The workshop started with the welcome address by the Chancellor of IASE Shri Kanak Mal Dugar.  Shri Dugar ji emphasized the need of value education quoting the vision of the founder of Gandhi Vidya Mandir Swami Shri Ram Sharan ji who said: “Teaching is a service not a profession”. He went on to speak of the three dimensions of Teacher's education: 'Teachers Educators training', 'Teachers training' and ‘Students training on Peace & Harmony'. Also, in conducting the present day debate over globalization, it is indeed the revisiting of the concept of Vasudhaiva kutumbakam (the global family) which can show us the right direction. Quoting Swami Vivekananda who said “Teaching is the manifestation of Perfection already in the man”, Shri Dugar stressed the importance of education in bringing a certain awakening to the individual respectively in the teacher and the student.

Prof. N.K Ambasht, the Pro Vice Chancellor of IASE spoke on the importance of the inclusion of ideas of peace, brotherhood, service to community and promoting amity among all within curricula of education.  The experts agreed that such steps are all the more relevant and absolutely essential in view of the widespread intolerance rearing its ugly head in many parts of the world.

In the initial remarks the Chairman of the workshop Shri M.K. Kaw, the former Education Secretary, Govt. of India felt that materialism and spirituality should not be considered contradictory rather our education systems and the values that we instill by way of the same in our future generation have to learn to keep pace with the changing times and rise to challenges which modernity presents us with.
  
Prof. J. S. Rajput, the former director of NCERT who chaired the 2nd session quoted Shri Kothari's statement: “If I have to once again become the Chairman of the Education Commission then I would change the title of ‘Education for National Development’ to ’Education for Character building’.” Other participants gave many valuable suggestions relating to the sub-themes, concept and scope of the topic “Teacher Education for Peace and Harmony” and in that stressed upon the need of transactional strategies, research studies, documentation of significant work done about value education, and development of materials and methods etc. as relevant teaching aids.

The vote of thanks was presented by the Vice chancellor of IASE (D)  University- Shri ML Bhatt. The workshop was concluded with a meeting of the Advisory Board and Organizing committee who discussed the strategies plans and contents of the forthcoming International Seminar. The Temple of Understanding, Bahai Community of India and NEUPA proposed to support the organizing of the International Seminar.