RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to deliver major address at World Hindu Congress

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will be a keynote speaker at the World Hindu Congress a gathering of Hindu leaders from across the globe in Chicago later this week the organisers saidMore than 2500 delegates from 80 countries are scheduled to participate in the threeday World Hindu Congress WHC in Chicago from September 7 to 9 Bhagwat in his keynote address is likely to focus on the theme of the conference Sumantrite Suvikrante or Think Collectively Achieve ValiantlyThe RSS chief is expected to underscore the need of the Hindu community spread across the globe to unite and think alike for the good of the mankind former IITIan Swami Vigyananand and the brain behind the mega event said The idea of the WHC is to unite and gain strengthen for the Hindu society and with that look after the interest of the society as well as help other deprived marginalised communities of the world Swami Vigyananand told PTI in response to a question He insisted that this is not a religious conferenceThe conference is neither religious nor philosophical The conference is focused on community issues It is focused on issues that is relevant to the progress of any community in the modern time Vigyananand said Over three days more than 250 speakers along with over 25000 delegates from over 80 countries would hold brain storming sessions over seven parallel conferences economic education media organisational political and women and youth These parallel conferences would also showcase the values creativity and entrepreneurial spirit of the global Hindu community he saidThe WHC is a global platform for Hindus to connect share ideas inspire one another and impact the common good said Abhaya Asthana convener for the Congress He is also the president of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America The congress offers Hindus an opportunity to introspect towards improvement and tap into our collective resources to seek tangible solutions to the most pressing issues of the 21st century he saidIn addition to Bhagwat other prominent speakers at the conference are likely to be the Dalai Lama Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Ashwin Adhin Vice President of Suriname RSS joint general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale MIT professor S P Kothari Mohandas Pai Anupam Kher Raju Reddy Swami Paramatmananda Saraswati Chandrika Tandon Prof Subhash Kak and angel investor Raju ReddyAmong top speakers as the economic conference are Mukesh Aghi president of US India Strategic partnership Forum former vice chair of NITI Aayog Arvind Panagariya Mahindra group president Dilip Sundram Daniel Bryant from Walmart Rajesh Sundaram from Federal Express and Ed Monser from Emerson ElectricOther prominent speakers at the conference are Anupam Kher Vivek Agnihotri Madhur Bhandarkar Amish Tripathi and Francois Gautier On the eve of the Congress renowned classical musician wifehusband duo of Kavita Krishnamurti and Dr L Subramaniam would perform live for the delegatesMeanwhile the newly formed Coalition for the Defence of the Constitution and Democracy has announced that it will hold a press conference in New York on September 6 to lodge its protest against the WHCCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever