Special Theme: Spirituality, Mysticism and Politics in the Age of Globality Venue: Classroom No. 29, T-2-60 Seater Auditorium O.P. Jindal Global University Sonipat -131001 (Delhi NCR) Haryana
PROGRAMME Day 1 Inaugural Ceremony: rd 23 January 2018 (Tuesday) 7:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast Welcome Address Professor (Dr.) C. Rajkumar 08:50 am - 08:55 am Vice Chancellor, O.P. Jindal Global University Inaugural Address Professor (Dr.) Sanjeev P. Sahni 08:55 am - 09:00 am Principal Director, Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences, O.P. Jindal Global University Special Address Professor (Dr.) Mahmoud Masaeli 09:00 am - 09:15 am President, Alternative Perspective and Global Concern Guest of Honour Mariela Cruz Alvarez 09:15 am - 09:30 am Ambassador of Costa Rica in India Chief Guest Address Swami Agnivesh 09:30 am - 09:55 am Winner of Alternative Peace Prize; Indian politician and a former Member of Legislative Assembly Key Note Address Dr. Madnesh Kumar Mishra 09:55 am - 10:10 am Joint Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance Special Address Swami Om Poorna Swatantra 10:10 am - 10:25 am Founder, Jaivic/ Organic Lifestyle Vote of Thanks Dr. Pankaj Gupta 10:25 am - 10:30 am Professor and Executive Director, Center for Ethics, Spirituality & Sustainability, O.P. Jindal Global University 10:30 am - 10:45 am High Tea Panel Discussion 1: Mysticism And Freedom In Global Ethics 10:45 am - 12:15 pm Moderator: Professor (Dr.) Mahmoud Masaeli President, Alternative Perspective and Global Concern Liberalism of Spirituality and Spirituality of Liberalism Professor (Dr.) Koenraad Elst Belgian orientalist and Indologist The Buddha as a political adviser Dr. Rico Sneller Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Leiden University, Netherlands Global Violence and Political Psychotherapy Dr. Shiv Tripathi Sr. Professor and Dean, CMR University, Bangalore Phronetic Management Research: Power, Politics And Ethics In Practice Ashish Pant OD/HR professional, Psychoanalyst in Training & Seeker Transitioning from the Literal to the Symbolic: Existential Quest for Meaning, Purpose and Healing at the Intersection of the East and West using Jungian and Vedantic Perspectives Dr. Timo Slootweg Assistant Professor, Philosophy of Law, Faculty of Law, Leiden University The Pauline notion of Apocatastasis: a mystical dream of eternity and unification, as well as a very inspiring rule of moral and political action
Panel Discussion 2: Indian Spirituality, Mysticism and Politics 12:15 pm - 01:30 pm Moderator: Dr. Pankaj Gupta Executive Director, Center for Ethics, Spirituality & Sustainability, Jindal Global Business School Dr. Sunita Sen Gupta Head & Dean and Professor, Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi Reflection on Indian Management and Spirituality Dr. Jatinder Singh Director, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry Mysticism and Spirituality: Union with the transcendent self Ven Geshe Dorji Damdul Director, The Tibet House, New Delhi Universal Ethics: The Solution to the Today's World Crises Dr. Subhash Sharma Director, Indus Business Academy, Bangalore From Selfish Gene Leadership to Cosmic Gene Leadership: Need for Spirituality & Mysticism in Contemporary Socio-Political Discourse Dr. Tomy K. Kallarakal Christ University, Bangalore Mysticism, Spirituality and Politics in an age of Globality 01:30 pm - 02:30 pm Lunch Session 1: Book Release: 'Creation from Shunya' by Dr. Subhash Sharma 02:30 pm - 03:30 pm Chairperson: Professor (Dr.) Rostam J. NEUWIRTH Professor of Law/ Program Coordinator, University of Macau/ Faculty of Law Leonie Klooster MA-graduate at Leiden University, The Netherlands 21st Century Self-proclaimed Individual Sovereignty: Worldly Anger or Spiritual Liberation? Gianluigi Segalerba APGC member Humanity as a work in progress: Reflexions on Giambattista Vico's rational civil theology of divine providence Dr. K.S. Rekh Raj Jain Assistant Professor IFHE (Deemed to be University), ICFAI LAW SCHOOL, Hyderabad. Heterogeneity of Spirituality and Contrusion of Liberalism, Democracy and Human Rights in the Age of Globality Special Address: Dr. B K Chandra Shekhar on Special Wonders from India in mysticism and healing
