Announcements Spirituality & Society Magazine Spirituality Issue 8, 26-Oct-21 EN

Announcement: OMRISE Conference

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Personal Finance for Women: The Consciousness Revolution


Themes

Retirement Planning,  Mutual Funds, Risk Management, Estate Planning, Investment Management, Cultural aspects involving money management, Insights from Spirituality

Research shows that the traditional concept of personal finance is not much understood and practiced by people worldwide but even a bigger concern is ignoring the cultural context of personal finance. While the western philosophy of finance is more materialistic, the traditional Bhartiya thinking has been holistic as it also takes the spiritual aspects in consideration. More details below:


Date :                                                       

16th – 17th  December 2021


The holistic approach of Bhāratīya ideas is quite visible through focus on concepts like Śubha Lābha, Puruṣārtha, Devī Lakṣmī Pūjana, Bhakti Dhana, Vidyā Dhana, Values, Saṃskāra, and Lokasaṃgraha. Perspectives provided in Śrīmadbhagavadgītā and other ancient literature gets reflected in researches of renowned thinkers like Shankaracharya Swami Nischalananda Saraswati, and scholars like Prof. Sharda Nandram, Prof. DPS Bhawuk, Prof. S K Chakraborty, Prof. Subhash Sharma, Prof. M B Athreya. These contemporary researches have resulted into innovative concepts like integrative intelligence (Nandram et.al 2017) and higher order purpose of existence and are the seeds for a dharmic world. To foster the sustainability this conference would present the traditional as well as the bharatiya perspective of personal finance through the discussion by eminent researchers, authors, policy makers and practitioners like:

  • Ms. Akansha Arora, Dy. Director, Ministry of Finance, Government of India
  • Prof. Monika Halan, Author of the bestseller: Let’s Talk Money and Columnist at Bloomberg
  • Prof. (Dr.) Sharda Nandram, Professor of Hindu-Spirituality, Vrije University, Amsterdam
  • Prof. (Dr.) Lokanath Mishra, First Ph.D. of Personal Finance in India and Ex-MD IFCI Fin. Serv.
  • Dr. Sharad Nair, Philanthropist and Founder & Director, Apex Advisors, Dubai
  • Dr. Vikas Balia, Lawyer, Investor and Social Entrepreneur   

The conference has a special focus on the needs of women in attaining personal financial goals.

The conference is being organized by the OMRISE group, partnered by seven organizations, Buurtzorg of the Netherlands, Praan group of the Netherlands, Banasthali Vidyapith, India, Dev Sanskriti Vishvavidyalaya, Haridwar, India, GTU Ahmedabad India, IMS-DAVV, India, and Culture, India. 

For more information one may write to <ashutoshpareek1@banasthali.in>, <madhulikasingh@banasthali.in>  while the registration link is  https://forms.gle/XjagBF69U9TKXpL28 

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