APPENDIX I

National Committee for the Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary, 1972

Patron President (Shri V. V. Giri)

Chairman Prime Minister (Shrimati Indira Gandhi)

Vice-Chairmen Education Minister (Dr. V. K. R. V. Rao;

Shri Siddhartha Sankar Ray;

Prof. Nurul Hasan)

Lt.-Governor, Pondicherry (Shri B. D. Jatti)

Shri Farouk Maricar

Convener Dr. Karan Singh

Members Shri Bishwanarayan Shastri, M.P.

Dr. D. S. Kothari, Chairman, U.G.C.

Shri Ganga Saran Sinha, M.P.

Shri G. Parthasarathy, Vice-Chancellor, Jawaharlal

Nehru University

Dr. Hare Krushna Mahtab

Shri J. J. Bhabha

Shri Kedar Nath Mookherjee

Prof. K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar

Sardar Khushwant Singh, Editor,

Illustrated Weekly of India

Shri K. C. Niyogi

Shrimati Lilavati Munshi

Shri Nath Pai, M.P.

Shri Navajata, Secretary, Sri Aurobindo Society

Shrimati Nandini Satpathy

Shri R. D. Singh 'Dinkar'

Shri Ramachandra, General Manager,

T.V.S. & Sons, Madurai

Shri R. K. Talwar

Shri Samar Guha, M.P.

Shri Sumitranandan Pant

Shri Surendra Mohan Ghose

Shri Surendra Nath Jauhar

Shri Tridip Choudhuri, M.P.

Shri Umashankar Joshi, M.P.

Shri Udar Pinto, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry


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Prof. V. Madhusudan Reddy, Osmania Universit;

Prof. V. K. Gokak

Shri R. R. Diwakar

Prof. D. P. Chattopadhyaya


Core Committe

D.r Karan Sing (CONVENER)

The Education Minister Dr. D. S. Kothari
Shrimati Nandini Satpathy Prof. K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar
Shri Surendra Mohan Ghose Shri Navajata
Shri Ganga Saran Sinha Shri Udar Pinto

APPENDIX II

Regional Seminar on Sri Aurobindo and Indian Literature

(English, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu)

New Woodlands Hotel, Mylapore, Madras-4

8-9 April 1972

Inauguration:

Invocation Song Dr. S. Sita
Welcome Speech Dr. Prabhakar Machwe
Inaugural Address Prof. K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar
Vote of Thanks Dr. C. R. Sarma

Seminar: Chairman Prof. K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar

Sri Aurobindo's Impact on Kannada

Literature Prof. V. K. Gokak

Sri Aurobindo's Aesthetics and

Kannada Literature Prof. R. S. Mugali

Sri Aurobindo's Impact on

Malayalam Literature Shri M. Govindan

Sri Aurobindo's Aesthetics and

Malayalam Literature Dr. A. Aiyappan


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Sri Aurobindo's Impact on
Tamil Literature Dr. (Mrs.) Prema Nandakumar
Sri Aurobindo's Aesthetics and
Tamil Poetry Prof. T. P. Meenakshisundaran
Sri Aurobindo and Tamil Literature Shri P. Kothandaraman
Sri Aurobindo's Impact on
Telugu Literature Dr. Adapa Ramakrishna Rao
Sri Aurobindo's Aesthetics and
Telugu Literature Dr. C.N. Sastri ('Amarendra')
Sri Aurobindo and Indian

Aesthetics

Prof. Sisir Kumar Ghose

APPENDIX III

Regional Seminar on Sri Aurobindo and Indian Literature

(Gujarati, Marathi, Rajasthani, Sindhi, Urdu)

Jai Hind College, Churchgate, Bombay-20

13-14 May 1972

Inauguration :

