Nagpur: The Maharashtra Association of Social Work Educators (MASWE) and National Association of Professional Social Workers in India (NAPSWI) would be jointly organising 9th Indian Social Work Congress-2021 from Thursday, in association with Matru Seva Sangh Institute of Social Work (MSSISW) here.
Union minister Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate the three-day seminar, to be held on the premises of MSSISW in Bajaj Nagar, on Thursday at 11.30am.
State energy minister Nitin Raut will be the chief guest. Senior social worker Dr Abhay Bang and former Nagpur University VC SP Kane would also grace the occasion.
Matru Seva Sangh secretary Lata Deshmukh, former NAPSWI president Sanjay Bhatt and his successor RP Dwivedi, MASWE founder-member Ambadas Mohite and president Dr Deepak Walokar, along with organising committee secretary Prof Keshav Walke would share the dais.
The first seminar would be held on ‘Nation-building, vision 2030 and social service sector.’ Discussions on various subjects will be held online in both Hindi and English during the event. The entire event is aimed at discussing the social service sector’s role and contribution in view of the Indian government’s vision through its 10-point dimension in nation-building, said Walke.
He has appealed to all working in the social service sector, intellectuals, researchers and students to participate in the online seminars. Around 450 persons have registered for the programme, which would witness 20 parallel sessions on various topics, besides five plenary ones.