International semester course in India on Gandhian Nonviolence: Theory and Application

Gujarat Vidhyapeeth, the university established by Mahatma Gandhi in Ahmedabad, India, offers an International Orientation Course on ”Gandhian Nonviolence: Theory and Application” from 15 September 2012 till 15 January 2013. The first two months of the programme will be held at Gujarat Vidyapith, and at Kochrab Ashram – the first Ashram founded by Gandhi, also in Ahmedabad. After these two months, the course participants will be taken out to stay in different Gandhian institutions all over India, like Sampoorna Kranti Vidyalaya (Institute of Total Revolution) in Surat, Gujarat; Sewagram Ashram (the main Ashram where Gandhi lived and worked since 1936) in Wardha, Maharashtra; Institute of Gandhian Studies, also in Wardha; Lok Bharati Gramvidyapith in Sanosara, Bhavanagar District, Gujarat; Centre for Science for Villages in Wardha; to a Naturopathy Centre; or an Organic Farming place, for a period of ten to fifteen days in each place. There they have to observe, study and participate in the applications of various Gandhian principles. 
The overall purpose of the course is to give its seekers orientation in the theoretical and practical dimensions of Nonviolence as explained and applied by Mahatma Gandhi in his personal and public life. However, the course content will not be limited to the Gandhian framework only; the examples and interpretations of other practitioners of nonviolence will also be relied upon.
In order to avoid legal complications and to make the granting of Resident Permit (from the Home Department) to stay in Vidyapith hazel-free, participants are required to arrive first in Ahmedabad and report directly to the Registrar, Gujarat Vidyapith. Travel in other parts of India before reporting to Vidyapith might make the granting of Resident Permit difficult and sometimes impossible. Applications should be delivered before 30 June 2012. 
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