1 Keynote Address: Revisiting Guru Nanak Dev, his Bani and Vision Jagbir Singh  Respected Prof. Harmohinder Singh Bedi, Chancellor, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Chairman of the Inaugural Session, Prof. Makrand Pranjape, Director, IIAS, Col. Vijay Kumar Tiwari, Secretary, IIAS, Prof. P. S. Sidhu, Ritika Sharma and learned Friends. Good Morning and Namaskar to Everyone. First of all, I welcome all of you to the present Annual National Integration Conference, organised by Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. The theme of the Conference is "Revisiting Guru Nanak Dev, his Bani and Vision" which seems most relevant in our present context. Re-visiting a saintly personality, like Guru Nanak Dev and his poetic discourse is deeply inspiring. This liberative discourse contains significant insights to enlighten us in our present-day existential situations. I am thankful to the organisers of the Conference for providing me an opportunity to share with you, my views on such a significant subject. As we all know, Guru Nanak Dev is an eminent innovator and promoter of dharma (ध वक) of his times. He is the first Guru and founder of Sikhism, which has flourished as one of the four major dharma traditions of Indic Civilization (namely, Sanatan dharma, Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism) rooted in the Indian Subcontinent. The remarkable thing about Indic civilization is that it is one of the most ancient and continuing civilizations of the world. This is, essentially a knowledge-oriented and dharma-centred civilization. The word dharma is a key concept with multiple meanings in Indian tradition. It refers to several things, most importantly, the inherent quality of all substances, duty, obligation, rightful way of living as well as the moral correlate of all-pervading cosmic order ( ritam) operating in the universe. All the above four dharma traditions have emerged as independent world religions. At the same time, they also exemplify an excellent model of 'unity in diversity' in the Indian context. Having essential differences of panth, mat and sadhana they also contain significant similarities relating to their worldview and way of life. Most importantly, all of these dharma traditions collectively share and participate in the core concerns of Indic Civilization. Guru Nanak Dev, his Bani and Vision, occupies a prominent position relating to these concerns.  Former Professor & Head, Department of Punjabi, University of Delhi. Life Fellow, Punjabi University, Patiala.