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CES, SIS is organising a Workshop on The Nordics: An Exception in Europe?

CES, SIS is organising a Workshop on The Nordics: An Exception in Europe?

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CES, SIS is organising a Workshop on The Nordics: An Exception in Europe?
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Centre for European Studies
School of International Studies

 

Workshop on

 

The Nordics: An Exception in Europe?

 

6 September 2017

10am-1pm, Venue Room 344 SIS II

 

Welcome Remarks 10 - 10.10 am

Bhaswati Sarkar, Chairperson, CES

Prof S.N. Malakar, Acting Dean, SIS

Prof Chintamani Mahapatra, Rector, JNU

 

Session I: 10.10 am - 11.45pm

Ambassador’s Roundtable

India and the Nordics: Do we need each other?

Chair: Prof Chintamani Mahapatra, Rector, JNU

 

Ambassador Nina Vaskunlathi, Finland

Ambassador Ragnar Kamsvag, Norway

Ambassador Thorir Ibsen, Iceland

Gautam Bhattacharyya, Chargé d’Affaires, Sweden

Ms Mette Ekeroth, Deputy Head of Mission, Denmark

Ambassador Ashok Sajjanhar, Former Ambassador to Sweden

Session II: 11.45 – 1pm

Unpacking the Nordics’ Exception

Prof Stein Oluf Kristiansen, School of Business and Law, University of Agder, Norway

Institutional Basis for Economic Performance in the Nordics

 

Prof Gulshan Sachdeva, CES, SIS, JNU

Implementing 2030 Agenda in India & the Nordics

 

Prof Stina Torjesen, Department of Economics and Finance, University of Agder, Norway

Security Issues: Dealing with Russia and Renewing NATO

 

Prof Bhaswati Sarkar, CES, SIS, JNU

The Right Matter in Politics

 

Dr Sheetal Sharma, CES, SIS, JNU

Decoding Gender Equality in Nordic countries

Sharing Outcomes

M.Phil/Ph.D Research at the Centre

Lunch

 

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Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

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