Beloo Mehra

Makings of a Truly Learner-centric Education: Sri Aurobindo and Maria Montessori

All Life is Yoga, BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India, Past Works

Date: May 3, 2024 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Center for Advanced Research, Pondicherry As part of its offerings on the 150th birthday of Sri Aurobindo, Sri Aurobindo Center for Advanced Research (SACAR), Pondicherry launched a project titled Sri Aurobindo: A Visionary Among World Thinkers. Sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, this project has

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Rethinking Communications beyond Polarities – Talk by Beloo Mehra at International Conference

BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India, Past Works

Date: April 8, 2024 Venue: Pondicherry University Watch the Recording. On April 8, 2024, Dr. Beloo Mehra was invited to deliver a talk at the Inauguration ceremony of an International Conference on ‘Future Communications: Rethinking Societies, Cultures and Governance’ organized by the Department of Electronic Media and Mass Communications, School of Media and Communications, Pondicherry

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Social Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo – PG Course at Pondicherry University

Courses and Study Groups, Education for New India, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Start date: November 23, 2023 End date: March 12, 2024 Venue: Pondicherry University On Siddhi Divas, November 24, 2023 we announced that under our ongoing partnership with Pondicherry University (the official MoU was signed in August 2023) we had launched a new post-graduate course on ‘Social Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo’. Much hard work by Dr.

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Indian Culture and Integral Education – An Interaction with Flame University Students

BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Date: February 26, 2024 A group of 10 students and 1 faculty member from Flame University, Pune visited Sri Aurobindo Society in the last week of February for a series of educational events and interactions. This visit was part of their ongoing research project on Integral Education. On behalf of Sri Aurobindo Society, SAFIER (Sri

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From Rational to Suprarational: An Essential Evolutionary Movement for Collective Well-being

All Life is Yoga, BhāratShakti Talks, Conferences and Seminars, Education for New India, Past Works

Date: February 11, 2024 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Uni(Di)versity, Aurovalley Ashram, Uttarakhand WATCH THE RECORDING HERE. On February 11, Dr. Beloo Mehra was invited to deliver a talk at a National Seminar held in Uttarakhand. The 2-day (Feb 11-12, 2024) National Seminar on Synthesis of Science and Spirituality for the Highest Welfare of Society was jointly

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Rethinking Love and Relationships in a New Light

All Life is Yoga, BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India, Past Works

Date: January 11, 2024 As part of the Annual Youth Camp 2024 organised by AuroYouth, Dr. Beloo Mehra was invited to conduct an interactive session with the participants. The 1.5-hour-long session on January 11 focused on the topic ‘Rethinking Love and Relationships in a New Light’. Love and relationships are the root of all human

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Discourses on Art and Spirituality – 27 sessions

Art and Spirituality, Guest Lectures, Past Works

In 2023, BhāratShakti through its Renaissance journal & Sri Aurobindo Integral Life Center (SAILC), Auro University, Surat joined hands to launch a year-long project titled ‘Kala evam Adhyatma’ (Art and Spirituality). Under the auspices of this project, the team organized an online series of Discourses on Art and Spirituality. Through this weekly series, the registered participants

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Gender Equality from Indian Cultural Perspectives

BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

How does Indian cultural tradition look at the issue of man-woman equality? Are equality and freedom the only values of concern when it comes to an Indian view of feminism? What insights we can gain from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother on this important topic concerning our individual and collective life in contemporary society? This

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Sri Aurobindo’s Uttarpara Speech: Its Timely and Timeless Significance

BhāratShakti Talks, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Date: October 29, 2023 Venue: Online WATCH THE RECORDING At the invitation of a small group of seekers from the USA, on October 29, 2023, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti and Editor, Renaissance delivered an online talk on the topic ‘Sri Aurobindo’s Uttarpara Speech: Its Timely and Timeless Significance’. Dr. Mehra pointed out that Sri

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Exhibition on Nari Shakti: Woman, an Indomitable Spirit

