PM chairs meet on Aurobindo's anniversary

New Delhi, December 24

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today suggested inviting 150 universities across the country for producing papers on different aspects of the life and philosophy of the freedom fighter-turn-Hindu spiritualist figure Sri Aurobindo and publishing papers.

While presiding over the first meeting of the high-level committee constituted to commemorate 150th birth anniversary of Aurobindo, the Prime Minister proposed to launch the celebrations from Puducherry coinciding with the celebration of National Youth Day. This will encourage youth to visit Puducherry and learn about the life and teachings of Aurobindo who spent 40 years of his life there, Modi said. The PM recalled his discussions with Kireet Joshi, who was a disciple of Aurobindo. Thoughts of Aurobindo were in his mind when he was working on preparing the National Education Policy, Modi said.

The meeting of the committee was held in a hybrid mode. — TNS