{"id":3727,"date":"2016-02-25T16:53:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T16:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/international-seminar-on-legality-and\/"},"modified":"2018-06-15T19:51:28","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T14:21:28","slug":"international-seminar-on-legality-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/international-seminar-on-legality-and\/","title":{"rendered":"International Seminar on the Legality and Jurisprudence of Sallekhan\u0101\/ Santh\u0101r\u0101\/ Sam\u0101dhimara\u1e47a\/ Pr\u0101yopave\u015ba in the Indian Traditions"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\nInternational Seminar on the Legality and
\nJurisprudence of Sallekhan\u0101\/ Santh\u0101r\u0101\/ Sam\u0101dhimara\u1e47a\/ Pr\u0101yopave\u015ba in the Indian
\nTraditions<\/b><\/div>\n
\nNational Law University, Delhi<\/b><\/div>\n
\n(26-27
\nFebruary 2016)<\/b><\/div>\n
\nSCHEDULE<\/b><\/div>\n
\nFirst
\nday: 26 February 2016<\/b><\/div>\n
\n9:30AM-10:00AM              :               REGISTRATION
\n<\/b><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nInaugural
\nFunction<\/b><\/div>\n
\n10:00AM-10:15AM           :               Mangalacharana
\nand Ashish by Rev. Lokesh Muni Ji<\/div>\n
\n10:15AM-10:25AM           :               Welcome
\nSpeech by Prof. Ranbir Singh\/Prof. GS Bajpai, Associate Professor, NLU, Delhi<\/div>\n
\n10:25AM-10:40AM           :               Theme
\nof the Seminar – Dr. Shugan C Jain, Chairman, International School for Jain
\nStudies<\/div>\n
\n10:40AM-10:55AM           :               Guest
\nof Honour- Justice (Rtd.) Pana Chand Jain, Rajasthan High Court<\/div>\n
\n10:55AM-11:15AM           :          Chief-Guest-
\nSh. Nirmal Kr. Sethi, Chairman, Jain Consultative Group on Sallekhan\u0101\/  <\/div>\n
\n                                                          Santh\u0101ra: Social Aspects<\/div>\n
\n11:15AM-11:25AM          :                Vote
\nof Thanks – Dr. Prasannanshu, Associate Professor, NLU, Delhi.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n——————————11:25AM-11:40AM                   :               Tea Break——————————<\/b><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n11:40AM-1:40PM              :
\n              First Academic Session (Death
\nin different Indian Philosophies)<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
\nChair Person                       :               Prof. V.K. Jain, Vice Chancellor (Doon University)<\/b><\/div>\n
\n11:40AM-12:00 AM          : Dr.
\nAshok Kr Singh, Professor, BLII, Delhi (Social Impact of Sallekhan\u0101 as
\ntranspired in Jain <\/i>texts<\/i>)<\/div>\n
\n12:00PM-12:20AM            :               Dr.
\nS.P. Pandey, Joint Director, PV, Varanasi (Sallekhan\u0101 in Non-Jaina
\nTraditions, with                                                                   Special
\nReference to Jainism<\/i>)<\/div>\n
\n12:20PM-12:50PM             :               Dr.
\nRahul Kr Singh, Research Associate, PV, Varanasi (Sallekhan\u0101: A Way of
\nFacing Death                                                            Artistically<\/i>)<\/div>\n
\n12:50PM-1:30PM               :               Movie:
\nViews on Santh\u0101ra of different experts: Shri Shekhar Hattangadi,
\nMumbai-based  <\/div>\n
\n                                                                Writer-Journalist,
\nLawyer law Professor, and film-maker.)<\/div>\n
\n1:30PM-1:40PM                 :               Presidential remarks by the
\nHonourable Chair Person<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n——————————<\/b>LUNCH
\nBREAK: 1:40 PM-2:45PM<\/b>——————————<\/b><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n2:45PM-4:35PM                 :               Second Academic session (Social and Legal Issues of Sallekhan\u0101)<\/b><\/div>\n
\nChair Person                       :               <\/b><\/div>\n
\n2:45PM-3:10PM                 :               CA
\nRajesh Jain, Eminent writer and management consultant<\/div>\n
\n                                                                (Social
\nJustification of Sallekhan\u0101<\/i>)<\/div>\n
\n3:10PM-3:35PM                 :               Ben Prabhuji, Smd. Rajchandra Ashram Chief, Delhi (Last five days of Smd. Rajchandra)<\/div>\n
\n3:35PM-4:00PM                 :               Video
\nexcerpts of Dr. Purushottam Billimoria, USA, Social Activist& UC Berkley
\n(Legal   Issues of Sallekhan\u0101). Comments
\nby Ms. Prashasthi <\/div>\n
\n4:00PM-4:25PM                 :               Dr.