Session 2: 03:30 pm - 04:30 pm Chairperson: Dr. Rico Sneller Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Leiden University, Netherlands Samuel Ernest Harrington Independent Researcher, living in the Netherlands, Master of Arts in Philosophy of Humanities (MA, 2016, cum laude) Mystical Politics: Plotinus on becoming the One and Being with Others Professor Rameshwar B. Dusunge Asst. Prof. New Law College, Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) Spiritual Society in Global Concern: Sri Aurobindo's Perspective Joyshree Munshi and Sarni Jain PhD Candidates, Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences, O.P. Jindal Global University Leveraging the Epistemological Idealism of the Vedanta, Samkhya and Jain Agamas in A Market-Economy of the World's Largest Democracy India Special Address: Mahamandleshwar Martand Puri Founder, Diksha TV and Sadhana TV Director, Spiritual Studies Department, Shobhit University 04:30 pm - 04:45 pm Tea Session 3: 04:45 pm - 06:00 pm Chairperson: Professor (Dr.) Ann Van Sevanant Professor of Philosophy, University of Brussels Gianluigi Segalerba APGC Member and Prof. Masaeli, President APGC For the extension of human capabilities: Observations on Amartya Sen Dr. Maheswar Satpathy UGC Centre of Advanced Study in Psychology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India Dr. Doug Oman School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA Negotiating a Space for 'Spirituality' in the Global Health Movement of 21st Century Globalized Order-Converging Cross-Cultural Narratives Shabina Ali and Dr. Farida Khanam Chairperson of Centre for Peace and Spirituality International, New Delhi Compatibility of Islamic concepts with modern conceptions of Liberalism, Democracy and Human Rights. Smrithi Rekha, Anaadi Foundation Shyam Krishnakumar, Research Associate, Vision India Foundation Dharma Pradhana Approach to Governance and Organizational Management 06:00 pm - 06:50 pm Heartfulness Meditation Session Dr. Elizabeth Denley, Director- Global Heartfulness Education Programs (Heartfulness Institute) Dr. V. Srinivasan, Principal- Work Culture, Leadership Transformation & Convenor- Global Heartfulness Programs & Collaborations 07:00 pm - 08:00 pm Cultural Programme at T3, (220 Seater) Global Auditorium 08:00 pm onwards Dinner at Rendezvous, JGU Campus
Day 2 th 24 January 2018 (Wednesday) Panel Discussion 3: Political Leadership: Role of Spirituality and Politics 7:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast Special Address Dr. Elizabeth Denley 09:00 am - 10:30 am Director- Global Heartfulness Education Programs (Heartfulness Institute) 10.30 am - 10:45 am High Tea Moderator: Dr. Vikram Singh IPS, Ex DGP (UP) and Pro Chancellor, NIU Healthy Politics and Spirituality -Two Sides of the Same Coin Professor (Dr.) Ann Van Sevanant Professor of Philosophy, University of Brussels Globally Fighting Self-deception. A Zoroastrian Perspective Professor (Dr.) Mahmoud Masaeli President, Alternative Perspective and Global Concern Why to discuss the impacts of spirituality on politics in an era of Globality? Dr. Rico Sneller Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Leiden University, Netherlands On Plato and the Jewish prophets Panel Discussion 4: Art, Culture, Creativity and Spirituality: The way forward for the future of mankind 10:45 am - 11:45 am Moderator: Dr. Sharat Kumar Author (of several award winning books - Orange Moon, Mind your Management) and Film Maker (and former Director, IMT Ghaziabad) Art, Culture, Creativity and Spirituality Dr. John Clammer Professor, Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities The Politics of Mysticism Malika Amrit Yoga Institute, USA Healing miracles of Yoga Nidra Sandeep Singh Sandhar Founder, Roads Less Travelled Impact of Spirituality and Meditation Dr. Bhumika Gupta Associate Professor, Telecom Ecole De Management, Paris, France Spirituality and Art: Drawing the parallels from Management
Panel Discussion 5: Contemporary Socio Political Landscape and young mystics/ politicians 11:45 am - 01:00 pm Moderator: Swami Om Poorna Swatantra Founder, Jaivic/ Organic Lifestyle Professor (Dr.) Rostam J. NEUWIRTH Professor of Law/ Program Coordinator, University of Macau/ Faculty of Law Global Governance and the Modi Loquendi of Mysticism, Science and Law: A Synesthetic Exploration Dr. Arvind Singh Politician & Chancellor NIU Political Development and Future Direction Sandeep Dikshit Former MP and senior Politician, Indian National Congress Changing phase of Political Leadership Shri. V. Adinarayanan Founder, Anaadi Foundation Mysticism and Spirituality: Drawing parallels from Ithishasas like Mahabharata. Valedictory 01:00 pm - 02:00 pm Closing Remarks Professor (Dr.) Sanjeev P. Sahni 01:00 pm - 01:05 pm Principal Director, Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences, O.P. Jindal Global University Valedictory Remarks Professor (Dr.) C. Rajkumar 01:05 pm - 01:10 pm Vice Chancellor, O.P. Jindal Global University Chief Guest Address Dr. Sudhanshu Trivedi 01:10 pm - 01:30 pm Indian politician and a Spokesperson of Bhartiya Janata Party, India Guest of Honour Dr. D.R. Kaarthikeyan 01:30 pm - 01:55 pm Padamshree Awardee, Former Director, Central Bureau of Investigation Vote of Thanks Professor (Dr.) Pankaj Gupta 01:55 pm - 02:00 pm Executive Director, Center for Ethics, Spirituality & Sustainability, Jindal Global Business School 02:00 pm - 03:00 pm Lunch Master of Ceremony Garima Jain, Assistant Director, Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences, O.P. Jindal Global University
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