Welcome Speech Prof. K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar
Inaugural Address Prof. A. N. Namjoshi, Minister
of Education, Maharashtra
Vote of Thanks Dr. Prabhakar Machwe
Seminar: Chairman Prof. K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar
Sri Aurobindo's Impact on Gujarati
Literature Shri Sundaram
Sri Aurobindo's Aesthetics and
Gujarati Literature Shri Shantilal Thakur
Sri Aurobindo's Impact on Marathi
Literature Dr. Govind R. Joshi
Sri Aurobindo's Aesthetics Shrimati Jyotsna Deodhar
Sri Aurobindo's Aesthetics and
Rajasthani Literature Sri Janardhan Rai Nagar
Sri Aurobindo and Sindhi Literature Dr. M. K. Jetley


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Sri Aurobindo's Impact on Urdu
Literature Shri Malik Ram
Sri Aurobindo's Aesthetics and
Urdu Literature Dr. Waheed Akhtar
Sri Aurobindo and Iqbal Prof. K. A. Faruqi

APPENDIX IV

Regional Seminar on Sri Aurobindo and Indian Literature

(Assamese, Bengali, Maithili, Manipuri, Oriya)

National Library Auditorium, Belvedere, Calcutta-27

10-11 June 1972

Inauguration:

Invocation Song Shrimati Geeta Ghatak
Welcome Speech Dr. Prabhakar Machwe
Inaugural Address Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterji
Readings from Savitri The Mother (tape-recorded)

Seminar: Directors Shri Sudhangshumohan

Bandyopadhyay

Dr. Sisir Kumar Ghose

Sri Aurobindo: His Impact on
Indian Literature Prof. T. K. Bhattacharya
Sri Aurobindo and Contemporary
Assamese Poetic Literature Dr. K. C. Das
Sri Aurobindo's Aesthetics and
Maithili Literature Prof. Ramdeo Jha
Sri Aurobindo's Aesthetics and
Manipuri Literature Prof. Nilakanta Singh
Sri Aurobindo's Impact on Oriya
Literature Shri M. N. Sahoo
Sri Aurobindo's Aesthetics and
Oriya Literature Shri Manoj Das
Sri Aurobindo's Impact on
Bengali Literature Shri Rameshwar Shah
Sri Aurobindo and Aesthetics
of the Overmind Shrimati Lotika Ghose


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APPENDIX V

Regional Seminar on Sri Aurobindo and Indian Literature

(Dogri, Hindi, Kashmiri, Punjabi, Sanskrit)

Kashi Nagari Pracharini Sabha, Varanasi

8-9 July 1972

Inauguration:

Welcome Speech Dr. Bharat Bhushan Agarwal
Inaugural Address Shrimati Mahadevi Varma
Presidential Address Dr. Hazari Prasad Dwivedi

Seminar: Chairmen Dr. Hazari Prasad Dwivedi

Shri Sumitranandan Pant

Sri Aurobindo's Interpretation of
Indian Literature Shri Chhote Narayan Sharma
Sri Aurobindo's Impact on Hindi
Literature Shri Narendra Sarma
Sri Aurobindo and Dogri Literature Shrimati Padma Sachdev
Sri Aurobindo's Aesthetics and
Kashmiri Literature Prof. P. N. Pushp
Sri Aurobindo's Impact on Punjabi
Literature Dr. Attar Singh
Sri Aurobindo's Aesthetics and
Punjabi Literature Dr. S. S. Kohli
Sri Aurobindo's Aesthetics and
Sanskrit Literature Dr. Karunesha Shukla
Sri Aurobindo and Sanskrit Dr. V. Raghavan

APPENDIX VI

National Seminar on Sri Aurobindo's Vision of India

Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi

16-20 August 1972

Inauguration:

Welcome Address Dr. Karan Singh
A Few Words Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterji


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Inaugural Address Shri V. V. Giri, President of
India
Vote of Thanks Prof. K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar

