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Two-day international conference on thoughts of Tarkatirtha Lakshman Shastri Joshi to be held on Jul 16 at Shivaji University

Kolhapur, July 12 (UNI) A two-day international conference on the topic 'Thoughts and Works of Tarkatirtha Laxmanshastri Joshi' will be held at Shivaji University here on July 16 and 17.
It has been organised jointly by the Gandhi Study Centre of Shivaji University and the Tarkatirtha Laxmanshastri Joshi Pratishthan, Wai.
In a press release here today, Dr Prakash Pawar of the Gandhi Study Centre, Dr Sunil Kumar Lovete and the president of the Pratishthan, Pandit Tapre said that senior American scientist Dr Ashok Joshi will inaugurate the conference on July 16 in the presence of American scientist Dr Ashok Khandkar as the chief guest.
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