NATIONAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE on PEACE IN EDUCATION @ VIDYA VANAM, ANAIKATTI

NATIONAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE

PEACE IN EDUCATION

MAY 25 & 26, 2018

VIDYA VANAM, THUVAIPATHY ROAD, ANAIKATTI

May 25, Friday

10.00 to 10.20 am Inauguration

• Welcome Address Prema Rangachary
• Introduction Dr Sriram Subramanian
• Lighting the lamp His Eminence Samdhong Rinpoche

10.20 to 11.00 am Keynote Address

• K Vijayaraghavan, Principal Scientific Advisor, Government of India

11.00 to 11.50 am Mindful communication

• Vinu Aram and Perumal Murugan

11.50 pm to 12.05 pm Tea break

12.05 to 1.05 pm Negotiating power and privilege in education

• RS Praveen Kumar, Seema Bhaskaran, and Chintan Girish Modi in conversation with Gita Jayaraj

 

May 26 Saturday

10.00 to 10.40 am Gandhian Principles in Peace Education

• MP Mathai

10.40 to 11.10 am

• Can we synthesise a non-violent brain through education?
• Dr Sriram Subramanian

11.10 to 11.30 Tea break

11.30 am to 12.20 pm Mediating fact, opinion & bias

• V Vasanthi Devi & TM Krishna

12.20 to 1.30 pm Free speech in the classroom

• 12.20 to 1.10 pm AR Venkatachalapathy, Santhya Vikram, Gita Jayaraj, Sambaiah Gundimeda
• 1.10 to 1.30 pm Children’s views Durka Devi, Abhijit Anoop, R Praveen, Nitha Pullooni in conversation with TM Srikanth.

2.30-4.30 WORKSHOPS

(BOTH DAYS)

Language and conflict resolution

• Dr Kathy Ganske

Inclusivity for peaceful education

• Prema Rangachary

Reflective Writing

• Dr Neeraja Raghavan

Living in sync with Nature

• Dr Sanjay Molur