The Nalanda - Purpose Driven Leadership (Video)
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Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad.
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Ahmedabad University believes that engaging with diverse learning environments, disciplinary stimuli, and points of view makes an individual more perceptive and enquiring. New ideas have the potential to open new windows to mental landscapes never explored before. The speculative philosophy of Upnishads was developed in the same fashion as Socratic dialogues by asking questions which had no conclusive answers. The etymology of Nalanda (na alam da, meaning no limits to giving) beautifully delineates the idea of a University, implying whatever is in the Universe is the subject of investigation and exploration.
The University is now providing an opportunity to take ahead this rich Indian heritage of inquiry and learning through the The Nalanda to encourage free thinking and exchange of ideas; to develop bridges between disciplines, cultures and society. India today needs, more than ever, social, cultural, economic, political and technological dialogues that will explore relationships between citizens and institutions to better understand the direction of growth and roles within and outside the country. Through The Nalanda programme, speakers with very perceptive and deep perspectives will engage with the Ahmedabad University community. It is a platform for students to understand, debate, enquire and reflect the nuances of issues by engaging with such leaders to build their own independent thinking and have the confidence to articulate the same before the peers. This primarily is an event for the Ahmedabad Community and its invited friends where the priority to engage is given to the students.