ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS’
ASSOCIATION OF INDIA (ELT@I)
TIRUPATI CHAPTER
5th Annual International
Conference 2017
7th
& 8th April 2017
10
March 2017.
ELT@I TIRUPATI
CHAPTER
5th
Annual International Conference 2017
English
Language Teachers’ Association of India (ELT@I) Tirupati Chapter
organized its 5th Annual International Conference on “The
Bhagavad-Gita: To Become the Best Teacher” in association with Sree
Rama Engineering College, Tirupati on 7th & 8th
April 2017.
The conference aimed
to
bring the Bhagavad-Gita “the universal guide” close to the teaching fraternity,
and thus bring it close to the students. It succeeded in providing an excellent
professional platform to the teachers to get awareness on the recent trends in
teaching and imparting professional/life skills from the Bhagavad-Gita to
prepare students employable. It facilitated
teachers and professionals to understand various concepts from the
Bhagavad-Gita to mould themselves as the best teachers/mentors/professionals.
The
theme of the conference made it a unique event with 140 participants. Apart
from the keynote address and plenary lectures; 120 research papers on varied
perspectives on the Bhagavad-Gita were presented by the delegates attended from
all corners of the country and abroad. Selected qualitative papers were
published in the conference proceedings and the Journal of English Language and
Literature; both were released in the inaugural by the guests.
The chief guest
of the inaugural Sri Mannem Rami Reddy, Chairman of Sri Rama Engineering
College, Tirupati advised the delegates to understand the greatness of the
Bhagavad-Gita and use it effectively to mould the characters and personalities
of the students for the better future of the country. The keynote speaker Prof.
Rani Sadasiva Murthy from Rastriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati explained the
Vital Role of Karma, Bhakti and Jnana in
Professional Efficiency according to the Bhagavad-Gita. In his plenary
lecture, Prof. T. Viswanatha Rao, Retired Professor of English from Kakinada
focused on “Teaching the Bhagavad-Gita
for Good Life”. In his plenary lecture, Dr. K. V. Raghupathi from Central
University of Tamilanadu focused on “The
Bhagavad-Gita: The Art of Man Making”. Dr. L. V. Padmarani Rao from Nanded
(Maharastra) in her plenary lecture gave a detailed outline of the
Bhagavad-Gita for the benefit of those who have not yet read the Bhagavad-Gita
completely and better understanding for all the delegates. Through his plenary
lecture, Dr. Kalikinkar Pattanayak from Odisha stressed on the different
dimensions of the Bhagavad-Gita for better professional and personal
lives.
The unique feature of the conference was that the research paper
presentation of the youngest sisters G. Vathsalya VIII standard and G.
Hasya VI standard from Keshava Reddy Concept School, Tirupati. They
presented the paper entitled; “Sri Krishna: The Best Teacher (Guru) -
Arjuna: The Best Student (Sishya)”. They quoted some appropriate verses
from the Bhagavad-Gita and explained how they can be integrated to the teachers
and students. They recited a few verses from the Bhagavad-Gita and quoted
one of the statements of Mahatma Gandhi; “I lost my mother, but the Bhagavad-Gita
fulfilled the place of my mother”, which received huge applause from
the participants. The guests, speakers and all the participants appreciated
the sisters by stating that till today school children have been by-hearting
and reciting verses from the Bhagavad-Gita in the competitions but this is
unique as these sisters tried to explain and integrate the verses from the
scripture for teachers and students.
Dr.
G. Reddi Sekhar Reddy, Secretary Tirupati Chapter and Convener of the
Conference said; the chapter cherished with the overwhelmed response of the
intellectual delegates from faraway places in the country and abroad with their
experience oriented research papers and presentations. Some of the delegates
opined that they got a wonderful opportunity to read the scripture for the first
time and learnt many useful things from it for professional development and
some others opined that they got an opportunity to re-read the valuable
scripture and the greatness of the scripture is that each time of reading, it
certainly shows a different perspective of understanding it for better
professional as well as personal life.
Thanking you,
Dr. G. REDDI SEKHAR REDDY
Founder &
Secretary
ELT@I Tirupati Chapter,
Convener
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