Guru Society Convention

by Sapumali Galagoda The Global Convention

in commemoration of the platinum jubilee year of the establishment of Guru Society will be held on December 19 and 20, at the Bandaranaike International

N.M. Ameen, Prof. Daya Edirisinghe, M.K. Rahulan, T.S. Prakash and Premkumar Thampi.

Convention Hall hosted and organised by the Sree Narayana Guru Society, Sri Lanka. The society held a media briefing to adhere the public

about the convention last week in Colombo. The Global Convention will be filled with interactive

sessions and activities

held over two days. Eminent thinkers and philosophers of diverse backgrounds will address the convention covering a broad range of thought provoking topics. Philosophical sessions will be conducted on the first day of the convention and the second day is for a workshop to arrive at an action plan to take forward the objectives of the convention

in concrete areas of socio-economic development

of Sri Lanka including development, education, healthcare, deployment of technology and conservation

of environment and cultural initiatives. ‘It promotes cultural exchanges and information trade between India and Sri Lanka and we hope to link with the High Commission

of India as well to further strengthen the efforts’ said T S Prakash.“Providing scholarships for local students for undergraduate

and postgraduate studies in India. The Organisation also hopes to introduce Sinhala Language in India and conversely

Hindi and Sanskrit languages in Sri Lanka”, said the President of the Guru Society M K Rahulan.

Pic: Chinthaka Kumarasinghe