Jammu, Jul 8: The Jonaraja Institute of Genocide and Atrocities Studies (JIGAS) has announced the successful completion of its advanced academic programme on ‘Genocide and Atrocities Studies.’
The completion of the programme, a press statement said, reaffirmed JIGAS’ role as a “pioneering institution in civilizational truth-telling and justice-oriented scholarship.”
This year’s graduating batch comprised youth wing activists of Panun Kashmir (Yuva), who were nominated and sponsored by Panun Kashmir to undergo this intensive course.
The programme was conducted under the distinguished guidance of Dr Dilip Kaul, one of the foremost genocide scholars in South Asia, with a unique curriculum designed by Tito Ganju, an acknowledged authority in international law, constitutional law, and Indic genocide discourse.
Speaking at the valedictory address, Sunanda Vashisht, chairperson of JIGAS, emphasised that this course represented more than academic achievement; it marked a moral commitment to confronting historical injustice.
“Our students are now custodians of a civilizational memory often neglected in global discourse,” she stated.
A defining hallmark of the programme was its emphasis on the Indic concept of Jatividhwans-a term drawn from ancient Sanskrit chronicles like Rajatarangini, referring to a systemic destruction of a people’s spiritual, cultural, and social identity.
The course offered students not only critical academic insight but also a dharmic framework to understand and resist erasure, denial, and systemic violence against native traditions and identities.
Ajay Chrungoo, chairman of Panun Kashmir, emphasised the strategic importance of this course for the community’s younger generation.
“We sponsored this initiative through our youth wing, Panun Kashmir (Yuva), with the conviction that knowledge is the strongest weapon in the fight for justice, memory, and eventual restoration. These young minds now carry the responsibility of transforming suffering into scholarship, and remembrance into resistance,” he said.
