Keynote & Featured Speakers

Saji Baby, PhD

Former Director, Center for Excellence in Sustainability, Environment & Climate Change

MIT World Peace University, Pune, India

Keynote Talk: Gandhi's Hidden Blueprint That Foretold the Age of Climate Change and Sustainable Development

Prof. (Dr.) Riyas Sulaima Lebbe

Founder & Executive Director, Centre for Peace Studies

Sri Lanka

Keynote Talk: Gandhi's Peace Philosophy and Ethnic Reconciliation in South Asia

Dr. Mufizal Aboobucker

Senior Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts

University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Keynote Talk: Women, Peace, and the Gandhian Legacy: Perspectives from Post-Conflict Sri Lanka

Gena Edwards

Educator, Peace Advocate & Global 10 India Branch Manager

HWPL (Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light)

Keynote Talk: Adapting Gandhian Nonviolence for 21st-Century Peace Diplomacy

Anja Bohnhof

Visual Artist & Documentary Photographer

Bauhaus University Weimar / Cologne Univ. of Applied Sciences

Keynote Talk: Tracking Gandhi — A Photographic Journey

Ms. H.M. Oshadhi Vindya Herath

Senior Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Resolution, Department of Philosophy

Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Keynote Talk: Truth Commissions, Transitional Justice, and Community Reconciliation in Post-War Contexts

Prof. (Dr.) N. Panchanatham

Vice-Chancellor, Gandhigram Rural Institute (Deemed to be University)

Former VC, Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University · Tamil Nadu, India

Keynote Talk: Gandhigram Model & Gandhian Vision in Higher Education, Rural Development and Sarvodaya

Tushar Gandhi

Founder President, Mahatma Gandhi Foundation · Author & Social Activist

Mahatma Gandhi Foundation, Mumbai, India

Keynote Talk: Gandhi's Living Legacy: Custodianship, Activism, and the Relevance of Gandhian Values Today

Dr. Yogi Gandhi

CEO, US Institute of 3D Technology (USI3DT)

US Institute of 3D Technology, USA / India

Keynote Talk: Technology, Innovation & Gandhian Values: Bridging 3D Education with Social Transformation

Kristi Marshall Gandhi

Counselor, Humanitarian & Non-Profit Leader

USA

Keynote Talk: The Transformative Power of Education, Empathy & the Human Spirit in a Gandhian Framework

Dr. Shilpa Wankhede

Ayurvedic Physician & Government Medical Officer, NUHM · District President, IHRPO

Urban Health & Wellness Centre, Jalna, Maharashtra, India

Keynote Talk: Healthcare, Human Rights & Gandhian Values: A Community-Centred Approach to Sustainable Development

Kwangju Sung (Kevin)

International Interfaith Peace Advocate & Religious Scholar

HWPL (Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light)

Keynote Talk: Sacred Scriptures as Bridges to Peace: An Interfaith Journey Across Religions

Munhui Jo

Peace Educator, Youth Volunteer & Interfaith Dialogue Practitioner

HWPL (Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light)

Keynote Talk: Youth, Peace Education & Interfaith Harmony: Building a Culture of Peace from the Ground Up

Dr. Jeongyeon Yang

Educator, Researcher & Interfaith Peace Practitioner, Alliance of Religions Dept.

HWPL (Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light)

Keynote Talk: Language, Faith & Peace: How Comparative Scriptural Dialogue Promotes Global Reconciliation

Mr. Vivek Sawant

Chief Mentor, Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited (MKCL)

Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited (MKCL), Pune, India

Keynote Talk: Digital Empowerment & Nai Talim: Gandhi's Educational Vision in the Age of Technology

Rajendra Deshpande

National General Secretary, Akhil Bharat Rachanatmak Samaj (ABRS)

Akhil Bharat Rachanatmak Samaj · Harvard Square Leaders Excellence

Keynote Talk: Gandhian Philosophy in Strategic Management: Business Value, Social Value & Constructive Nation-Building

Shri Bibhuti Kumar Mishra

National President, Akhil Bharat Rachanatmak Samaj · Founder, Mahila Prabodhini Foundation

Akhil Bharat Rachanatmak Samaj (ABRS) · Prabodhini Shakti Dham, Vindhyachal, UP

Keynote Talk: Gandhian Constructive Work & Women's Empowerment: Grassroots Nation-Building for Sustainable Peace

Dr. Rahul More

Vice President & Head of Innovation, Shriram Life Insurance

Shriram Life Insurance / Ex-Tata Group & Ex-Dean, MIT-ADT University

Keynote Talk: AI-Led Innovation, Grassroots Enterprise & Financial Inclusion: Gandhian Perspectives for the Underserved

Prof. Dr. Zainab Waheed Dahham

Professor of International Law and International Relations

Kazakh Ablai Khan University of International Relations and World Languages, Kazakhstan

Keynote Talk: Gandhi and the Failure to Prevent War: Reimagining International Law and Global Peace in the Twenty-First Century

Dr. Shahnaz Jafar Basmeh

Assistant Professor & Research Supervisor, Department of Hindi

Mahatma Gandhi Mission University, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, India

Keynote Talk: Women and Women's Issues in Contemporary Hindi Literature: A Gandhian Discourse

Dr. Surekha S. Lakkas

Assistant Professor, Department of Hindi

MGM University, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, India

Keynote Talk: Hindi Language, Literature & Education: Advancing Gandhian Ideals of Social Transformation

Dr. Sunilkumar Karintha

Livelihood Expert, Kerala Solid Waste Management Project (KSWMP)

World Bank–AIIB Funded Initiative, Government of Kerala, India

Keynote Talk: The Village as a Unit of the Economy: Kautilya, Gandhi and Kumarappa — Gandhian Economic Thought for the 21st Century

Anita Sharma

M.Phil (Gandhian Thoughts), M.A. (Political Science)

University of Rajasthan, Jaipur

Keynote Talk: Gram Swaraj and the Digital Age in the 21st Century : An Analytical Study of Rural Empowerment, Self Reliance and Relevance

Sanjay Verma

Former Director

National Cooperative Union of India