Monday 22 September 2014

JUXTAPOSE 2014: SCHEDULE DAY 2. 25 September. JNU.

Session 1.
Venue: SIS
Appadorai Committee Room (001)
9.30am
Plenary Session



Opening Remarks, Day 2:
Prof. Varun Sahni (SIS, JNU)

9.40



10.00
Keynote: Professor Dhruv Raina (JNU):
“Current Trends in the History of Science in India and China: The Relevance of the Needham Question”

Keynote Rpundtable Discussion + Q&A
Chair: Dr Arik Moran (Haifa University, Israel)
Prof. Dhruv Raina
Prof. S. Irfan Habib (Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Chair, NUEPA)

10.30-10.45

Tea Break
(Refreshments Provided)

Session 2
Venue: SIS
Appadorai Committee Room (001)


10.45




11.15




11.45




Policy and Philosophy: Past, Present and Future.


Chair: Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli
Moderator: Danielle K.J. de Feo-Giet

1.     Anmol Mukhia (SIS, JNU):
“Kautilya and Sun Tzu: A Study of Comparative Political Thought in Contemporary Politics”

Q&A

2.     Dr. Aadya Shukla (MIT/Harvard)
“Cooperation or Competition in Cyberspace: India & China”

Q&A



Panel Discussion
Prof. Madhu Bhala (Delhi University)
Prof. Nimmi Kurian (Centre for Policy Research)
12.15-1.15
Lunch (Buffet Provided. Faculty Lounge, 1st fl.)
Please Note Earlier Lunch Break than Day 1.
Session 3:
Venue: SIS
Appadorai Committee Room (001)

1.15




1.45




2.15




2.45
Growing Resources?: Rural Transformation, Human Development

Chair: Dr. Ritu Agarwal (SIS, JNU)
Moderator: Dr. Aadya Shukla

1.     Pin-Hsien Wu (University of Sussex, UK):
“Rural Development, whose development? China and India’s Coal Capital’ in Comparative Perspective.”

Q&A

2.     Prof. Rajeswari Sarala Raina (NISTADS-CSIR)
“Agrarian and Rural Transformation in India and China: Small Farmers and Decentralized Capacities.”

Q&A

3.     Mahalakshmi Ganapathy and Dr. Sonika Gupta (IIT Madras):
“A Comparative Study of the New Citizen’s Movement (NCM) and Aam Admi Party (AAP): Middle Class Mobilization in China and India”

Q&A

Panel Discussion
Prof. B.S. Butola (Centre for the Study of Regional Development, JNU)
Prof. Shekhar Singh (Coordinator, National Campaign for Right to Information)
3.00-3.15
Tea Break (Refreshments Provided)
Session 4
Roundtable
SIS
Appadorai Committee Room
(Room 001)
3.15
Roundtable Discussion:
China & India in Co-production

Chair: Prof. Barbara Harriss-White

(Format: 10-15 minute introduction of contributors’ individual India/China projects (listed below) followed by discussion + Q&A.)


Contributors:
Dr. Rajeswari Saraka Raina (Research Collaborations in Tertiary Education)

Ms. Shailly Kedia (China-India policy research and advocacy initiatives on environment and energy at TERI)

Prof. Nimmi Kurian (India China Institute, New School, Delhi)

Ms. Chen Yun (Researcher and Project Manager, West Heavens Cross-Cultural Exchange Programme) (via remote connection)
Session 5
5.30
SIS
Room



6.00
Closing Session

Industry Keynote + Q&A:
Mr. Subimal Bhattacharjee (India Country Head for General Dynamics International Corporation):
“Business, Cyber Security and Technology Between China and India”

Closing Remarks
7.30 onwards
Delhi O’ Delhi
Habitat Centre

Closing Reception and Dinner for Participants and Invited Guests including artistic demonstration by visual artist Wu Weixing (Visva-Bharati)

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