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CCUS&LAS organises "India and Brazil: Celebrating 70 years of Relations"

CCUS&LAS organises "India and Brazil: Celebrating 70 years of Relations"

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Latin American Studies Programme
Centre for Canadian, US & Latin American Studies
School of International Studies
Jawaharlal Nehru University


Cordially invites you to

 

INDIA AND BRAZIL: CELEBRATING 70 YEARS OF RELATIONS

 

Friday, 18 October 2019, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Venue: Room 128, School of International Studies-II, JNU, New Delhi

 

10:00 AM – 10:15 AM | OPENING
Welcome:            Dr. Priti Singh, CCUS&LAS, SIS
Opening Remarks:        Prof. Chintamani Mahapatra, Rector, JNU

 

10:15 AM – 11:00 AM | KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Chair: Prof. Abdul Nafey, former Professor of Latin American Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

Mr. Cristovam Buarque, former Senator, Minister of Education and Governor of Brasilia


11:00 AM – 1:00 PM | PANEL DISCUSSION

Chair: Ambassador R. Rajagopalan, former Ambassador of India to Cuba and to Morocco; former High Commissioner of India to Guyana; former Consul General of India, St. Petersburg, Russia

Speakers:
Ambassador Andre Aranha Corrêa do Lago, Ambassador of Brazil to India
India-Brazil Relations

 

Prof. Abdul Nafey, former Professor of Latin American Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University
India-Brazil and Global Governance

 

Ambassador B. S. Prakash, former Ambassador of India to Brazil and to Uganda; former Consul General of India at San Francisco, USA
India-Brazil Relations: A Decade of Serendipity, 2003-13

 

Ambassador R. Viswanathan, former Ambassador of India to Argentina and to Venezuela; former Consul General of India at Sao Paulo, Brazil
Brazil in Comparison to Other Major Powers

 

Dr. Ruchita Beri, Senior Research Associate & Coordinator, Africa, LAC &UN Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
India and Brazil: Multilateral Engagement

 

Discussant :  Dr. Stuti Banerjee, Senior Research Associate, Indian Council for World Affairs


 
Vote of Thanks:     Dr. Aprajita Kashyap, CCUS&LAS, SIS

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

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.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.