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BHARAT SOKA GAKKAI
Bharat Soka Gakkai (BSG) is an organisation engaged in peace, culture and education activities based on the humanistic philosophy. It is part of the larger Soka Gakkai International (SGI) network, a global organisation that seeks to promote the values of peace and respect for all people and comprises of more than 12 million people in 192 countries and territories around the world. BSG members are spread over 600 cities and towns across India.
SGI PRESIDENT IKEDA’S 2022 PEACE PROPOSAL
Transforming Human History: The Light of Peace and Dignity
Concerning humanity’s response to the pandemic, President Ikeda calls for solidarity built on awareness of our interconnectedness and states: “I believe firmly that the key factor determining the direction of history will prove not to have been the virus, but we humans ourselves.”
Change Maker Humanity Award
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Tell us about Bharat Soka Gakkai?
Bharat Soka Gakkai (BSG) is the Indian affiliate of Soka Gakkai International (SGI), a global association of grassroots organizations that seeks to promote the values of peace and respect for all people. SGI comprises of more than 12 million members spread across 192 countries and territories…
PEACE SYMPOSIUMS
We all seek peace, in society and in our personal lives but barriers that exist between people and nations make it seem elusive. Ikeda, however, believes otherwise. “Peace is not some abstract concept,” he says. “It is a question of how each one of us plants and cultivates the seeds of peace in the reality of daily living, in the depths of our being.”
EDUCATION DIVISION
Since 1992, The Education Division has been active in imparting encouragement and direction to all educators in BSG. Through various activities like organizing workshops and related events in schools and academic institutions, Education Division is emphasizing the importance of humanistic education.
BSG EXHIBITIONS
BSG is active in public education with a focus on peace, human rights and sustainable education. In order to raise awareness on such issues and to foster interconnectedness, BSG organizes exhibitions that tour the country reaching out to students, academicians , artists and others, highlighting a common humanity and the power that even one individual has the power to affect change.
HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES
Towards Humanitarian Relief Supporting SGI’s humanistic movement, BSG members have actively organised financial assistance and emergency relief in India to help the victims of natural disasters. The primary objective of these activities is to save lives, alleviate suffering, and maintain human dignity.
WORDS OF WISDOM
“Friendly greetings serve as an opening to heart-to-heart exchange from which we can set out onto the ocean of friendship.”
SOKA BODHI TREE GARDEN
Soka Bodhi Tree Garden was envisaged by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda as a centre for exchange of friendship and a training ground through peace, culture & education activities. In the inaugural message, President Ikeda said, “I am positive that from among those who will come to visit this garden in the future… there will emerge great leaders. It will be a place where leaders from various fields around the world will come to meet in order to cultivate and develop themselves, inspiring and stimulating each other’s growth.”
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Dr. Randeep Guleria
Director, AIIMS, New Delhi
Padma Shri -
Ms. Shaheen Mistri
Founder and CEO,
Teach for India -
Ms. Hasina Kharbhih
Founder and Chairperson
Impulse NGO Network -
Mr. Sujay Santra
Founder & CEO
Ikure
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Mr. Vishesh Gupta
Chairperson
Bharat Soka Gakkai -
Ms. Rashi Ahuja
Director, Head of External Relations
Bharat Soka Gakkai -
Rupesh Chaurasia
from Teach for India
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Ankit Tyagi
Emcee -
Ms. Devika Punjabi
Moderator
Peace Symposium Webinar based on SGI President Daisaku Ikeda’s 2021 Peace Proposal titled
“Value Creation in a Time of Crisis” held on 8th September 2021
Birsa Agricultural University (BAU)
Confers Honorary Professorship
upon President Ikeda
Venue: Birsa Agricultural University (BAU), Ranchi
Date: 21st April 2022
Xavier University Bhubaneswar
Confers Honorary Doctorate in Sustainability Management upon President Ikeda
Venue: Xavier School of Sustainability, Bhubaneswar
Date: 22nd November 2019
Jaipur National University
Confers Honorary Doctorate in Philosophy
upon President Ikeda
Venue: Dr Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi
Date: 21st November 2019
Manav Rachna University
Confers Honoris Causa on
SGI President Daisaku Ikeda
Venue: Dr Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi
Date: 23rd September 2019
