NEW DELHI: The Nationwide Institute of Instructional Planning and Administration (NIEPA) organized the sixteenth Maulana Azad Memorial Lecture on the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi to mark Nationwide Training Day.The occasion paid tribute to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, a identified freedom fighter, visionary statesman and the primary training minister of unbiased India, by recognizing his contribution to nation-building by training. Professor Kumar Suresh delivered the introductory remarks and welcomed the gathering.Delivering the memorial lecture on “Up to date Training within the Mild of Sri Aurobindo: Faculty Training because it Might Be and Ought to Be,” Prof (Dr) Ramesh Bijlani, Trustee, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, spoke about “Integral Training”, a holistic method that develops the bodily, emotional, psychological and internal dimensions of learners.He emphasised that training ought to transfer past rote studying to foster curiosity, creativity and clear pondering, whereas nurturing pleasure in studying to construct lifelong learners. Prof Bijlani underlined the significance of “psychic training” and highlighted the combination of Indian values, yoga and reflective practices in class training. Quoting Sri Aurobindo, he stated, “The chief purpose of training ought to be to assist the rising soul to attract out that in itself which is finest and make it good for a noble use.”Talking on the event, Prof Shashikala Wanjari, Vice-Chancellor, NIEPA, stated, “Maulana Azad’s imaginative and prescient continues to encourage India’s instructional journey.”The lecture introduced collectively academicians, policymakers, researchers and college students to debate concepts shaping training for an inclusive and progressive society.