\nRaksha J Shah, Philanthropist, Mumbai (clarification and      Critical evaluation of the        prevailing Misconceptions and
\nMisinterpretations regarding the vow of Sallekhan\u0101<\/i>)<\/div>\n
\n4:00PM-4:25PM                 :               Ananth Acharya, student, NLU, Delhi. To Be, or Not to Be? Philosophical and Constitutional                                                          Perspectives
\non the Right to Die: A Study of Case Law on Suicide, Euthanasia, and Santhara.<\/div>\n
\n4:25PM-4:35PM                 :               Presidential remarks by the Honourable Chair Person<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n——————————4:35PM-4:50PM                         :               TEA BREAK——————————<\/b><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n4:50PM-6:00PM                 :               Lawyers\/Judges Forum (Discussion Judicial\/Legal Issues
\nof Sallekhan\u0101)<\/b><\/div>\n
\n(Chair Person: Justice (Rtd.) Pana Chand
\nJain)<\/b><\/div>\n
\n4:40PM-6:00PM                 :               HMJ
\nPana Chand Jain, Rajasthan High Court<\/div>\n
\nDr. Manish Singhvi, Additional advocate
\ngeneral, Rajasthan High court<\/div>\n
\nAdv.
\nMridul Goswamy, Rajasthan High Court<\/div>\n
\nAdv.
\nAnuj Jain<\/div>\n
\nAdv.
\nSushil Jain<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n——————————6:00PM
\n                        :               TEA——————————<\/b>
\n
<\/b>
\n
<\/b><\/div>\n
\nSecond
\nDay 27 February 2016<\/b><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n——————————9:00AM-9:30AM                        :               TEA——————————<\/b><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n9:30AM-1:15PM                                :               1st Academic Session-Legal
\nand Social aspects<\/b><\/div>\n
\nChair Person                                       :               Padmabhushan Dr. D. R. Mehta,
\nChairman, Jaipur Foot, Jaipur<\/b><\/div>\n
\n9:30AM-9:55AM                     :           Justice
\n(Rtd.) Pana Chand Jain, Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur<\/div>\n
\n                                                                                (A
\nstudy of Sallekhana or Santhara as an art of living as well as art of dying <\/i><\/div>\n
\n                                                                                attracting
\nno legal attention)<\/i><\/div>\n
\n9:55PM-10:20AM                              :               Dr. Prasannanshu, Associate
\nProfessor, NLU, Delhi. Some Issues Associated with                               Sallekhana.<\/div>\n
\n10:20AM-10:55AM                           :               Prof.
\nGarry L Francione, Prof. Emeritus, Rutgers Univ, USA (Skype) (Sallekhan\u0101:                               Legal
\nJustifications)<\/i><\/div>\n
\n10:55AM-11:20AM                           :               Prof. Stephanie Rohlfing-Dijoux,
\nUniversity of Paris, Paris (The right to death in the                                                                          light
\nof the French constitution and the European Human Rights Convention)<\/i><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n——————————11:20AM-11:30AM                   :               Tea Break——————————<\/b><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n

\nChair Person                                       :               Prof. S. Sachidhanandam, Former Vice-Chancellor, Tamil
\nNadu Dr. Ambedkar                                                                           Law
\nUniversity.<\/h1>\n
\n11:30AM-11:55AM                           :               Prof.
\nKusum Jain, Ex- HOD, Department of Philosophy, University of Rajasthan, <\/div>\n
\nJaipur (Are Samadhimara\u1e47a\/Santh\u0101ra Individual
\nor social phenomena?)<\/div>\n
\n11:55AM-12:20PM                            :               Prof.
\nSushma Singhvi, Ex-Director, Kota Open University, Kota (Aspects of                                                                          Nityasanth\u0101r\u0101)<\/i><\/div>\n
\n12:20PM-12:45PM                             :               Sean
\nHillman, Researcher, University of Toronto, Canada (Bioethics of South Asian <\/div>\n
\n                                                                                Ritual
\nFasting and Meditation at the End-of-life: Jain Sallekhana and Buddhist                                  Thukdam)<\/div>\n
\n12:45PM-1:15PMPM                         :               Presidential
\nremarks by the Honourable Chair Person<\/b><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n——————————<\/b>LUNCH
\nBREAK-1:15PM-2:15PM<\/b>——————————<\/b><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n                <\/div>\n
\n2:15PM-4:25PM                                 :               2ndAcademic Session-Philosophical and Social
\nAspects<\/b><\/div>\n
\nChair Person                                       :               <\/b>Prof. Ram Jee Singh, Ex-Vice Chancellor,
\nJVBI and Ex- MP<\/b><\/div>\n
\n2:15PM-2:40PM                                 :               Dr.
