ADVERTISEMENTThe initiative marks the institute’s platinum jubilee and the silver jubilee of global non-profit organisation, The Boston Pledge, and seeks to launch what its organisers call *Renaissance 2.0* — a long-horizon movement to rethink the moral and intellectual direction of civilisation. Partho S Ghosh, director of The Boston Pledge“The choice of Kolkata [as host] is deliberate,” said Partho S Ghosh, chairman of The Boston Pledge, USA. “We might think they are linear paths, but they are circular, like a snake eating its own tail,” added Sen. “We have to find new innovation. We somehow lost the way, this convention might just bring back that thought process.”Ankan Bandopadhyay, artistAnkan Bandopadhyay, artist, and a member of The Boston Pledge, said, “I am a contemporary artist. But I had my doubts about a new Renaissance.” Bandopadhyay is also a professor of design, and vocal music.

Source: The Telegraph February 26, 2026 07:44 UTC