Department of Philosophy, D.A.V.P.G College, in association with ICPR conducted a two days National Seminar on the celebration of World philosophy Day 2024 has been organized at DAV PG College,BHU,varanasi on 7th-8th March 2025.The theme of seminar is ‘ Critical study of philosophical system & Religion ‘on the first day (07/03/2025) of the Seminar Prof Durgesh Chaudhary, Head, Department of Philosophy & Religion,Banaras Hindu University Varanasi, was the Chief guest as well as Chairman the session. Prof Gopal Sahu, Head , Department of Philosophy, Allahabad University, as key-note speaker delivered his lecture on ‘Know Your Philosophy: Philosophical skills for sel  f- Discovery ‘he says thateveryone is a philosopher but he or she has to discover his own way of thinking, in the first half . In second half Dr Rahul Kumar Maurya, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy & Religion,BHU, delivered his lecture on ‘ Philosophy, Religion and Science: A Pragmatic Reading ‘.he says that how philosophy is different from religion and science. philosophy is not only associated with theory but also it has practical aspect. it talks about both transcendental world as well as empirical world. where as religion is based on faith, beleif, and revelation. Prof Durgesh Chaudhary the chairman of the seminar said that there is no certain definition of philosophy and religion. on the second day(08/03/2025) Prof. Ram kishor Tripathi, Sampurnanand sanskrit vishwavidyalay, Varanasi delivered his lecture on ‘ Buddhist ,Nayay and Vedanta philosophy: Critical study ‘ the programme was grand successful , thank you for providing this opportunity and enriching experience.

Orientation program was organized by department of philosophy, DAV PG College, on 5th October 2024. Dr Rahul Kumar Mauray, Asst. Professor, Department Of philosophy & Religion, was the Resource person in the program. He delivered a lecture on “New aspect of Philosophy”. Program was chaired by Satya Gopal Jee , Principal of College, Anchoring was done by Dr. anjeev veer Singh and Vote of Thanks given By Dr. Ramendra Singh.

Two Days National Seminar( ICPR sponsored) was organized by the department of philosophy, DAV PG College on 13-14 March, 2024.additional Director General of Police ,Varanasi , Shri Piyush  Mordia was the chief guest in first days of the inaugural session of the seminar. On first day Ex- Secretary of ICPR Prof. Manendra pratap singh, Prof. Anand Mishra, Head ,Department of philosophy BHU, Prof. Sanjay Kumar Shukla ,Christian College Allahabad, prof. Dileep kumar Mohnta ,Calcutta university, Prof Shiv Bhan singh Christian College Allahabad, had addressed the audience on first day. Program was anchored by Dr. Mahima Singh, Welcom address by Dr. Sanjay Kumar singh, Vote of thank by Prof. Mishri Lal Sir . On second day of seminar renowned Scholar Alok Tandon, Dr Amit Mishra, Hemwati nandan bahuguna government Degree  College, had address the audience . Prof . Biharilal Sharma ,VC , Sampurnanad Sanskrit University, was the chief guest of the valedictory session, presidential remark had given by Prof. Devi Prasad Driwedi. Anchoring was done by Dr. Ramendra singh, Vote of thanks Given by Prof. Mishri Lal sir.

Department of philosophy, DAV PG College has organized two days Periodic Lecture sponsored by ICPR New Delhi, on 26-27 February 2024. On first day 26/02/2024, Prof. Ajay Verma ,  Professor, Centre for philosophy, JNU, has delivered a lecture on “Development of Philosophy of Language: Indian  And Western Perspective” and Prof. S.P. Pandey, Professor, Department of Philosophy And Religion has delivered lecture on “Role and relevance of K.C.Bhattacharaya in Contemporary Indian Philosophy”. On second day, 27/02/2024, Prof. Rishikant Pandey, Professor & HOD , Department of Philosophy, Allahabad University has delivered a lecture on “development and origin of analytical Philosophy”. Program was anchored by Dr.Sanjeev veer singh, welcome by Dr.  Sanjay Kumar Singh, vote of Thanks given by Dr. Ramendra Singh.

