Friday 12 September 2014

Provisional Schedule for Juxtapose 2014 (JNU) Day 2

Subject to Change

Day 2 (25 September 2014)

Session 1.
Venue: SIS
Room 203

9.30am
Plenary Session



Opening Remarks, Day 2:
Dr. Aadya Shukla (Harvard/MIT)

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 Panel Discussion + Q&A
Chair: Dr Arik Moran (Haifa University, Israel)
Prof. Dhruv Raina
Prof. S. Irfan Habib (NUEPA)

10.30-10.45

Tea Break
(Refreshments Provided)

Session 2
Venue: SIS
Room 203



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
“Cooperation or Competition in Cyberspace: India & China”

Q&A



Panel Discussion
Prof. Madhu Bhala (Delhi University)
Prof. Nimmi Kurian (New School, CPR)
12.15-1.15
Lunch (Buffet Provided)
Please Note Earlier Lunch Break than Day 1.
Session 3:
Venue: SIS
Room


1.15




1.45




2.15




2.45
Growing Resources?: Rural Transformation, Human Development

Chair: Dr. Ritu Agarwal
Moderator: Dr. Aadya Shukla

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

Q&A

2.     Prof. Rajeswari Sarala Raina (NISTADS-CSIR, JNU)
“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
Prof. Shekhar Singh (TBC)
Prof. V.S. Dolla

3.00-3.15
Tea Break (Refreshments Provided)
Session 4
Roundtable
SIS
Room
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) (TBC)
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 and Technology between China and India”

Closing Remarks
7.00 onwards
Venue TBC

Closing Reception and Dinner for Participants and Invited Guests


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