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106 : Śramaņa, Vol 65, No. 3 & 4, July-December 2014 The Inaugural function was held on 31st Oct. 2014. In this session Prof. K. D. Tripathi, Hony. Advisor IGNCA, Varanasi, Emeritus Professor BHU, Varanasi was the Chief- Guest of the session and Shri D R Bhansali, industrialist and philanthropist, Varanasi presided over this session. The Valedictory function was held on 14th Nov. 2014. In this session Prof. DR Patnayak, Deptt. of English, BHU, Varanasi, Ex-Dean School of languages, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, presided over the session, Prof. Baliraj Pandey, Head deptt of Hindi, BHU, Varanasi, was the Chief Guest of this session and Dr. Deenanath Sharma, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, was the guest of honour for this session. The Workshop was guided under the Directorship of Dr. Ashok Kumar Singh, Associate Professor, Parshwanath Vidyapeeth, Varanasi and Dr. Rahul Kumar Singh was the co-ordinator of the workshop. 2. National Workshop on Šramaņa Tradition, Non-violence and Peace (30th December 2014-13th January 2015) Organized Successfully
Parshwanath Vidyapeeth, recognized by Banaras Hindu University for Ph. D. degree and also by Scientific & Industrial Research Organization, Deptt. of Science and Technology, Government of India for conducting research. PV is devoted to promote the study of Indian culture in general and Jainology in particular. Therefore, it aims to give the knowledge of various aspects of śramaņic tradition, such as its scriptures, philosophy, ethics, history, language, literature, art, architecture etc. For this purpose we had organized a 15 days National Workshop on Šramana Tradition, Non-violence and Peace from 30th December 2014 to 13th January 2015.
There were 40 participants from the different universities, i.e. Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi; Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi; Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi; Purvanchal University, Jaunpur; Gramyanchal Vidyapeeth, Varanasi; Ganganath
