By TCN News,
New Delhi: The Department of Political Science, Jamia Millia Islamia is organising a one-day Symposium on “Making Sense of 2014 Indian Election: Who Wins, Who Loses” which has been sponsored by Northern Regional Centre-ICSSR.
The Inaugural Session of the symposium today began in Tagore Hall, Dayar-I-Mir Taqi Mir, Administrative Block, Jamia Millia Islamia. Prof. S.M. Sajid, Vice-Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia delivered the Inaugural Remarks on this occasion.
Prof. Sudha Pai, Centre for Political Studies & Rector, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi delivered the Keynote Address. She spoke on “Political Competition in the Heartland 2014: Emerging Patterns in Uttar Pradesh”.
The Symposium is spread over three Sessions as per the details given below:
1) Situating Indian Democracy (from 11.15 to 1.15 PM)
Chair: Dr. Mukul Kesavan, Associate Professor, Department of History, JMI
Speakers: Prof Niraja Gopal Jayal; Prof Dipankar Gupta; Dr. Ananya Vajpeyi
2) Political Journalist Roundtable (from 2 to 3.30 PM)
Chair: Ms. Saba Naqvi, Political Editor, Outlook
Speakers: Paranjoy Guha Thakurta; Shankar Raghuraman; Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay
3) Battleground 2014 (from 3.30 to 5 PM)
Chair: Prof. Balveer Arora, Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi
Speakers: Prof Sanjay Kumar, Dr. E Sridharan; Dr. Manisha Priyam
Distinguished faculty members, research scholars of various Universities/Educational Institutions, Senior Journalists from reputed Media Houses are also attending the programme.