Delivered by Smt. Manju Sundaram for the members of Ramayana Project from France
Delivered by Dr. N. P. Joshi for the members of Satori Sciences
Delivered by Dr. N. P. Joshi for the members of India Alliance Committee and a Museum Group from Hawaii
Chief Guest : Prof. P. K. Mukhopadhyaya, Retd., Jadhavpur University, Kolkata
Presided over by Mahamahopadhyaya Prof. Sita Ram Shastri
Conducted by Shri Jai Prakash, Deputy Superintending Epigraphist, ASI, Lucknow & Prof. T. P. Verma, Retd., Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
No. of Participants : 11
The Kala-Mandapa (Art Pavilion), presenting some important specimens from the collection of Padmabhushan Shri Suresh Neotia, an art connoisseur of repute and Chairman of Jnana-Pravaha, was inaugurated jointly by two stalwarts Padmabhushan Prof. Vidya Nivas Mishra and Padmashree Shri Jagdish Mittal. An eminent scholar of Indology Prof. Rai Anand Krishna rendered his services to classify the objects on display.
Delivered by Padmashree Prof. V. Venkatachalam, Former Vice-Chancellor, Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi
The most important event of the year 2001 was the inauguration of the new building of Jnana-Pravaha, named Pratichi, by HE Prof. Vishnu Kant Shastri, Governor, Uttar Pradesh.
The plan of the new building is conceived by Shri B. V. Doshi, the renowned architect from Ahmedabad.
The building houses Reception, Multi-purpose Hall, Seminar/Class Room, Exhibition Area, Library, Museum and Administrative Block.
Performed by Dr. N. P. Joshi in Naradiya Paddhati, which included music and mono-acting, narrating a number of devotional stories and songs.