The 142nd birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on October 2 will be a very special day for 10 students of University of Mumbai (MU), who will celebrate Gandhi Jayanti in South Africa and discuss the Gandhi’s relevance in today’s world.
The students of JBIMS, Welingkar, Sydenham Institute of Management and Amity Business School, along with three professors, have reached Pretoria in South Africa for the 5-day visit as guests of Unisia University. Each student has prepared a presentation on Gandhian philosophy, relating it with micro-credit, micro-financing and self-sustainable village initiatives.
The students have been selected for the trip under MU’s social initiative Mumbai University New Initiative for Joint Action Now.
Vivek Jain of JBIMS said, “I am thrilled to have my first foreign trip in a country where many streets bear Gandhiji’s name. I want to know how the youth there identifies with Gandhiji who started work in their country and then became a global icon.”
The initiative aims to develop a common platform to take brand Gandhi global, initially through social networking sites.
On Gandhi’s death anniversary next year — January 30 — the students from South Africa will visit Mumbai.