Department of Philosophy was organised a special lecture on the topic “Bharatiya Gyan Parampara ka udbhav aur Vikash” on 20-12-2023. The chief speaker of the programme was Professor Sri Prakash Pandey, ex HOD, department of philosophy and Religion, BHU. Welcome of the chief guest was don by the Convenor and head of the department Dr Sanjay Kumar Singh.Addressing the students Prof. Pandey threw light on the origine and development of the Indian knowledge tradition. Principal of the college Prof Satya Gopal jee also addressed the gathering.The programme was anchored by Dr. Ramendra Singh and vote of thanks was proposed by Professor Satish Kumar Singh. A large numbers of students participated in the programme.Chief Procter of the college Dr. Indrajeet Mishra, Dr Sanjay Kumar Singh, dept. of history and Dr. Omprakash also graced the programme. During the programme the other faculty members Dr. Sanjeev Veer priydarshi and Dr. Vishrut Dwivedi was also present. The programme was grand success.

 

Department of Philosophy, DAV PG College Varanasi organized two days International Seminar under the patronage of Prof Satya Dev Singh to celebrate World Philosophy Day-2022, which was sponsored by ICPR, New Delhi on 19th and 20th Jan 23, in college campus. The convener of the programme was Dr.Sanjay Kumar Singh HOD, Department of Philosophy. Eminent speakers were invited as the resource persons. Prof.Daniel Raveh from Israel University spoke on ‘The Contemporary Indian Philosophy: A Tasting Menu’ and Prof.Shiv Bhanu Singh from ECC. Prayagraj, Allahabad, University reflected on ‘ Ethics of Globalization on the first day i.e 19th jan ,23 . Around two hundred fifty students, many research scholars and faculty members from different departments participated to benefit from the programme. On the second Day i.e 20th January. Prof. Sachhidanand ishra,member Secretary ICPR New Delhi spoke on ‘Critical Thinking as Essence of Philosophy’ and Prof. Ambika Dutt Sharma Department of Philosophy ,Dr. Hari Singh Gour University ,Sagar ,M.P spoke on ‘De- colonization of the Indian Mind . More than two hundred fifty  students, many research scholars and faculty members from different Departments also joined on the second day. The programme had interaction round on both the days where students enquired their doubts.The programme began with thegarlanding of goddess Saraswati by the guest speakers thereafter prof. Satish Kumar Singh felicitated the guest speakers both the days. The programme was anchored by Dr. Ramendra Singh and Vote of thanks was given by Dr. Sanjeev veer Singh Priydarshi.On this occasion Prof. Satya Gopal ji, Prof. Mishrilal, Dr. Habibullah, Prof  Sameer Kumar Pathak, Dr  Indrajeet Mishra,Dr. Parul Jain, Dr. Sangeeta Jain, Dr. Mahima Singh, Dr. Bandanabalchandani, Dr. Mahima Singh, Dr. Chandan Kumar Pandey, Dr. Vishrut Dwivedi showed their gracious presence The programme was a grand success.

One Day lecter on ‘The Concept of Ethics in Buddhism’ was organized by Dept. of Philosophy. DAV PG College, Varanasi on 30.11.2022. The eminent guest speaker Prof. H. S. Prasad, former head of the department of Philosophy, University of Delhi, was invited for the programme. He addressed the gathering by his deep insight on Ethics of Gautam Buddha. He stated that in Dhammapad Gautam Buddha said that the mind is the most foremost, it is man’s friend as well as enemy. He further stated that sorrow is the ultimate truth of one’s life and one can not escape from it. The convener of the programme was vice principal  prof.Satish Kumar Singh and he also felicitated the speaker. The programme was anchored by Dr. Sanjeev Veer Singh Priyadarshi and Vote of thanks was given by HOD Dr. Sanjay Kumar Singh. Students participated in the programme with a lot of enthusiasm and fervour. The Programme was quite enriching and informative. Dr. Indrajeet Mishra, Prof. Mishrilal. Dr. Habibullah, Dr. Ramendra SINGH, Dr. Bandana Balchandani, Prof. Rakesh Kumar Dwivedi, Dr. Ravi Kant Tripathi showed their graceful presence.The programme was a grand success.

