Jagran Lakecity University at Bhopal, Launches Centre for Nonkilling and Peace
On the occasion of World Peace Day on 21st September, this year, Jagran School of Public Policy & International Affairs, JLU Bhopal, announced the inauguration of the country’s first dedicated Centre for Nonkilling and Peace, a new center for excellence in research and teaching that aims to focus on the prevention and elimination of killing as a path to peace.
The inauguration was carried out through a virtual forum hosted by Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Anoop Swarup, Chair of the Centre for Global Nonkilling at Hawaii and including Prof. Dr. Neelkantha Radhakrishnan, Chairman of the Indian Council of Gandhian Studies (New Delhi) and Founder of the Gandhi Media Foundation; Dr. Balwant Bhaneja, former Canadian diplomat; Dr. Thomas Fee, member of the founding Leadership Team, Centre for Global Nonkilling; Mr. Thomas Daffern, Director of the International Institute of Peace Studies and Global Philosophy; Dr. Maorang Jiang, Director of the Asian World Centre, at Creighton University, Omaha; Mr. Christophe Barbey, Representative at the United Nations in Geneva for CGNK and Dr. Joám Evan Pim, Director of the Centre for Global Nonkilling.
The brainstorming session began with an invocation by Prof. Dr. Swarup and went on to echo the teachings of the renowned Professor Glenn D. Paige, further supported by other panelists. By the establishment of this new Center, Prof. Swarup explained that what is aimed at is the making of “catalysts of change” who will make this world a better place. More often than not, we come across news that deals with homicides, terrorist acts, and wars. This mission focusses on breaking away from that path and moving towards a better world.
