Overview

• The series, titled '100 Years Journey of RSS: New Horizons,' begins Tuesday at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi and will be livestreamed.
• Organisers say about 1,300 invitees from politics, the judiciary, the armed forces, civil society, sports and foreign missions are expected to attend.
• Mohan Bhagwat will articulate the organisation’s future priorities over the first two days and take questions from participants on the third day.
• Reported invitees include former CJI Ranjan Gogoi, ex-foreign secretary Kanwal Sibal, former army chiefs MM Naravane and JJ Singh, and sportspersons Kapil Dev and Abhinav Bindra.
• Foreign diplomats from countries such as the US, China, Nepal, Australia, South Africa and Kazakhstan are expected, and News18 reports Pakistan and Bangladesh envoys were not invited; similar lectures are planned in Bengaluru, Kolkata and Mumbai, with a wider centenary programme to follow from an Oct 2 address in Nagpur.