Muthkumaraswamy Aram Valarthanatan | |
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| Born | (1927-01-14)14 January 1927 |
| Died | 24 May 1997(1997-05-24) (aged 70) |
| Title | Dr. M. Aram |
| Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 27 August 1993 – 1997 | |
| Constituency | Nominated |
M. Aram (1927–1997) was an educator and peace advocate from India.
Aram was the founder and president of Shanti Ashram (located inCoimbatore,Tamil Nadu, India), a community development organization that carries out projects in several areas, including education, health, and environmental restoration.[1] He also served as the president of the World Conference on Religion and Peace International.[2]
In 1993, the President of India appointed Aram to theRajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India. He served on the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development and the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource, Environment and Technology.[2][3]
From 1964 to 1980, Aram participated in the Nagaland Peace Mission, and he helped design theShillong Peace Accord of 1975. He was also involved in a number of other peace organizations, including the Asian Peace Council, the Delhi-Peking Peace March, the Gandhi Peace Foundation, theWorld Conference of Religions for Peace, and the Sarvodaya Peace Movement.[2]
From 1954 to 1963, Aram was the principal ofRamakrishna Mission Vidyalaya in Coimbatore. From 1980 to 1986, he was the vice-chancellor ofGandhigram Rural University. He was involved in programs that expanded higher education in rural areas, and he was also a proponent ofShanti Sena, a peace education program. He served as a visiting professor atNorth Eastern Hill University,Dibrugarh University, Gandhigram Rural University,Madras University, andMadurai Kamaraj University.[2]
To recognise Aram's peace mission work inNagaland,North Eastern Hill University awarded him an honoraryDoctor of Letters degree.[2]
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