Dr. Dilip Agnihotri
On the auspicious occasion of the first day of the week-long Centennial Year function of University of Lucknow, the Literary Festival started today with the “International Philosophy Day Program” organized (virtually) by the Department of Philosophy, University of Lucknow to commemorate the birthday of the great teacher Socrates. Prof. K.C.Pandey (HoD), Prof. Rakesh Chandra and Dr Prashant Shukla welcomed the stalwarts of Philosophy like Prof. R.C.Sinha (Chairman-ICPR), Dr. B.M.Pandey (Sangathan Sachiv, Akhil Bhartiya Itihas Sankalan Samiti), Prof. A.D.N. Bajpai (Former VC, Himachal Pradesh University), Prof. R.P. Singh (Centre of Philosophy, JNU), Prof. B.N. Labh (V.C., Nav Nalanada Mahavihar Universityy), Prof. Balram Singh (Director, Advanced Studies, USA), Prof. Jatashankar Tiwari (Retd. Prof., University of Allahabad), Prof. K.Ratnam (Member-Secretary, ICPR), Prof. D.N. Yadav (Pro-VC, N.P. University) and Prof. S.R.Bhatt (President, IPC).
The program started with Saraswati Vandana, followed by Welcome Addrress and a brief description of the Department. Hon’ble Vice Chancellor Prof. Alok Kumar Rai gave the inaugural speech and a very conducive three-hours long discussion took place successfully. The event was attended online by huge number of academicians from India and abroad.
