AGPE THE ROYAL GONDWANA RESEARCH JOURNAL OF HISTORY, SCIENCE, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE

पुस्तकालय संदर्भ सेवाओं के लिए कृत्रिम बुद्धिमत्ता आधारित चैटबॉट

Jaishri Lawatre — 2026-11-05

वर्तमान डिजिटल दुनिया विभिन्न क्षेत्रों में अत्याधुनिक एवं नवीन तकनीकों के उपयोग के मामले में तेजी से विकसित हो रही है। इसमें उच्च शिक्षा से लेकर सूचना संसाधनों तक प्रत्येक क्षेत्र शामिल है। इस अध्ययन का उद्देश्य पुस्तकालय संदर्भ सेवाओं (Library Reference Services) में कृत्रिम बुद्धिमत्ता (Artificial Intelligence—AI) आधारित चैटबॉट अनुप्रयोगों को लागू करने की संभावनाओं की पहचान करना है।

यह शोध पत्र शैक्षणिक पुस्तकालयों की संदर्भ सेवाओं में कृत्रिम बुद्धिमत्ता आधारित चैटबॉट के एकीकरण और अनुप्रयोगों की व्यवस्थित समीक्षा एवं विश्लेषण करता है, ताकि वर्तमान युवा पीढ़ी (Millennial Users) की आवश्यकताओं को पूरा किया जा सके। शोधकर्ताओं ने शैक्षणिक पुस्तकालयों की संदर्भ सेवाओं में AI चैटबॉट के लाभों और उनके संभावित प्रभावों पर चर्चा की है। संदर्भ सेवाओं में AI चैटबॉट की विशेषताएँ पुस्तकालय सेवाओं के साथ युवा उपयोगकर्ताओं की सहभागिता को बढ़ाने में सहायक होती हैं। इस अध्ययन में सामान्य रूप से शैक्षणिक पुस्तकालयों की संदर्भ सेवाओं में AI चैटबॉट के लाभों पर चर्चा की गई है, विशेष रूप से बहरीन के संदर्भ में।

TAṢAWWUF: A QURʾĀNIC AND PROPHETIC PATH TO PEACE, TRANQUILLITY AND MORAL EXCELLENCE IN SOCIETY

Abu Tamim — 2026-11-12

India's social fabric is characterised by remarkable religious, cultural, linguistic, and ethnic diversity. Throughout its history, the country has witnessed the coexistence and interaction of different faith traditions and cultural communities. Within this pluralistic context, Taṣawwuf has played a significant role in shaping a spiritual ethos centred on love, compassion, humility, tolerance, and service to humanity. The emphasis of Sufi spirituality on the purification of the heart and the cultivation of noble character provides a meaningful framework for strengthening social harmony in a diverse society such as India.

The Qurʾānic principle of human diversity provides an important foundation for such an approach: "O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another" (Al-Ḥujurāt 49:13). The verse presents diversity not as a cause of hostility but as an opportunity for mutual recognition and understanding. From this perspective, the spiritual principles of Taṣawwuf—particularly Maḥabbah (divine love), Iḥsān (moral excellence), Raḥmah (mercy), and Khidmah (service)—can contribute to the cultivation of an inclusive social consciousness in which human dignity is respected irrespective of religious or cultural identity.

This paper explores these principles, analysing their Qurʾānic and Prophetic foundations and their interpretation by prominent Islamic scholars such as Imam Al-Ghazālī, Ibn al-Qayyim, Ibn Taymiyyah, and Shaykh ʿAbdul Qādir Jīlānī. Through a detailed examination of primary Islamic texts and classical Sufi works, the study demonstrates that Taṣawwuf is not a deviation from Islam but a disciplined path aligned with the Sunnah, offering a framework for spiritual fulfilment, moral excellence, and inner peace in an era marked by materialism and social division. The study also highlights the historical and contemporary relevance of Taṣawwuf in the Indian context, particularly its emphasis on love, compassion, tolerance, and service to humanity, which can contribute to peaceful coexistence, interfaith understanding, and social harmony within India's diverse and pluralistic social fabric.

SACRED GROVES AS SITES OF ECO-RELIGIOUS LEARNING: A CASE STUDY OF THE GOND COMMUNITY IN JHARSUGUDA DISTRICT OF ODISHA

Anjali Bhoi — 2026-11-05

Sacred groves are forest tracts of varying size, from a few trees to hectares, that are conserved by communities for religious reasons. In India, sacred groves represent one of the oldest existing forms of community conservation. In this paper, sacred groves are presented as places of eco-religious learning, whereby ecological knowledge, morality, ritual performance, and attachment are simultaneously passed down from generation to generation. The example of the Gond community of Jharsuguda district in western Odisha, the literature on sacred natural sites, indigenous religions, and situated learning and developed a framework to understand the grove as an outdoor classroom. The researcher discusses eco-religious learning in the context of four aspects: cosmological (the grove as the home of deities and ancestors), ethical (rules and prohibitions), practical (species ecology, water, soil, medicine), and social (festivals, kinship and multi-generational learning). The paper also examines pressures exerted on this teaching system by activities such as mining, industrial development, shifting land use patterns, migration of people, formal education and religious reforms, and looks at the impact that legal measures like the Forest Rights Act 2006 and the Biological Diversity Act 2002 have on the groves. The paper argues that the sacred groves need to be viewed not just as relics of conservation but also as live teaching institutions, and suggests that there is a need for community-based documentation, recognition of rights over community forests, and incorporation of grove-based knowledge into education. Empirical statements relating to individual villages are provided as the framework for analysis and research design.