National Convention on value education through Jeevan Vidya at IIT Delhi: (May 2006)
Was inaugurated by the then President of India, Abdul Kalam.
Convention site is at: http://www.iitk.ac.in/infocell/announce/ncvejv/programme.htm
The discussions over 3 days revolved around the status of education today, its problems and the possible solutions via Jeevan Vidya. Speakers and those attending included the Directors of IIT Delhi, Kanpur and Chennai, IIIT Hyderabad, various NIT’s and Regional & other Engineering Colleges. This event was useful in bringing attention of those involved in education on the issues in today’s education system and proposed Human Values education programs based on Jeevan Vidya as a viable alternative.
NRVCEE, IIT Delhi website: http://nrcvee.iitd.ac.in/index.html