The world has started shifting to the gurukul system of education. Now, the choice for India is whether it wants to be the leader in the mission or a follower,” said Mukul Kanitkar, National Organising Secretary of the Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal (BSM).
He was speaking at a special session organised by the Panchnad Research Institute and Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), PGI, Chandigarh, on Monday, August 6, 2018, at the National Institute of Nursing Education auditorium on the PGI campus.
The topic of the session was “The relevance of gurukul system in the present times”.
Prof BK Kuthiala, Director, Panchnad Research Institute, said, “It is an established fact that the education system in ancient India was the best in the world. It is vital that the elements that made it the best be identified.
“After that, those elements should be incorporated into today’s education system for the betterment of the nation and the world,” said Prof Kuthiala.
In his address, Mukul Kanitkar said that the present education system – despite being good enough – needs a change. Our system needs to focus on “man-making for nation-building”.
“For this, the gurukuls that are running presently have to be adapted for the current scenario. Secondly, education in other institutions has to adopt the gurukul method of teaching,” Kanitkar said.
Earlier, KS Arya, Acting Chairman, Panchnad Research Institute, introduced the topic. He said education is the process of forming a human being and not an employment-generation process.
Haryana Chief Minister Sh Manohar Lal Khattar was the chief guest on the occasion and Dr Jagat Ram, Director, PGI, was the special guest.
पंचनद शोध संस्थान का मैं बहुत-बहुत धन्यवाद देता हूं कि उन्होंने चंडीगढ़ मैं मुझे बहुत ही अच्छे कार्यक्रम सुनने और देखने का अवसर दिया इस कार्यक्रम के द्वारा मुझे ऐसी चाहिए बातें सीखने को मिली जो मेरे जीवन में और आगे मेरे भविष्य मेरे लिए बहुत ही काम आएंगी साथ डॉ प्रदीप तिवारी जी का बहुत ही धन्यवाद देता उन्होंने इस कार्यक्रम में आने का मुझे मौका दिया मैं आशा करता हूं कि आगे भी इस प्रकार के कार्य हमारे शहर में होते रहेंगे मुकुल जी को सुनने के बाद मंत्रमुग्ध हो गया मैं मेरे जीवन में यह कार्यक्रम मुझे हमेशा एक अच्छे कार्यक्रम के तौर पर याद रहेगा आज जिस तरह से हमारे देश की स्थिति है यह कार्यक्रम के द्वारा वह स्थिति में जरूर बदलाव आएगा और भारत विश्व गुरु फिर से कह कहलाया जाएगा आप सभी का बहुत-बहुत धन्यवाद भारत माता की जय