As part of commemoration of 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi (from October 2, 2018 to October 30, 2020), DGMC organized an Institute Lecture by Mr. Tushar Gandhi – great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi. He is the Director of the Gandhi Research Foundation in Jalgaon, Maharashtra.
The Literati Club of DGMC invited Mr Tushar Gandhi to speak on How Gandhi used available Media Tools for his Activism and his Mass Movements and Gandhi and his Ethics for Mass Media as an Instrument of Protest & Reforms”. This was help on Zoom. RSET chairperson Mr. Ashok M Saraf welcomed the guest. The other dignitary present for this session was the Trustee donor Mr Naren ji Goenka. The event started with invocation song followed by a welcome address. The guest lecture was preceded by a short talk by the Principal of DGMC, Dr. Amee Vora.Mr Gandhi spoke about Bapu as a journalist and a leader who understood the potential of media and thus used media in this work. He also clarified certain misconceptions about Gandhi. In his talk he emphasized the importance of basic media strategies used by Bapu for Protest & Reforms. The students received the lecture with admiration and they also found it appropriate. The points made by Mr Gandhi opened new avenues to understand and study Gandhi.