Seminar: Panel of Chairmen

Dr. Karan Singh Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterji
Prof. K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar Prof. Umashankar Joshi
Shri A. R. Deshpande 'Anil' Prof. T. P. Meenakshisundaran
Dr. V. K. Gokak Dr. T. M. P. Mahadevan
Sri Aurobindo's Life Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterji
Sri Aurobindo's Integral Yoga Shri R. R. Diwakar
The Meeting of Savitri and Satyavan
in Sri Aurobindo's Epic Prof. V. K. Gokak
Sri Aurobindo the Critic of Poetry Prof. Umashankar Joshi
Sri Aurobindo as Critic of Poetry Shri Ka Naa Subramanyam
Sri Aurobindo the Critic of Art Dr. Mulk Raj Anand
Sri Aurobindo's Evolutionary
Concept of Man Dr. L. G. Chincholkar
Sri Aurobindo's Evolutionary
Concept of Man Dr. Shiv Prasad Singh
Sri Aurobindo: Prophet of Indian
Nationalism Shri Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar'
Transformation, Leadership and
Freedom in the Life and Works
of Sri Aurobindo Dr. S. Alam Khundmiri
Human Unity: Its Spiritual Basis Dr. V. Madhusudan Reddy
Sri Aurobindo's Aesthetics Dr. V. Raghavan
The Social Philosophy of Sri
Aurobindo Dr. Kishor Gandhi
Sri Aurobindo's Experiences in the
Realm of the Spirit Shri Kireet Joshi
Sri Aurobindo as Seer-Poet Shri Dilip Kumar Roy
Sri Aurobindo the Poet Shri Sundaram
Sri Aurobindo the Dramatist Dr. (Mrs.) Prema Nandakumar
Sri Aurobindo's Interpretation of the
Vedas and the Upanishads Dr. T. M. P. Mahadevan
Sri Aurobindo on the Gita: The
Discovery of the Third Way Shri Rohit Mehta
The Infinite Zero Prof. Arabinda Basu

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Sri Aurobindo's Vision of India:
A Summing-up Prof. K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar
Valedictory Dr. Karan Singh

APPENDIX VII

The International Seminar on Human Unity

India International Centre, New Delhi

5-7 December 1972

Inauguration:

Welcome Prof. Arabinda Basu
Inaugural Address Dr. Karan Singh
Thanksgiving Prof. S. Nurul Hasan
Bande Mataram (National Song) Kumari Karuna Mayee and
Students of Mother's International
School, New Delhi

Seminar: Panel of Chairmen

Prof. V. K. R. V. Rao Prof. R. Polin (France)
Mr. Kamal Jumblatt (Lebanon) Prof. Umashankar Joshi
Dr. R. Buckminster Fuller (U.S.A.) Dr. S. M. Reza Jalali Naini
(Iran)
Director of Seminar: Prof. Arabinda Basu

Problems'of Human Unity

(5 December 1972)

The Problem of Human Unity
(Key-note Address) Prof. Olivier Lacombe (France)
The Ideal of Compassion-Love Prof. Hajime Nakamura (Japan)
Unity with Diversity: Toward Social
Policies for a Future World Order Mr. O. W. Markley (U.S.A.)
Problems of Human Unity Shri R. R. Diwakar
The Ideal of Human Unity and the
Voice of the East Dr. S. Alam Khundmiri
Problems of Human Unity Shri Balakrishna Sama (Nepal)


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Modern Secular Man and the Problem
of the Unity of Mankind Prof. S. Takdir Alisjahbana
(Indonesia)
The Problem of Human Unity and
Contemporary Humanism Human Prof. C. I. Gulian (Romania)
Diversity and Human Unity Dr. James F. T. Bugental
(U.S.A.)
Human Unity and Divine Non-
Duality Dr. T. M. P. Mahadevan
Panaceas for Peace Shri Sanat Kumar Banerji
Problems of Human Unity Madame Mary Taunay (Brazil)
The Problem of Human Unity and
the Solution in Savitri Prof. Vinayak Krishna Gokak