Education for New India, Exhibitions, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Dates: October 10 – 26, 2023 Venue: The Creative School, Bengaluru A poster exhibition researched and designed by Dr. Beloo Mehra, Editor, Renaissance, is currently on display at the Freedom Land campus of The Creative School in Bengaluru. The exhibition content on the theme – Nari Shakti: Woman, an Indomitable Spirit – is inspired by

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Invoking Shakti: Workshop on ‘The Divine Feminine in Indian Culture’

Education for New India, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti, Workshops

Dates: October 9 to 12, 2023 Venue: The Creative School, Bengaluru VIEW: PHOTO ALBUMS FROM THE WORKSHOP As part of the Renaissance journal’s special theme on Divine Shakti, the Renaissance team conceived, organized and conducted a 4-day intensive workshop on the theme – “Invoking Shakti: The Divine Feminine in Indian Culture.” This workshop was held

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Worship of the Divine Mother in Integral Yoga – Talk at International Seminar

All Life is Yoga, BhāratShakti Talks, Past Works

Date: September 26, 2023 Venue: Pondicherry University Listen to the Talk HERE. Dr. Beloo Mehra recently attended the International Seminar on ‘Tantric Religion: Philosophy, Literature, Cults, Art, History and Continuities’ organised by Department of History at Pondicherry University in association with Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts (IGNCA), Regional Chapter, Puducherry, and Indian Council

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Summarising Sri Aurobindo’s series – “A Rationalistic Critic on Indian Culture”

BhāratShakti Talks, India-Our Mother, Samvād: The Book Series

On August 16, 2023, Dr. Beloo Mehra was invited to give a talk based on Sri Aurobindo’s essays titled ‘A Rationalistic Critic on Indian Culture’. This event was organised at Unity Pavillion, Auroville as part of the Auroville’s celebration of Sri Aurobindo’s birthday. The focus of the 12-day-long celebration was on Sri Aurobindo’s First Dream

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Sri Aurobindo on Indian Art and Temple Architecture

Art and Spirituality, BhāratShakti Talks, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Date: September 9, 2023 Venue: Puducherry World History Congress, Pondicherry University As part of the First Annual Session of the Puducherry World History Congress, hosted by Department of Tourism Studies, Pondicherry University, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Director, BhāratShakti, was invited to present a special lecture on September 9, 2023 on the topic “Sri Aurobindo on Indian

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Signing of MoU between Sri Aurobindo Society and Pondicherry University

Education for New India, Past Works

Date: August 29, 2023 Venue: Pondicherry University On August 29, 2023, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Sri Aurobindo Society and Pondicherry University. The special ceremony, hosted by Pondicherry University, was chaired by Vice-Chancellor Prof. Gurmeet Singh. Shri Pradeep Narang, Chairman of Sri Aurobindo Society and Prof. Rajneesh Bhutani, Registrar, Pondicherry University, signed the

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Indian-ness in 21st Century: Seminar organised with Pondicherry University

Conferences and Seminars, Education for New India, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Date: August 21, 2023 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Society Click HERE for Seminar Photo Gallery BhāratShakti department of Sri Aurobindo Society, planned and organised an insightful and thought-provoking seminar on “INDIAN-NESS IN 21st CENTURY” in collaboration with Chair of Sri Aurobindo, Pondicherry University. The seminar held on 21st August 2023 at Sri Aurobindo Society celebrated 150

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Sri Aurobindo’s ‘The Renaissance in India’

BhāratShakti Talks, India-Our Mother, Past Works

Date: August 20, 2023 Venue: Unity Pavilion, Auroville Watch HERE. On August 20, 2023, Dr. Beloo Mehra, Editor, Renaissance and Senior Academic Mentor, was invited to be part of a panel discussion based on Sri Aurobindo’s essays titled ‘The Renaissance in India’ This conference event was organised at Unity Pavilion, Auroville as part of Auroville’s

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