Current Issues and the Gandhi Way

Dr. S. Narayanasamy (b. 1954) had his higher education at the Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram, Tamil Nadu. He has over 22 years of experience in teaching, research and extension.s He served as a United Nations Volunteer. He has authored/edited seven books and published 48 articles in various national and international journals. On academic assignments, he had been to Srilanka, Italy and Mauritius. He is both academic and acativist who has introduced “Peace Bus Technique” and “Mobile School of Peace” for Communal Harmony. He is currently a senior faculty member in the department of Gandhian Thought and Peach Science offering courses in Gandhian Studies, Peace Science, Rural Reconstruction and Development, Disability issues and Youth Development at Ghandhian Rural Institute. He is also the Director, IDARA- Information Development and Resource Agency for Nehru Yuva Kendras in the Southern Zone covering four states in India and one Union Territory under the Ministry of Youth Afafairs and Sports, Govt. of India, New Delhi.

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) is universally recognized as modern India's greatest philosopher.  He was also a statesman of distinction, and even compared to Plato's ideal of the philosopher-king.  After a brilliant academic career, he taught at a number of Indian and foreign universities, including at Oxford University, where he was the Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics, before being appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of Benaras Hindu University.  From 1962 to 1967 he was the President of India.