Celebration of Yoga Day

Organized five days’ workshop in association with ‘Ambika Yoga Kutir’ on “YOGA” from 19th June to 23rd June 2017 for students and teachers. Approximately 15 students and 4 teachers actively participated in the workshop.

On the occasion of International Yoga Day 21st June 2016-17,2017-18, 2018-19,2019-20, a separate Yoga session was conducted in a college auditorium for college students. Many students and teachers participated and benefited from this session.

On the occasion of the International Yoga Day, 21st June, 2020, the Department of Philosophy organized a webinar on the topic ‘Yoga for holistic wellbeing amidst the pandemic of Covid-19’ from 8:00 am to 9:30 am. A practical session for yoga was conducted by Ms. Shivani Mane who has completed her masters in yoga shastras. Almost 89 participants attended this session which included students, faculty members and non-teaching staff.

Guest Lectures and Workshops

• Guest Lecture on ‘Moral injunctions as a way of Life’ by Prof. Shobha H. Doshi 4th February, 2011

• Talk on ‘Big Bang, Stephen Hawking and God’ by Henry Shafer 6th February, 2014

• In association with Bodhimarga Foundation the department of Philosophy organized a workshop on Nada Yoga- Sound Therapy on 8th February 2019. This workshop was attended and participated by 68 students and 8 faculty members from different stream.

• A workshop on ‘Pranik Healing’ was organized on 9th December, 2019. 22 college students and college teachers from various departments participated in the workshop.

• A talk was organized on Philosophical Praxis on 17th February 2020, was delivered by Dr. Suchitra Naik, Principal of Joshi Bedekar College, Thane. It was attended by 55 students.

• On the occasion of Madhvacharya Jayanti on 26th October 2020, the department of philosophy, under the Tattvadarshan Association organized an online talk by using the platform of Google meet on the topic of ‘From A-Principle to K-Principle’ by Dr. Sharmila Virkar, Department of Philosophy, University of Mumbai. This session was attended by 63 participants which included students and faculty members. 

Open Forum and Student Activities

Organized an Open Forum on 10th August 2019 for students of all faculty where 27 seven students actively participated in the activity. Topics for discussion in forum were as follows:

• Can one be secular and religious at the same time?

• Role of Women in Religion.

The department of Philosophy, under the Tattvadarshan Association, the students of first year philosophy class started a club named ‘The Philosophy Cult’ and organized an event “For the live of wisdom” to discuss different branches and misconceptions of philosophy. The first event was conducted on 22nd November 2021 and second event on 8th December 2021 by using the platform of Google meet. The first event was attended by 77 participants and the second event was attended by 45 participants. This event was specially organized by the students and for the students.

• Students of T.Y.B.A., the department of philosophy, under the Tattvadarshan Association organized online screening and open forum on Modern social philosophical documentary named “Examined Life” on 20th and 21st December 2021 by using the platform of Google meet. This session was registered and attended by 33 participants which included students and faculty members.

• The department of Philosophy, under the Tattvadarshan Association, the student (F.Y.B.A.) organized club ‘The Philosophy Cult’ presented an event named “Pages From Philosophers’ Past” to discuss some interesting incidents from the lives of a few philosophers. This event was conducted on 10th March 2022 on Zoom platform, it was attended by 52 participants.