Issue Nº394 – News in brief

The Auroville Council held its first meeting with the community on its work over the past 14 months on Monday 18th April at the Unity Pavilion. Around 200 residents attended the meeting plus 70 online. The Council members gave a presentation on their work and participated in an open question and answer session. The questions harvested during the meeting and the answers will be shared. The event can be seen at https://youtu.be/qJPfwRMcZm8

The 3rd issue of Auroville Tomorrow, the newsletter of Auroville Outreach Media now managed by the Auroville Foundation, is available from mediainterface-avf@auroville.org.in.

Prof. Chetan S. Solanki, IIT Bombay and Brand Ambassador of Solar Energy Government of MP, also referred to as Solar Man of India or Solar Gandhi by the press, who has undertaken a world tour of 11 years in a solar bus to create a publics awareness movement called Energy Swaraj Yatra (2020-2030) to spread the message of solar energy as it relates to climate change, visited Auroville on April 14 and 15 and interacted with many Aurovilians.

The Sri Aurobindo Integral Education Network (SAIEN) is offering 11 courses. To celebrate Sri Aurobindo's 150th Birth Anniversary, various centres and institutions dedicated to Sri Aurobindo have come together to collaborate and offer courses. For registration, fee and details of the course please visit: https://integraledu.in/courses/

A documentary slideshow recounting the Mother's journey in Her own words from childhood till Her final arrival in Pondicherry has been made by the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education and can be seen at the https://www.youtube.com/watch

Through a Facebook post from the Central Public Works Department of the Government of India the community learned that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Auroville Foundation on March 15, 2022 for the execution of projects related to the making of the Auroville City. The content of the MoU has not been shared with the Auroville residents or its Working Committee.

On April 22nd, the Governing Board of the Auroville Foundation held its 59th meeting. The meeting was attended in person by Dr. Nirima Oza, Shri. Aravindan Neelakandan, Prof. R. S. Sarraju and Dr. Seetharaman (OSD, Auroville Foundation). Chairman Shri R. N. Ravi and Prof. Goutam Ghosal and Secretary Dr Jayanti Ravi attended the meeting online. Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan, Prof. Nandana Gurappa Basappa and the two ex-officio members did not attend the meeting. The minutes of this meeting will be published soon.