CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA, August 24, 2012: Claremont Lincoln University (CLU) and the Nalanda Confluence Institute (NCI) today signed an agreement to have collaborative initiatives to strengthen and enhance the study of Hindu Dharma in the United States and India through the implementation of innovative programs in CLU. NCI is partnering with Dharma Civilization Foundation (DCF), in order to bring a coherent and synergetic voice to Hindu Studies. DCF supports NCI in its endeavor to establish Hindu Studies and Applied Dharma Studies at CLU.
President of the DCF, Prof Shiva Bajpai, spoke on the subject of Dharma and offered his views and definition on what it means and its practice: “The truth of its value lies in the fact that every other great civilization has disappeared while the dharma-based Indic civilization has not only survived but flourished through five millennia. This collaboration would enhance Hindu studies and drive it forward in new directions. DCF is supportive of this new relationship as it is consistent with its own mission of the unfoldment of dharma for the benefit of humanity.”
Recent key initiations of the DCF include the Swami Vivekananda Visiting Faculty in Hindu Studies at University of Southern California, the Dharma Civilization Foundation Endowed Chair in Hindu Studies at the same school and the Swami Vivekananda Fellowship in Dharma Studies at the University of California Irvine.