About the Foundation

Gandhi Peace Foundation was established with an initial grant of Rs 10 million by the Gandhi SmarakaNidhi. The foundation has carried out its objectives through the sponsoring and publication of research of both independent scholars and research staff of the foundation. It also organised periodic seminars, symposia, and lecture series and published books and Gandhi Marg, the quarterly journal of the Foundation, which remains the foremost research journal in Gandhian Studies. The foundation also organises regular youth camps on Gandhian themes and serves as a resource centre for Gandhian and peace scholars. In 1962 it organised a three-day conference on the ending of the manufacture, testing and stockpiling of nuclear weapons and sent a series of international delegations to garner support for the 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty. It also built public support for the liberation of Bangladesh. At the national level, it was involved in the surrender of dacoits(bandits) in Chambal valley in early 1970s, promotion of national adult education programs in the late 1970s and youth against famine campaign in the early 1970s. The foundation also maintains a number of centres affiliated to the national office and each of these centres undertakes activities on its own. The foundation maintains a hostel to provide accommodation and vegetarian food for visiting scholars and activists linked to Gandhian organisations at moderate rates. The office building has a seminar hall and a well-stocked library. The office of Gandhi Marg also functions from the same building.