Author bats for inner spirituality and peace for economic growth

SHILLONG, May 7: Hollywood celebrity, philanthropist and author Dr. Dame Munni Irone has accentuated the need for inner spirituality and peace for economic growth.
In her address during an interactive session at the North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), she also shared her experience of working with the Centre for strengthening India’s economy.
During the programme, she also emphasised the need to develop sound and sustainable infrastructure through global partnership so that NEHU, as a university, can attract investors for research, innovation, entrepreneurship and skill development.
Irone also suggested the teachers and students that the techniques of meditation, breathing and ways of living a stress-free life are the keys to success in the present competitive environment.
Irone, who is also the CEO of Art for Peace Awards, pointed out that there is no dearth of ways and means for decent living.
Meanwhile, NEHU Vice Chancellor PS Shukla highlighted the university’s thrust areas of work and research by underscoring NEHU’s interdisciplinary work and teaching in advanced frontiers of agriculture, biotechnology, data sciences, cultural and human sciences, art, philosophy, music, religion and all other major academic disciplines.