Chandigarh : The presentation focuses on the use of remote sensing in our world. Tools such as Satellite images, Air Photo, CCTV Cameras were shared with the students. Important implications of location services that are constantly used in our cell phones were addressed. An important issue that was shared with faculty and students was related to Gandhi ji and the peaceful use of these tools. If these tools were available during Gandhi ji’s time, he would have embraced them as tools for communication but he would have cautioned the users also about the drawbacks. He would have kept in view the rights of individuals. These views were expressed by Dr. Rakesh Malhotra, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental, Earth and Geospatial Sciences, NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY, Durham, North Carolina, USA who is on Foreign Visiting Faculty in the Department of Gandhian and Peace Studies, PU, Chandigarh . In his expository talk, Dr. Rakesh highlighted that how we keep the positivity of these tools for the betterment of the humanity and as tool of brotherhood as a very thin line is always between the right and wrong. As these tools are just like our 5 sensing organs of the body.
Dr. Manish Sharma, Chairperson, Department of Gandhian and Peace studies, welcoming the participants, highlighted that PU is consistently maintaining its leadership position in higher education and research on account of vibrant academic environment with the kind of interaction on different aspects of research with the national and international faculty, which will help in developing more global and pluralistic view of the outer world and also in developing the holistic perspective to harness skills to empathize with societal and ethical ramifications. He also highlighted that PU is making earnest efforts under the guidance of Prof Raj Kumar to ensure collaboration with different international universities. The lecture received enthusiastic response from different departments with the participation and interaction with the faculty members, students and researchers from other departments too.