One Day special lecture on ‘Sanskritik Rashtrawad aur Bhartiya Itihash ki Punarvyakhyaa’ was organized by department of Philosophy DAV PG College, Varanasi on 14-11-2022. The eminent nationalist thinker and speaker was Shri Pushpendra Kulshrestha, The convener of the programme was Prof. Satish Kumar Singh who also felicitated chief speaker. The programme began with the garlanding ofgoddess Sarswati by the guest speaker thereafter Shri Pushpendra addressed the gathering by his insightful speech. He talked about that India was popular for debate in ancient Indian culture and sanaatan tradition. The day we left it ancient Indian tradition also eloped. He further stated that western pompous culture has made its place in India, we have to keep ourselves away from it then only we will be able to bring change. There was a interactive session after the speech of guest speaker, in which students enquired about their doubts. The programme wad anchored by Dr. Ramendra Singh and vote of thanks was given by HOD Dr. Sanjay Kumar Singh. On this occasion  Prof. Mishrilal, Prof. Madhu Shisaudiya. Prof. Vinod Kumar Chaudhary, Dr. Parul Jain, Dr. Habibullah, Dr. Sanjeev Priyadarshi, Dr. Chandan Pandey showed their gracious presence. The programme was a grand success.

Nine days National Workshop was organized by the Research Promotion Cell and Faculty of Arts (under the Aegis of IQAC), DAV PG College, Varanasi. on Research Methodology in Arts and Humanities (08-16 July. 2022). It was an interdisciplinary workshop conducted in series, there starting from English to Philosophy. The workshop witnessed experts and dignitaries from renowned universities. On 16th July 2022 Professor Ajay Verma Centre for Philosophy, School of Social science JNU, New Delhi delivered his reflections on ‘Some perspective from Classical Indian Philosophy. He further said Philosophy is methodology in itself and stated that it is the mother of all subjects. The unique thing about Philosophy is that it discovers those facts which are unknown and unknowable. It was a very interactive session where a large number of teachers, research scholars and students attended the workshop and enriched their experiences. The take away was quite sound and fruitful. The programme was anchored by Head of Department Dr. Satish Kumar Singh and a vote of thanks was given by Assistant professor Dr. Sanjay Kumar Singh. The coordinator and all the heads of the departments and faculty members graced the Programme. The programme was a grand success.

One day lecture “Discourse on Indian Philosophy, Culture and Spirituality”, was organized by the Department of Philosophy, DAV. P. G College, Varanasi on4th April 2022 at 1pm in online mode. Eminent speaker Dr. Shiva Bhanu Singh, Professor and Head,Ewing Christian College, Prayagraj, was the guest speaker in this event. More than a hundred students participated with a lot of Zest and fervour. The program was hosted by Asst. Professor Dr. Sanjay Kumar Singh under the patronship of Principal Dr. Satya Dev Singh. Thereafter Dr. Shiv Bhanu Singh gave a deep reflection on ‘Indian Philosophy, Culture and Spirituality’. He stated that Indian Philosophy is the foundation of Indian culture and spirituality. There is a lot of differences between Indian and Western Philosophy. Presiding over the program Principal Dr. S.D Singh added that Indian philosophy strengthens the concept of ‘Vasudhaiv Kutumbkam’. It contains the essence of compassion and friendship. The program was quite enriching and fruitful. The program ended with a Vote of thanks by Dr. Ramendra Singh. Head of Department Dr. Satish Kr. Singh Associate Professor, Dr. Sanjeev Veer Singh Priyadarshi also showed their valuable presence throughout the program. The program was a Grand success.