Yuvsatta (Youth For Peace) organized interaction with David L Caprara

Chandigarh, March 25, 2019: Yuvsatta (Youth For Peace)-an NGO and Centre for Social Work, Panjab University organized an interaction with Mr.David L.Caprara , International Vice President of Global Peace Foundation and Nonresident Fellow, Global Economy & Development at Brookings Institution, USA, here today.
Mr.David Caprara started his address with rich tributes to Mahatma Gandhi whose 150th anniversary is being celebrated around the world this year. He mentioned that many of world’s greatest leaders and thinkers in last century got their inspiration from about Mahatma Gandhi, be it Martin Luther King Jr., Barack Obama, Nelson Mandela, Aung San SuuKyi, Richard Attenborough any many others. And for him also Gandhi is a role model, which he advises young people also to follow his footsteps. Mr. David also inspired young participating students to always dream big and accomplish their goals. At the same time he also mentioned that now a day we need Global Young people, as globalization indicates that the growing importance of continental and global levels is occurring together with the increasing salience of local and regional levels.
Ealier,Dr. Monica Munjial, Chairperson, Centre for Social Work in her welcome address gave brief introduction of the Centre.
Introducing the Global Peace Foundation and speaker David Caprara,Mr.Pramod Sharma, founder-coordinator of Yuvsatta said that Global Peace Foundation is an international, non-sectarian organization that promotes an innovative values-based approach to peace building and strongly believes in Indian ethos of Vashudhev Kutumbkam- which portrait that whole world is one family.
Mr. David Caprara also offered internship for Panjab University students in Global Peace Foundation national chapters at Nepal, India, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand& Uganda etc.

David Caprara visited Department of Gandhian& Peace Studies where the Chairperson Dr.Ashu Pasricha showed him their Department and later took him to Gandhi Bhawan.