Pune (P&V News Service) : ‘Sharad Joshi: Leading Farmers to the Centre Stage,’ the English biography of the late farmer leader by well-known writer Bhanu Kale will be released on Sunday, June 5, at an event organised by Pune International Centre (PIC).
The release of the book by the eminent journalist and Rajya Sabha MP, Kumar Ketkar, will be accompanied with a book discussion on the topic, ‘Sharad Joshi: The Man Who Introduced Bharat to India,’ on 5th June 2022 at Sumant Moolgaonkar Hall, ground floor, ICC Trade Towers from 6 pm to 7.15 pm.
The participants in the discussion include Dr Ajit Ranade, Vice Chancellor, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE), Prof Pradeep Apte (Professor Emeritus, Savitribai Phule Pune University), Mr. Govindbhau Joshi, Managing Trustee, Shetkari Sanghatana Trust and Mr Bhanu Kale, eminent writer and the author of the book.
The event is open for all. For registrations please contact 7722071002 or email: picmanager@puneinternationalcentre.org.
Every month, the PIC, a policy research think tank, conducts a number of online programmes such as discussions on contemporary issues, book conversations, webinars and Pune Sanwad (programme in Marathi), among other events.
The centre, which is led by its President Dr RA Mashelkar and Vice-President, Dr Vijay Kelkar, works in the areas of National Security, Energy Environment and Climate Change, Social Innovation, Science, Technology, Innovation & National Growth, and Economic Reforms & Urbanisation. PIC has more than 400 eminent persons as its members who include very senior retired Defence officials, senior retired bureaucrats and policy makers, scientists and corporate leaders. This is besides 55 Institutional Members such as the IITs, IIMs, top universities and research organisations.
The PIC holds regular webinars and online discussions and publishes a number of research papers and policy recommendations. PIC’s book, ‘Rising to the China Challenge: Winning Through Strategic Patience and Economic Growth’ was published last year.
