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Feature — By Shri RN Ravi, September 2023
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On 29th February, Svaram inaugurated its new Sound Garden at the allocated 2-acre site for its projected campus in the Industrial Zone of Auroville, in the presence of Special Guests of Honour, Thiru R.N. Ravi, Governor of Tamil Nadu and Chairman of the Governing Board, and Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan, the Governor of Telangana and Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry and member of the Governing Board. The colourful opening was also attended by Dr. Jayanti S. Ravi, IAS, Secretary of the Auroville Foundation. This marked another milestone in the development of Svaram which, for over 20 years, has been creating musical instruments and conducting sound research, as well as running cultural programmes and personal growth/wellbeing trainings.
The Chairman of the Governing Board and Hon’ble Governor of Tamil Nadu, Shri R.N Ravi, accompanied by three members of the Governing Board, Smt. Dr. Nirima Oza, Shri Goutam Ghosal and Shri Aravindan Neelakandan, and the Secretary Dr. Jayanti Ravi, addressed the community on 7th November. Here are some extracts from his 40 minute speech.
Feature, November 2021
On October this year, the Ministry of Education of the Government of India appointed Auroville’s new Governing Board and new International Advisory Council. On these pages we present a brief overview of the new members. The data and pictures, where available, have been gleaned from the Internet.
