Vishwaneedam center for Asian Blossoming

📚 VishwaneedamSwadhyaya Sahachakra Invites You

Dear friends, scholars, and fellow seekers,

Warm greetings!

You are cordially invited to a special Book Presentation and Discussion on the recently published Springer book:

📖 Rational, Responsible and Relational: Reclaiming Work, Purpose and Human Dignity in Business (Springer, 2026)

🎙 Speaker:
Professor Kuruvilla Pandikattu, SJ
Chair Professor (Emeritus), JRD Tata Foundation for Business Ethics, Jamshedpur, India
Author of the book

📅 Date: Sunday, 26 July 2026
🕠 Time: 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM (IST)

Moderator:
Professor Ananta Kumar Giri
Vishwaneedam Center for Asian Blossoming (VCAB)

Convener:
Randhir Kumar Gautam
Vishwaneedam Center for Asian Blossoming (VCAB)

Vote of Thanks & Songs of Thanks:
Mrs. Minati Pradhan
Vishwaneedam Center for Asian Blossoming (VCAB)

💻 Zoom Meeting Details

Meeting ID: 874 0912 6670
Passcode: 196159

This dialogue will explore how ethics, responsibility, meaningful work, and human dignity can reshape business and society in our times. We warmly invite students, teachers, researchers, professionals, and all those interested in philosophy, ethics, and social transformation to join us.

We look forward to your participation.

With warm regards,
Professor Ananta Kumar Giri
Mrs. Minati Pradhan
Randhir Kumar Gautam

**🌍 Vishwaneedam Swadhyaya Sahachakra – Weekly Dialogue**

Dear friends,

Warm greetings to you, your family, friends, and fellow seekers.

You are cordially invited to join our **Vishwaneedam Swadhyaya Sahachakra Weekly Dialogue** on an important and timely theme:

# # # **"Walking and Meditating with Pope Leo XIV's *Magnifica Humanitas*: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence"**

🗓 **Date:** Sunday, **July 12, 2026**
🕠 **Time:** **5:30 PM – 7:00 PM (IST)**

# # # **Speakers**

* **Dr. Gianluigi Segalerba**
University of Coimbra, Portugal
* **Sr. Dr. Shalini Mulackal**
Rome, Italy
* **Mr. Christopher David**
Lawyer, Durban, South Africa
* **Dr. Raymond Perrier**
Director, Denis Hurley Centre, Durban, South Africa

**Moderator:** Professor Ananta Kumar Giri, Vishwaneedam
**Convener:** Randhir Kumar Gautam, Vishwaneedam
**Vote of Thanks & Songs of Gratitude:** Mrs. Minati Pradhan, Vishwaneedam

This dialogue will explore the ethical, spiritual, philosophical, and civilizational challenges posed by Artificial Intelligence while reflecting on Pope Leo XIV's vision of *Magnifica Humanitas* and the imperative of safeguarding human dignity in an age of rapid technological transformation.

# # # **Join Zoom Meeting**

**Zoom Link:**
[https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84356107625?pwd=uj93pFIntgqpHkK64MRHq8XVhoSrj5.1]
**Meeting ID:** **843 5610 7625**
**Passcode:** **979196**

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We look forward to your participation and to a meaningful exchange of ideas.

With warm regards,

**Ananta Kumar Giri**
**Minati Pradhan**
**Randhir Kumar Gautam**

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“Community Centered Civilizational Transition and Transformations “Community Centered Civilizational Transition and Transformations,”...

Dear and respected Friends,

Our best regards and warm greetings to you.

We hope this finds you well.

We share with you the following.

We invite you to kindly join us in person or online and we will share with you the zoom link in due course.

Looking forward to

Sincerely Yours
Ananta.

Encls: a.a.



2nd Vishwaneedam CT Kurien Memorial Lecture

Theoretical Approaches to Indian Economy: New Pathways

Professor G. Omkaranth, Former Professor and Dean, School of Economics, University of Hyderabad

Jointly Organized with School of Liberal Arts and Humanities, Woxsen University, Kamkole, Hyderabad

Hybrid Mode: July 2, 2026, 3-5 PM IST





Speaker Bionote:

Goddanti Omkarnath is formerly Professor and Dean, School of Economics, University of Hyderabad. Before 2000 he served on the faculty of Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram. His teaching and research interests have centred around classical political economy, capital theory, Indian economy and teaching of economics. He recently edited (jointly with Sudhanshu Bhushan) a volume titled Dean, School of Economics, University of Hyderabad (Routledge 2026). In 2012 he authored Economics - A Primer for India (Orient Blackswan), an undergraduate first course in collaboration with Malcolm and Elizabeth Adiseshiah Trust, Chennai. His other chapters in edited volumes include 'Indian Development Thinking' (Edward Elgar 2016); 'The Meaning of Sraffa Prices' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021); 'Bharadwaj, Krishna (1935-1992)' (The New Palgrave - A Dictionary of Economics, 2025); 'Labour Under Overlapping Modes of Production (Routledge, forthcoming); and 'Reproduction and Change: Notes on Methodology (Routledge, 2026). Omkarnath held visiting positions in University of Oxford, JNU and University of Rome Tre.