India is ready to host the 1st-ever Global Buddhist Conference on November 19 & 20, 2021, in Nava Mahavihara campus, in Nalanda, Bihar.
The educational conference, being organised by Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), will grow to be an annual feature. Four regional conferences in India (Saranath, Telangana, Gangtok and Dharamshala) & overseas (Japan, South Korea, Thailand & Cambodia) will be planned, in the run-up to the conference.
The reports of these regional conferences will be introduced at the inaugural Global Buddhist Conference.
Global Buddhist Conference focuses on making India the center of Buddhism, by advertising Buddhist activities, like academic, cultural, seminars, people traveling for fairs like Buddha Purnima, Vesak.
As a part of the event, an award for the advertising of Buddhist studies, which will be given on November 21 through Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, carrying a Money reward of $20,000 (around Rs 14.7 lakh), a plaque, and a gold-plated medallion.