A group of retired civil servants under the banner "Constitutional Conduct" (constitutional...) along with veterans of the armed forces organised a day-long Conclave on the theme "Nehru’s legacy: Its relevance to contemporary India." The conclave was held on March 30, 2019 at the Indian Social Institute, New Delhi.
The programme for the day was as follows:
1. Introductory remarks by Nitin Desai, Former Under Secretary-General, United Nations
2. Keynote address on 'The Idea of India' by Nayantara Sahgal, novelist and writer
3. Panel discussion on "Democracy, nationalism, and dissent" with Professor Mahesh Rangarajan, Ashoka University, and Anil Nauriya, writer and Supreme Court advocate
4. Remarks by Javid Chowdhury (IAS, Retd.), Former Health Secretary, Government of India
5. Panel discussion on "Secularism, religion and politics" with Purushottam Agrawal,
Former Chairman, Centre for Indian Languages, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and Hilal Ahmad, Associate Professor, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies
6. Concluding remarks by Syeda Hameed, Former Member, Planning Commission, Government of India
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