Europe Travel Dairy (Salzburg) – 1

Anil Jaggi

Schloss Leopoldskron is known to many as the former home for renowned theater personality & cofounder of Salzburg Festival Max Reinhardt, many recognize this as a lake from the great film “Sound of Music”. Feeling proud and blessed to be selected to attend Salzburg  Global Seminar as an Impact Fellow along with another 50-plus international thought leaders from India, Japan, USA, China, Tunisia, and  Europe at the amazing campus of Schloss Leopoldskron, Salzburg/Austria. 

Built-in 1736 by  Salzburg Prince based on the drawing of a Scottish Benedictine Monk, the Salzburg Global story began after  World War II in 1947,  when  Europe was in the midst of recovering from a devastating war and poor economy. The idea to rebuild the world with intellectual dialogue came to three young men from Harvard, who believed and worked to bridge the divide through this initiative.

Initially designed as  “Salzburg Seminar in American  Civilization”, is now working for other  Asian, European, and  African Studies. At  this  place, only Magaret Mead  also coined  the   popular phrase “Never  doubt  that a   small  group of  thoughtful, committed  citizens  can  change the world, indeed it’s the only   thing that ever has.”

Since  1947 more than 40000  fellows from more than  170 countries were involved and when this prestigious program is celebrating its  75th anniversary,  I feel privileged to be part of this in 2023  for “Japan  India  Transformative Technology Network 2023”, where many eminent figures have led and taken part in Salzburg Global  Sessions. 

Its Alumni include luminaries from a Diverse variety of sectors i.e. art, humanities, politics, finance, economy, etc., a few of them are- Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan, Former World Bank CEO, VP of European Commission Kristaline and Former PM Australia Kevin Rudd &  many more.

Staying here at 17 acres of manicured ground of  Schloss Leopoldskron for a week with global change-makers from all over was a lifetime n life-changing experience for me. Special thanks to the Salzburg Global Seminar Team n Nippon Group for supporting this program.

Love n Care  from  amazing Salzburg/Austria

The writer is a promising social worker.