and
students. The lecture was followed by a questions and answers session
with the audience.