National seminar entitled Guru Nanak Bani Chintan: Pratirodh da Sabhiachaar ate Darshanik Samvad on Nov 6

Chandigarh, November 4, 2019: School of Punjabi Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh in collaboration with Punjab Arts Council, Sector-16, Chandigarh is going to organize one-day National Seminar entitled Guru Nanak Bani Chintan : Pratirodh da Sabhiachaar ate Darshanik Samvad on November 6 in the Golden Jubilee Hall. This seminar is being organized to celebrate the 550th Parkash Purv of Sh. Guru Nanak Dev Ji. The Inaugural Session of the Seminar will start at 9.30 a.m. followed by two academic sessions. Prof. Raj Kumar (Vice-Chancellor, PU, Chandigarh) will be Chief Guest and Prof. Surjit Patar (Padma Shri, Chairman, Punjab Arts Council) will preside over the Inaugural Session. On this occasion, Prof. Karamjit Singh (Registrar, PU, Chandigarh) will be special Guest and Prof. Jagbir Singh will deliver the Keynote Address. Prof. Yog Raj (Chairperson, School of Punjabi Studies, PU) will thank the guests. The second session will be presided over by Dr. Manmohan, Dr. Lakhwinder Johal, and Amarjit Garewal, Prof. Sukhdev Singh, jointly. The second session will be presided over by Dr. Surjit Singh Bhatti, Dr. Surjit Singh, Dr. Gurpal Singh Sandhu and Dr. Jatinder Grover. Prof. Sarabjit Singh, Dr. Uma Sethi and Dr. Parveen Kumar will be the stage facilitator in the Inaugural session, first and the second academic sessions, respectively. Many other literary personalities and creative writers will participate in this Seminar. Meanwhile, Institute of Forensic Science and Criminology, Panjab University organised a special lecture on “Scientific Vision of Guru Nanak Dev” to commemorate 550th birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji. Prof. H. S. Virk (Prof. of Eminence and Former Dean, GNDU, Amritsar (Punjab) explicated the scientific vision of Guru Nanak Dev Ji where he correlated Gurubani with modern science along with highlighting Guru Nanak as reformer, humanist, intellectual, divine poet and to the worth a scientist. Prof Virk briefed that the divine sage challenged the entrenched practices and uploaded the universal values like truth, reason, logic, analysis and ethics with his scientific method and logical thinking. Connecting to science, Prof Virk elaborated the “theory of relativity and its impact” through “Gurmat Nirnay” and the Sardar Kapoor Singh’s exploration regarding cosmological idea of Sri Guru GranthSahib. The lecture conveyed the richness of Vaani of Guru Nanak Devin terms of His scientific vision.