Dr. Sriprakash Kothari, a top professor of the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology, would chair the second World Hindu Congress that is to be held in Chicago this September, proclaimed by organizers of the mega event.
Delegates from over 80 countries estimated at more than 2,000 are expected to attend the second edition of the quadrennial conference. The conference to be addressed by nearly 250 distinguished speakers from across the globe, including Tibetan Spiritual leader Dalai Lama, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat, and Richard Gere.
“It gives me great pleasure to announce the highly distinguished and world-renowned Dr. Sriprakash Kothari as the chairman for the World Hindu Congress 2018,” Dr. Abhaya Asthana, convener of the Congress, said.
Kothari is the head of the Department of Economic, finance and accounting at the Sloan School of Management, MIT and professor of Gordon Y Billard.
He recently accomplished a six-year stint as deputy dean at the Sloan School of Management, with close to two decades at this premier institute.
He is serving as a co-chair of the Board of Governors of the Asia School of Business, Kuala Lumpur, faculty director of the MIT-India program and an editor of world-renowned academic publication Journal of Accounting & Economics.
“The Hindu tradition accommodates diversity and welcomes evolution of thought. I view this as an opportunity to march forward in our quest for a better society,” he said in a message to WHC organizing team.
“WHC must work towards a society that not only values meritocracy, morality, and accountability for action but also compassion for the weak and disadvantaged as its cornerstones; to transcend the regional, linguistic and denominational identities into a larger Hindu identity. WHC must be at the forefront in championing these causes,” Kothari added.
Kothari said the WHC must foster cooperation among those with ideas and with resources, and view commerce as a necessary means of furthering Hindu society for a better world tomorrow.
The three-day conference at Chicago from September 7 to 9 would comprise of conferences on economics, media, organization, education, women, politics and youth.
By Sowmya Sangam
