An eminent Gandhian philosopher, Dr. Shobhana Radhakrishna delivered lectures on ‘Gandhian philosophy and women’s empowerment’ at the American University of Iraq, Baghdad (AUIB), AL-Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad and the Embassy of India, Baghdad- Iraq on the occasion of the International Women’s Day. Her visit to Baghdad was sponsored by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, New Delhi under the aegis of the celebrations of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav and commemoration of the 70th anniversary of India-Iraq friendship treaty. Faculty members, Iraqi students and locals joined the events and interacted with Dr. Shobhana Radhakrishna. She also visited the Mahatma Gandhi’s statue in the AUIB campus and the Embassy of India and offered floral tributes.

She is an ‘Eminent Citizen’ to the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India and Chief Functionary of the ‘Gandhian Forum for Good Corporate Governance’ formed by SCOPE for public sector enterprises for promoting ethical business practices and organizational integrity. .She has had the fortune of spending a part of her life in Gandhiji’s Sewagram Ashram in India. She is on a mission to reintroduce Gandhian economics for ethical excellence to the new generation of business leaders by emphasizing on ethics, values, transparency, probity, accountability and integrity in personal and professional lives through lectures since the past two decades. Mahatma Gandhi’s life and thoughts can guide the people in any part of the world as it has the strength to inspire and bring about change. Her lectures give an insight into the Mahatma’s life that may not be found in books but is known only to people close to him.