Surat Literature Festival from January 17-19; Ex-CJI Gogoi, Sudhanshu Trivedi, Uday Mahurkar among speakers

Surat: The third edition of the Surat Literature Festival will begin on Friday, organized by the Surat Literary Foundation. The event will be held at the convention hall of Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU).

The three-day event, scheduled from January 17 to 19, will be attended by dignitaries, including former Chief Justice of India and Rajya Sabha MP Ranjan Gogoi, Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Trivedi, former ISRO Chief Dr. A S Kiran Kumar, former Information Commissioner Uday Mahurkar, and several others.

Around 65 dignitaries from 16 different fields, including politics, law, journalism, Bollywood, science, and academia, have confirmed their participation in the event.

Gopal Goswami, one of the organizers, stated, “This year, we have named the festival ‘Bharat@2047.’ Former ISRO chairman Dr. AS Kiran Kumar will be present, along with state Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi, Lieutenant General N S Raja Subramani, religious leaders, and other dignitaries.”

According to the organizers, the first day of the event will feature a session on national security by Lt Gen Subramani and journalist Smita Prakash. In the afternoon, Lt General (retired) L Nishikanta Singh, Shamika Ravi (advisor to the PMO), and Sushant Sareen (Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation) will discuss foreign policy. Later in the day, there will be discussions on “Mahila Shakti” and “Re-establishing Vedic Dharma – Challenges and Solutions.” DeshGujarat