Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan, Wardha

Mumbai-based Journalist and Author Rajni Bakshi Visits Sevagram Ashram   Ms . Rajni Bakshi—prominent Mumbai-based journalist, public speaker, founder of the online platform Ahimsa Conversations , and author of the acclaimed 1998 book Bapu Kuti: Journeys in Rediscovery of Gandhi —visited the Library and Research Centre of Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan on June 19, 2026.She had the unique opportunity to address the International Fellowship   Program on Nonviolence and Peace  (IFPNP) of  the ashram in one of the batches.  During her visit, the centre’s director  Dr. Siby K. Joseph  briefed Ms. Bakshi on both their residential and online programmes.. Furthermore, she was introduced to the library's extensive physical book collection as well as its rare archival and digital repositories. The visit was facilitated by Ms. Shubhangini Vairagade of the library staff. Concluding her visit, Ms. Bakshi generously offered her services and expertise to support th...

Official Visit of Government Delegations to Sevagram Ashram ahead of 3rd BRICS Transport Working Group Meeting     A high-level group of government officials representing various departments and ministries visited Sevagram Ashram on June 18, 2026. This preparatory visit was organized in connection with the upcoming 3rd BRICS Transport Working Group Meeting, scheduled to take place in Nagpur, Maharashtra, from July 9 to 12, 2026.  On behalf of the Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan, Dr Siby K.Joseph warmly welcomed the visiting officials. During their tour of the ashram's heritage buildings, Dr  Siby Joseph briefed the group on their deep historical significance, detailing how these iconic structures are intimately connected to India's struggle for freedom and the various socio-economic initiatives launched by Mahatma Gandhi from this historic site.  The officials then proceeded to the Ashram Library and Research Centre. There, they viewed a brief, historical video pres...

Shri  Ramesh Chandra Kaithal and Er. Rajendra Prasad working on a book  project on Jaglal Choudhari came to  Sevagram Ashram on June 17,2026 in search of  archival materials . During their stay in the Ashram, they visited Library and Research Centre of Sevagram Ashram  and held discussions with Dr.Siby K. Joseph.   

  The Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan in Wardha paid rich tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on June 7, 2026, marking the 133rd anniversary of the Pietermaritzburg Railway incident. Since its inception, the Ashram's Library and Research Centre for Gandhian Studies has been instrumental in organising both offline and online programmes, including international webinars dedicated to this historic event. For this occasion, the Centre shared its rich collection of resources—including a short film and archival materials—with various organisations and institutions interested in hosting commemorative events. In an online session, Dr. Siby K. Joseph explored the transformative impact of the Pietermaritzburg railway station incident on the life and work of a young Mohandas, describing it as the foundational moment of Gandhi's philosophy of non-violent resistance. Dr. Joseph emphasised that the enduring lesson from Pietermaritzburg is clear: discrimination of any kind, on any basis, and at any level ...

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  Gandhi’s   Sevagram: A Laboratory of Non-violence A presentation on the occasion of the 91st Foundation Day of Sevagram Ashram  By Siby Kollappallil Joseph Sevagram Ashram is perhaps the most significant site in our history—a place where one can still feel the pulse of India’s freedom struggle. It was here, during the final and most profound chapter of his life, that Mahatma Gandhi undertook his most radical experiments in human living, spanning the socio-economic and political realms. Gandhi's arrival at Segaon on April 30 1936 His arrival in Wardha was not a mere change of location; it was the result of a specific historical turning point. Sevagram was fundamentally different from his earlier communities, such as the Phoenix Settlement and Tolstoy Farm in South Africa, or the Satyagraha Ashrams in Kochrab and Sabarmati. It was not an "ashram" in the traditional sense; it was a  laboratory of non-violence , where principles were tested on the ground to...