Sri Aurobindo and the Ideal of Human Unity

(6 December 1972)

Sri Aurobindo and Human Unity
(Key-note Address) Prof. K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar
Sri Aurobindo and Human Unity Mr. Amaury de Riencourt
(Switzerland)
The Sevenfold Path of Human Unity Dr. Haridas Chaudhuri
Human Unity and Sri Aurobindo Dr. Edith Schnapper
(Cambridge, U.K.)
The Anthem of Human Unity Dr. V. Madhusudan Reddy
The Theme of Human Unity in
Sri Aurobindo's Savitri Dr. (Mrs.) Prema Nandakumar
Unit: The Next Step Mr. Gabriel Monod-Herzen
Sri Aurobindo and Modern Science Mr. Robert Linssen (France)
From Modern Science towards
Aurobindo's Integral Knowledge Dr. Pierre R. Etevenon (France)
Sri Sri Aurobindo's Statement of the
Ideal of Human Unity Dr. Bhupen Qanungo
Sri Aurobindo's Savitri: Symbol of
a New Renaissance Prof. Murillo Nunes de
Azevedo (Brazil)
Action and Contemplation in the Life
and Works of Sri Aurobindo Prof. Angelo Morretta (Italy)
The Contemporary Consciousness and
Its Urge towards Unity: An
Aurobindonian Perspective Dr. (Mrs.) Aster Patel

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AUROVILLE

(7 December 1972)

Auroville: Model of Human Unity
(Working Paper) Shri Navajata
Speeches Dr. R. Buckminster Fuller
(U.S.A.)
Mrs. Margaret Smithwhite
(U.K.)
Mr. J. G. Bennett (U.K.)
Mr. C. V. Devan Nair
(Singapore)
Mr. P. P. Narayanan (Malaysia)
Shri Udar Pinto
Shri P. N. Kirpal
Shri P. L. Verma
Director's Summing-up Prof. Arabinda Basu
Valedictory Address Dr. Karan Singh

APPENDIX VIII

About the Contributors

1. Sri V. V. Giri

President of India

Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi

2. Dr. Karan Singh, M.P.

Minister for Health and Family Planning, Government of India

Author of The Prophet of Nationalism (1967)

'Manasarovar'

3 Nyaya Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi

3. Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterji

National Professor in the Humanities

President, Sahitya Akademi

16 Hindustan Park, Calcutta-29


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4.Shri Kireet Joshi

Registrar and Professor of Philosophy

Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education

Pondicherry-2

5.Professor Angelo Morretta

University of Rome

Rome, Italy

6.Shri Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar'

Hindi Poet and Winner of Jnanpith Award

5 Rajendra Nagar, Patna

7.Professor S. Alam Khundmiri

Department of Philosophy

Osmania University

Hyderabad - 7

8.Shri Dilip Kumar Roy

Author of Among the Great (1946) and Sri Aurobindo Came to

Me (1964)

Sri Harikrishna Mandir

Poona

9.Professor Murillo Nunes de Azevedo

Professor of Hindu Philosophy

University of Rio-de-Janeiro

Rio-de-Janeiro, Brazil

10.Dr. (Mrs.) Prema Nandakumar

Author of A Study of 'Savitri' (1962) and Sri Aurobindo: A Brief

Biography (1972)

Mother's Centre

A-70, B.H.P.V. Township

Visakhapatnam - 12

11.Shri Narendra Sharma

All India Radio, Bombay

594, 29th Road, Khar

Bombay-52


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12.Shri Sundaram

Gujarat i poet and critic Sri Aurobindo Ashram Pondicherry - 2

13.Shri Mohapatra Nilamani Sahoo

Reader, Department of Oriya

Ravenshaw College

Cuttack

14.Professor Vinayak Krishna Gokak

Kannada poet and novelist

Author of Sri Aurobindo: Seer and Poet (1973)

