Guru Nanak Chair for Studies in Universal Advancements established at Chandigarh University
To commemorate the on-going 551st Birth
Anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, Chandigarh University Gharuan in association
with Government of Punjab today inaugurated "Guru Nanak Chair for Studies
in Universal Advancements''. Spiritual
Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Technical Education & Tourism Minister Punjab,
Charnjeet Singh Channi, Social Activist and Environmentalist Baba Balbir Singh
Seechewal inaugurated the Guru Nanak Chair for Studies in Universal
Advancements at the campus of Chandigarh University. The Chair will offer a multidisciplinary
platform for quality research along with publications on the teachings of Guru
Nanak on the Sustainable Development for humanity. To underline the importance
of medicinal plants amongst the community especially when the world is
struggling from the COVID-19 pandemic, tricity's first Guru Nanak Bagichi
comprising 13 highly used medicine plants was also inaugurated at the
University campus.
Charanjeet Singh Channi said, "How
visionary Guru Nanak Dev Ji was as the Guru gave the message for sustainable
development 550 years ago which the United Nations is discussing amongst the
nations today and is very much relevant in the 21st century". The minister
further said, "Guru Nanak's Chair at Chandigarh University will undertake
research in the areas of Gender Equality & Women Empowerment, Interfaith
Dialogue, Environment & Sustainability and Socio-Economic Inclusiveness for
which the University will rope-in Research Scholars, Religious Leaders from
around the world to conduct the research in defined areas".
While giving the message of protecting the
environment for our children, social activist Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal said,
"Guru Nanak has conveyed the message to respect nature, mother earth and
other natural resources like water and air. We have forgotten the teachings of
Guru Nanak who said that Pawan Guru Panni Pita Mata Dharat Mahat which means
that our environment is like our family but what we see today is deteriorating
air due to pollution and depleting underground water".