\n(Colonel) D. S. Baya, Relevance of Sallekhan\u0101\/sam\u0101dhimara\u1e47a in
\ntoday\u2019s                                                                    society. <\/i>The
\npaper shall be presented by Prof. PC Jain, Ex-Professor,                                                                                      Sociology,
\nSchool of International Studies, JNU<\/div>\n
\n2:40PM-3:05PM                                 :               Ms.
\nWhitny Braun, USA (Discuss own Ph.D. thesis on Sallekhan\u0101)<\/div>\n
\n3:05PM-3:30PM                                 :               Dr. Nitin Shah, a Professor of Anesthesiology &
\nChief of Surgical ICU, California, <\/div>\n
\n                                                                                USA
\n(SKYPE) (Need of the Day in today\u2019s World \u2013 Acceptance of Death!)          <\/div>\n
\n3:30PM-3:55PM                                 :               Ms.
\nPreeti Rani, Research Scholar, DU, Delhi (Santh\u0101r\u0101)<\/b>                            <\/div>\n
\n3:55PM-4:25PM                                 :               Presidential remarks
\nby the Honourable Chair Person<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n——————————4:25PM-4:45PM                         :               Tea
\nBreak——————————<\/b><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n4:45PM-5:30PM                                 :               Valedictory Session<\/b><\/div>\n
\nBook
\nrelease                                        :               Fearing, Facing, and Faring
\nDeath: Poems of Dr. Prasannanshu<\/b><\/div>\n
\nPatron                                                   :               Prof. Ranbir Singh, VC-NLU, Delhi<\/b><\/div>\n
\n:               Prof.
\nM.P. Singh, Currently, Chancellor, Central University of Haryana & Chair
\nProfessor, Centre for Comparative Law, NLU, Delhi. Ex Chairperson of Delhi
\nJudicial Academy; Ex Vice-chancellor, National University of Juridical
\nSciences, Kolkata.<\/div>\n
\nOverview                                              :               Mrs. Rama Sharma- Retired Principal and Sallekhan\u0101
\nResearcher, and Dr. Navin                                                                               Srivastava.<\/div>\n
\nVote of Thanks                                    :               Dr.
\nPrasannanshu, NLU Delhi<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n——————————5:30PM                                                         :               High-Tea ——————————<\/b>
\n
<\/b>
\n
<\/b>
\nYou are cordially invited to the release of the collection of the poems of
Dr. Prasannanshu\u2019, titled as: \u2018Fearing, Facing, and Faring Death: Poems of  Dr. Prasannanshu\u2019, during the Valedictory Session of the International Seminar on the Legality and Jurisprudence of Sallekhan\u0101 \/ Santh\u0101r\u0101 \/Sam\u0101dhimara\u1e47a\/ Pr\u0101yopave\u015ba in the Indian Traditions at the National Law University, Sector-14, Delhi on 27 February 2016 at 4:45 PM.<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

International Seminar on the Legality and Jurisprudence of Sallekhan\u0101\/ Santh\u0101r\u0101\/ Sam\u0101dhimara\u1e47a\/ Pr\u0101yopave\u015ba in the Indian Traditions National Law University, Delhi (26-27 February 2016) SCHEDULE First day: 26 February 2016 9:30AM-10:00AM              :               REGISTRATION Inaugural Function 10:00AM-10:15AM           :               Mangalacharana and Ashish by Rev. Lokesh Muni Ji 10:15AM-10:25AM           :               Welcome Speech by Prof. Ranbir Singh\/Prof. GS Bajpai, Associate Professor, NLU, Delhi 10:25AM-10:40AM           :               Theme of the Seminar – Dr. Shugan C Jain, Chairman, International School for Jain Studies 10:40AM-10:55AM           :               Guest of Honour- Justice (Rtd.) Pana Chand Jain, Rajasthan High Court 10:55AM-11:15AM           :          Chief-Guest- Sh. Nirmal Kr. Sethi, Chairman, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,1],"tags":[28,1879],"class_list":["post-3727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-events-dwarka","category-update","tag-spiritual","tag-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3727"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51513,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3727\/revisions\/51513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}