Brundavan, Whitefield

Bangalore

15.Dr. V. Raghavan

Editor, Samskrita Pratibha

President, The Samskrita Academy, Madras

7 Sri Krishnapuram Street

Royapettah, Madras - 14

16.Dr. C. N. Sastri ('Amarendra')

Department of English

Hindu College, Guntur

17.Dr. A. Aiyappan

Anthropologist and Retired Vice-Chancellor

Housing Colony

Chevayur, Calicut - 17

18.Dr. Waheed Akhtar

Department of Philosophy

Aligarh Muslim University

Aligarh

19.Shrimati Padma Sachdev

Dogri Poet

All India Radio, Bombay


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20.Professor Umashankar Joshi, M.P.

Gujarati poet and Winner of Jnanpith Award

'Setu', 12 Sardar Patel Nagar

Ahmedabad - 6

21.Dr. Mulk Raj Anand

Editor, Marg

Novelist and ex-Chairman, Lalit Kala Akademi

Jassim House, 25 Cuffe Parade

Colaba, Bombay - 5

22.Dr. T. M. P. Mahadevan

Director

Centre of Advanced Study in Philosophy

University of Madras

Madras - 5

23.Dr. L. G. Chincholkar

Department of Philosophy

Nabira Mahavidyalaya

Katol, Nagpur District

24.Dr. Kishor H. Gandhi

Author of The Social Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo and the New

Age (1965)

Professor of Sociology, Sri Aurobindo International Centre of

Education

Pondicherry - 2

25.Dr. Pierre R. Etevenon

Charge de Recherches de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale

2 Rue d'Alesia

Paris - XIV, France

26.Shri R. R. Diwakar

Author of Mahayogi, a biography of Sri Aurobindo (1967)

President, Gandhi Peace Foundation

c/o Samyukta Karnataka

Bangalore


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27.Professor Olivier Lacombe

Professor of Comparative Philosophy

University of Paris-Sorbonne

Director, The Institute of Indian Civilisation

Paris, France

28.Professor Hajime Nakamura

Department of Indian and Buddhist Philosophy

Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo

Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

29.Professor S. Takdir Alisjahbana

Rector of Djakarta University

Dj. Dr. Sahardjo 50

Djakarta, Indonesia

30.Professor C. I. Gulian

Institute of Philosophy

Str. Lisabona 3

Bucharest 1, Romania

31.Dr. James F. T. Bugental

645, University Avenue

Palo Alto

California 94301, U.S.A.

32.Professor V. Madhusudan Reddy

Author of Sri Aurobindo's Philosophy of Evolution (1966) and

Values and Value Theories (1973)

Head of the Department of Philosophy

Osmania University, Hyderabad - 7

33.Count Amaury de Riencourt

Bellevue

Canon de Geneva (Suisse)

Switzerland

34.Dr. Haridas Chaudhuri

Author of The Philosophy of Integralism (1967) and

Integral Yoga (1970)

President, California Institute of Asian Studies

3494, 21st Street, San Francisco

California 94110, U.S.A.


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35.Dr. Edith B. Schnapper

Author of One in All and The Inward Odyssey

'Parkfield'

67 Holbrook Road

Cambridge, U.K.

36.Dr. (Mrs.) Aster Patel

Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Pondicherry - 2

37.Professor Arabinda Basu

Director, Sri Aurobindo Research Academy

Professor of Philosophy, Sri Aurobindo International Centre of

Education

Pondicherry - 2

38.Shri Navajata

Author of Sri Aurobindo (1972)

President, Sri Aurobindo Society

Pondicherry - 2

39.Professor K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar

Author of Sri Aurobindo: A Biography and A History, 2 Volumes

(1972) and Tryst with the Divine (1974)

Honorary Professor of English, Andhra University

Vice-President, Sahitya Akademi

'Matri Bhavan'

91, Kutchery Road

Madras - 4


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