{
  "id": 9984811,
  "title": "Parul University Marks World Peace Day With 'Choose Your Response' Initiative, Engaging 5,000 Students In Conscious Decision-Making",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/parul-university-marks-world-peace-day-with-choose-your-response",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-26T12:44:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/focused-view/parul-university-marks-world-peace-day-with-choose-your-response-initiative-engaging-5000-students-in-conscious-decision-making"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On World Peace Day 2026, Parul University hosted \"Choose Your Response,\" an experiential activity organized by the Universal Human Values (UHV) Cell and Ekagrata – Center for Mindfulness and Behavioral Studies. The initiative aimed to encourage students to reflect on how conscious responses can impact their daily interactions, following the theme \"Take a moment. Comprehend. Decide. Respond.\" Nearly 5,000 students from participating institutes engaged in the initiative, which comprised a classroom quiz, group discussions, a video round, and a finale quiz. The finalists, evaluated based on clarity of thought, emotional awareness, practicality, and appropriateness of their responses, were Sujal Ajay Dhatrak, Karena Janvee, and Shah Divya Tejasbhai. The winners received medals, certificates, and books. Parul University's Vice President and Medical Director, Dr Geetika Madan Patel, emphasized that peace stems from the choices we make in everyday moments, urging students to think before reacting through the \"Choose Your Response\" initiative.",
  "summary": "On the occasion of World Peace Day 2026 , Parul University organized “Choose Your Response” , a university-wide experiential activity, by the Universal Human Values (UHV) Cell and Ekagrata – Center for Mindfulness and Behavioral Studies , which urged students to think beyond the discussion of peace and consider how conscious responses can influence everyday interactions. Based on the theme “Take…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}