Program Schedule
7:00 am – 8:30 am
Experiential Workshops
10:00 am – 11.45 am
Inauguration
Welcome address by Shri O. P. Tiwari
Secretary, Kaivalyadhama
Opening remarks by Dr. Ramesh Bijlani
Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Delhi
Keynote address (school education) by
Dr. Srijan Pal Singh
Social Entrepreneur & Co-Founder, APJ Abdul Kalam Centre
Keynote address (higher education) by
Dr. Bhushan Patwardhan
Vice-Chairman, University Grants Commission
Inaugural Address by Dr. Rajiv Kumar
NITI Aayog
Blessings by Swami Maheshananda
Chairman, Kaivalyadhama Samiti
12:15 pm – 1:30 pm
Plenary Session I
Yoga, Education and Perennial Values in the Present Context
Expected areas to be highlighted:
Concept, Aims and Content of Indian Education in Ancient times.
Concept, aims and content of Indian Education in Modern times.
Why does Indian education fail to inculcate values?
Why will perennial values be never out of date?
In School education system
Chairperson 1: Dr. Ramesh Bijlani
Sri Aurobindo Ashram, New Delhi
Speakers
1. Dr. Mithu Pal
Academic Supervisor, Cambridge School, New Delhi
2. Dr. N. D. Joshi
Director, Kaivalya Vidya Niketan
In higher education system
Chairperson 2: Dr. Rajan Welukar
Former Vice Chancellor, University of Mumbai
Speakers:
1. Dr. Rohini Somanathan
Professor, Delhi School of Economics
2. Prof. R. K. Bodhe
Associate Professor, G.S. College of Yoga & Cultural Synthesis, Kaivalyadhama
1:30 p.m.
Lunch
3:00 – 4. 30 p.m.
Plenary Session II
Teacher education as the key to a better future
Expected areas to be highlighted:
Planning of various schemes towards teachers’ training programs. Incentive towards excellence in professional performances.
In School Education system
Chairperson 3: Dr. G. Ravindra
Former Director, NCERT
Speakers:
1. Dr. Srijan Pal Singh
Social Entrepreneur & Co-Founder, APJ Abdul Kalam Centre
2. Dr. Santosh Panda
Professor, IGNOU
In higher education system
Chairperson 4: Dr. T.K.Bera
Principal, Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Physical Education
Speakers:
1. Dr. Bhagwan Balani
Principal Bombay Teachers Training College
2. Prof. Samiran Mondal
Visva Bharati, Shantiniketan
4:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Break
5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
Experiential Workshops
7:00 p.m.
Cultural program
Satish & Santosh Sundaram
(Sampradaya-Bhajan)
8:15 p.m.
Dinner
6:30 – 7:45 a.m.
Experiential Workshops
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Breakfast
9:30 – 11:00 a.m.
Plenary Session III
Empowering institutions of education for promotion of Yoga and Holistic Education.
We would like to explore what are the ways in which the conventional education institutes are motivated, encouraged to include Yoga & Values as part of the system. We will review what is already available, and look at how to strenghen it.
Empowering selected institutes with the power to innovate.
Establishing institutes of national importance with the mandate to establish a new pattern of teacher education without feeling constrained by the current norms of NCTE
In School Education system
Chairperson 5: Bishop Thomas Dabre,
Bishop of Pune Dioceses
Speakers:
1. Dr. A. N. Ramchandra
Joint Commissioner, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti
2. Smt. Varsha Desai
Principal, Kaivalya Vidya Niketan, Lonavla
In Higher Education system
Chairperson 6: Shri. Dinesh Panjwani
Secretary, HSNC Board, Mumbai
Speakers:
1. Prof K. Subrahmanyam
Advisor, SVYASA
2. Dr. Girish Tillu
Interdiscplinary School of Health Sciences
11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Plenary Session IV:
Yoga and Values in Indian Education System: A review of existing policies and future possibilities
Expected areas to be highlighted:
The existing policies, which aim at promoting the subject, its efficacy and how to strengthen it.
In School Education system
Chairperson 7: Shri Subodh Tiwari
Kaivalyadhama, Lonavala
Speakers:
1. Dr. B. P. Bharadwaj
Professor, NCERT
2. Dr. Praseeda Menon
Research Officer, Kaivalyadhama, Lonavla
In Higher Education system
Chairperson 8: Dr.Naresh Chandra
Director, Birla College
Speakers:
1. Dr. Shreeprakash Pandey
Parshwanath Vidyapeeth, Varanasi
2. Ms. Anusha Gavankar
Research Scholar, IIT Mumbai
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Lunch
2:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Valedictory Ceremony
Recommendations:
1. Coordinator
2. Moderator / Chairperson 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Valedictory address:
Dr. Satbir Bedi
Chairperson, NCTE