Guest Lecture on 'Democracy and the role of citizens' by Prof. Arun Kumar Gupta, February 19, 2025

A special lecture and dialogue session on the topic 'Democracy and the role of citizens' was organized by the Dept. of Political Studies of CUSB. Professor Arun Kumar Gupta, Agra University and former Registrar Rajshree Tandon Open University, Prayagraj shared his views in the program organized under the patronage of CUSB Vice Chancellor Prof. Kameshwar Nath Singh. The Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences Prof. Pranav Kumar, Prof. Praveen Kumar, Dr. Abhay Kumar, Dr. Sumit Kumar Pathak, Dr. Pawan Kumar Singh along with students were present in the program.

At the beginning of the program, Prof. Pranav Kumar (Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences) welcomed the guest speaker and introduced him. In his lecture on the topic 'Democracy and the role of citizens', Professor Arun Kumar Gupta, Agra University, considered democracy not just a system of governance but a value-based social structure. He said that the success of democracy depends on the awareness, participation and responsibility of citizens. He discussed in detail the importance of voting, freedom of expression, responsible governance, civil rights and duties.

After the lecture, a question-answer session was organized in which students asked questions on topics such as challenges of democratic institutions, civic awareness. Professor Gupta answered every question by doing a deep analysis and inspired the students to imbibe democratic values. Many researchers and students of the university including Atul, Ashish, Aman, Prem, Suraj, Hrithik, Akanksha were present in this lecture.