20/01/2026
𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦 | 𝐔𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 | 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐠𝐞-𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚
The 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬’ 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞 – 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, organised under the visionary initiative '𝐊𝐡𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐩𝐧𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐳𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐧 𝐊𝐚' ( #𝐊𝐀𝐁), marked a powerful step towards redefining how India engages with its elderly population — not through sympathy, but through 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭, 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
As India moves towards a crucial demographic milestone — with 𝟐𝟑𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟑𝟔 — this conference reaffirmed a collective resolve to place 𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲, 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 at the heart of national discourse.
𝐀 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 & 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩
Held in collaboration with 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐯 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐚 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲, the conference brought together policymakers, administrators, veterans, legal minds, healthcare experts, educators, psychologists, youth leaders, and civil society to deliberate on
“𝐀𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚: 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.”
𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 & 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧
We express our deepest gratitude to:
• 𝐃𝐫. 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐟 𝐐𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐢, 𝐈𝐏𝐒, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Heavy Industries, Government of India Chief Guest – Inaugural Session
• 𝐒𝐡. 𝐑𝐚𝐣𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐍𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐫, Hon’ble Minister of State (IC), Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, Government of Haryana, Chief Guest – Valedictory Session
Their words reaffirmed that 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲, deserving safety, dignity, participation, and policy priority.
𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 & 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬
Gratitude to all panelists, speakers, veterans, youth participants, and dignitaries including 𝐌𝐫𝐬. 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐉𝐢 (𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐫, 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐝), 𝐒𝐡. 𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐤 𝐋𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐚, 𝐈𝐀𝐒 (𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐝.), 𝐌𝐫𝐬. 𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢 𝐃. 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡, senior administrators, academicians, and civil society leaders who enriched the dialogue with insight, empathy, and experience.
𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 – 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞
With immense respect, we honoured outstanding senior citizens whose lives embody commitment, excellence, and nation-building:
• 𝐒𝐡. 𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐤 𝐋𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐚, 𝐈𝐀𝐒 (𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐝.)— Administrative Services
• 𝐅𝐥𝐭. 𝐋𝐭. 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐡 — Sports
• 𝐒𝐡. 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐢— Entrepreneurship
• 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 (𝐃𝐫.) 𝐓𝐚𝐂 𝐑𝐚𝐨— Defence Services
• 𝐃𝐫. 𝐀𝐣𝐚𝐲 𝐓𝐚𝐡𝐥𝐚𝐧 — Health Services
• 𝐒𝐡. 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐝 𝐊𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐃𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐚 — Health Services
• 𝐃𝐫. 𝐉. 𝐂. 𝐃𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐫 — Literature (Agricultural Sciences)
• 𝐃𝐫. 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐡 𝐃𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐚 — Education & Social Service
• 𝐒𝐡. 𝐑. 𝐒. 𝐘𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐯 — Environmental Conservation
• 𝐒𝐡. 𝐑𝐚𝐣 𝐊𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐉𝐚𝐢𝐧 — Social Service
• 𝐒𝐡. 𝐕𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐤 — Art & Culture
• 𝐒𝐡. 𝐁. 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐫 — Legal Services
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𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 – 𝐃𝐚𝐤𝐬𝐡 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝
Sincere appreciation to the Advisors whose guidance gave depth and direction to this national dialogue:
𝐒𝐡. 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐚𝐲 𝐊𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐮, 𝐈𝐏𝐒 (𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐝.)
𝐀𝐕𝐌 𝐋. 𝐍. 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚, 𝐀𝐕𝐒𝐌 (𝐕𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧)
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐠. 𝐍. 𝐍. 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐫 (𝐕𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧)
𝐂𝐨𝐥. 𝐀. 𝐊. 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡 (𝐕𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧)
𝐖𝐠 𝐂𝐝𝐫 𝐇. 𝐂. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐧 (𝐕𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧)
𝐌𝐚𝐣. 𝐑𝐚𝐣𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐠 (𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐝.)
𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐑𝐚𝐣 𝐊𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚
𝐒𝐡. 𝐇. 𝐒. 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐤
𝐒𝐡. 𝐃𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐑𝐚𝐠𝐡𝐮𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢, 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭
𝐃𝐫. (𝐂𝐒) 𝐀𝐣𝐚𝐲 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐠
𝐌𝐫. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐊𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐫
𝐑𝐭𝐧. 𝐂𝐀 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐆𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐚
𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 & 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭
Heartfelt thanks to the visionary leadership of 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐯 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐚 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 & 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲:
• 𝐃𝐫. 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚, President, MREI
• 𝐃𝐫. 𝐀𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚, Vice-President, MREI
• 𝐃𝐫. 𝐍. 𝐂. 𝐖𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐰𝐚, Director General, MREI
• 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚 𝐊𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐉𝐡𝐚, Vice-Chancellor, MRU
• 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚, Pro-Vice Chancellor, MRU
• 𝐌𝐫. 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐍𝐚𝐢𝐫,Registrar, MRU
• 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐢 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐀𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐚, Registrar, MREI
• 𝐌𝐫. 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐚𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐫,Director Sports, MREI
• 𝐌𝐫. 𝐀𝐭𝐮𝐥 𝐊𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐚, Director Administration, MREI
• 𝐌𝐫. 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐚, GM Administration, MREI
𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐰, 𝐌𝐑𝐔:
• 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚, Dean
• 𝐃𝐫. 𝐀𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐕𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐚
• 𝐌𝐬. 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚
And heartfelt thanks to 𝐌𝐫𝐬. 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 & 𝐌𝐫𝐬. 𝐒𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐢 from the Media & Marketing Team for seamless coordination.
𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬
With sincere thanks to our supporting partners for strengthening this mission:
𝐏𝐍𝐁 | 𝐍𝐇𝐏𝐂 𝐋𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 | 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 | 𝐂. 𝐃𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 | 𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐀 | 𝐏𝐅𝐓𝐈 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 | 𝐉𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐱 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
The conference successfully “𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞” — placing senior citizens’ welfare where it truly belongs: at the centre of governance, policy, community responsibility, and inter-generational respect.
Together, we move forward — towards an India where aging is dignified, secure, inclusive, and valued.
#𝐊𝐡𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐀𝐩𝐧𝐞𝐁𝐮𝐳𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐊𝐚 #𝐊𝐀𝐁 #𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞 #𝐀𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 #𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲𝐈𝐧𝐀𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 #𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 #𝐃𝐚𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟓 #𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 #𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