The Centre for Study of Religion and Society (CSRS) of India Foundation is organising the 3rd International Dharma-Dhamma Conference on 24-26 October 2015 at Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. The Conference is being organised in collaboration with the Department of Culture, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh and Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies (SUBIS), Madhya Pradesh as part of a series of five conferences that Madhya Pradesh government is organising on the occasion of the Kumbh Mela at Ujjain in 2016.
The central theme of the third conference will be “HARMONY OF RELIGIONS:WELFARE OF HUMANKIND”. The Conference aims to focus on the harmony of all religions and the usefulness of religion for individual, social and cosmic well being. Its central premise is to bring about solidarity, peace, prosperity and welfare in the world through the agency of religion. This Conference seeks to explore shared values among different religions of the world.
Confirmed Speakers
Pujya Swami Jayendra Saraswati – Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham
Vedacharya David Frawley – Director, American Institute of Vedic Studies
Ven. Banagala Upatiisa Nayaka Thero – President, Mahabodhi Society, Sri Lanka
Dr. Lobsang Sangay – Hon’ble Sikyong of the Central Tibetan Administration
Prof. Haiyan Shen – Dept. of Philosophy, School of Social Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
Ven. Dr. Thich Tam Duc – Vice Rector and General secretary, Vietnam Buddhist Research Institute, Ho Chi Minh City
Prof. Koung Joon PARK – Professor, Dongguk University
Prof. Geo Lyong Lee – Dean, The Graduate School of Integrative Medicine, Soonmoon University, Asan City, Korea
Prof. Sun Keun Kim – Dongguk University
Prof. HWANG Soonil – Dongguk University
Prof. Tri Ratna Manandhar – Lumbini University
Dr. Radha Krishnan – SOUTH EAST CHAPTER, Holistic Science Charitable Research Foundation
Prof. Vamsee Juluri – Professor of Media Studies, University of San Francisco, USA
Prof. Shoun Hino – Professor, Aichigakuin University, Nagoya, Japan
Dr. Yasuo Kamata – Kwansei Gakuin University, School of Policy Studies, Japan
Rev. Dr. Sumana Siri – Buddhist Chief of Malaysia & Singapore
Ven. Sung khorp Gyeltshen – Most Senior Buddhist Personal Chaplain of the HM Fourth King
Dr. Haiyan Shen – Department of Philosophy, School of Social Sciences, Shanghai University, China
Prof. He Xirong – Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, China
Ma. Bhaiyya ji Joshi – General Secretary, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, India
Dr. A.K. Merchant – National Trustee, Lotus Temple & Baha’i Community of India; General Secretary, Temple of Understanding of India
Dr. Shugan Jain – International Summer School for Jain Studies
Dr K.P.Mishra – Vice Chancellor, Nehru Gram Bharati University, Allahabad
Prof. L. N. Sharma – Former Head of Department of Philosophy, Banaras Hindu University
Prof. Vijay Pandya – Former Professor of Sanskrit, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad
K. Ramakrishna Rao – Chancellor, GITAM University, Andhra Pradesh
Prof. V. Kutumba Sastri – Vice Chancellor, Somnath Sanskrit University, Somnath Trust, Junagadh
Shri Sultan Shahin – Founder & Editor, New Age Islam, New Delhi
Dr.Shailesh Mehta – Netradeep Eye Hospital, Centre for Phaco and Oculoplasty surgeries, Gorwa-Refinary Road, Baroda
Prof Gautam Patel – Former Professor of Sanskrit, Gujarat University and Chairman of Gujarat Sanskrit Academy
Prof. G C Tripathi – Director, Bhogilal Leherchand Institue of Indology, Delhi
Prof. Dr. Kapil Kapoor – Former Pro-Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru Unviersity, India
Prof. Geshe Ngawang Samten – Central Tibetan University, Varanasi
Shri S.K. Singh – Vice Chairman, Indian Philosophical Congress, New Delhi
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