ZENITH International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research _________ISSN 2231-5780 Vol.9 (1), January (2019), pp. 91-96 Online available at zenithresearch.org.in STUDY ON IMPACT OF GANDHIAN SATYAGRAHA ASPECTS OVER SCHOOL/COLLEGE STUDENTS DR. R. VARALAKSHMI ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS (MCA), VISTAS, INDIA. rvara.scs@velsuniv.ac.in ABSTRACT Mahatma Gandhiji was well known for his peacefulness and nonviolence. He coined the Satyagraha has a strong weapon of conflict resolution. Satyagraha is a word encompasses two words sathya means truth, and agrah means insistence. Satyagraha means insistence on truth. Nevertheless, Satyagraha emerges into nonviolent resistance or passive resistance. Gandhiji at times referred to it as truth force or soul force. The main thoughts and philosophy of Mahatma was that openness, honesty, fairness, ahimsa, and sacrifice for others. The research work is aimed at understanding impact of Gandhian Sathyagraha aspects over School/College student studying in and around Chennai and the study insists current scenario about Gandhian aspects of sathyagraha. It also provide a deep estimation how the 21 st century takes Gandhian thoughts and his philosophies in everyday life. This study focuses on school/college students in the age group between 10 and 25. The students have been administered with questionnaire comprising mainly multiple-choice items based on various aspects of the sathyagragha. The students remained in classroom, and answered the questionnaire independently. After answering, the reports were collected and results will be analyzed using SPSS statistical tool. KEYWORDS: Conflict resolution, Gandhian Satyagraha aspects, resistance, students. REFERENCES: 1. Gandhian Nonviolence and the Problem of Preferable Violence, Jacob N. Bauer, Acorn 15 (1):26-32 (2014). 2. Mind of Mahatma Gandhi (Encyclopedia of Gandhi's Thoughts) Compiled & Edited by: R. K. Prabhu & U. R. Rao With Forewords by : Acharya Vinoba Bhave & Dr. S. Radhakrishnan ISBN 81-7229-149-3. 3. The Moral and Political Thought of Mahatma Gandhi, Raghavan Narasimhan Iyer Oxford University Press (2000). 4. Bonhoeffer's Non-Commitment to Nonviolence: A Response to Stanley Hauerwas, Michael P. DeJonge Journal of Religious Ethics 44 (2):378-394 (2016). 5. The Meaning of Nonviolence and the Establishment of a peace Brigade, under constructive programme, History, WRI/IISG project by Fred J. Blum.