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CESP organises a webinar on "Global Health decision-making process and evaluation methods" by Dr. Anand Sivasankara Kurup

CESP organises a webinar on "Global Health decision-making process and evaluation methods" by Dr. Anand Sivasankara Kurup

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Centre for Economic Studies and Planning (CESP)
School of Social Sciences

 

is organising a webinar on

 

"Global Health decision-making process and evaluation methods"

 

Abstract: While global health involves multiple players, often with varying agenda, vast majority of the health budget comes from the countries and out of pocket. Global health related decisions are often taken by the 195 Member States of the World Health Organization at the World Health Assembly. It includes global health strategies, policies, and the broader strategic focus for the Organization and its Member States.

 

by

Dr. Anand Sivasankara Kurup
Member of WHO Geneva

 

Anand is a public health and evaluation professional with more than 30 years of experience and track record of success spanning local, national and global levels. He has extensive experience in program development, management, partnership building, technical assistance, policy and advocacy work on various health and development issues. Anand is a Senior Evaluation Officer with the Evaluation Office of WHO in Geneva, he has PhD in Public Health from the University of Bedfordshire.

 

Wednesday, May 24 · 3:30 – 5:00pm
Time zone: Asia/Kolkata
Google Meet joining : https://meet.google.com/gqr-evai-umn

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.