By TCN News,
New Delhi: Centre for Jawaharlal Nehru Studies at Jamia Millia Islamia in collaboration with Indian Council of Historical Research is organizing a national seminar on “Insurgency and Development” on 28-29 January, 2014 on Jamia Millia Islamia campus.
There has been a proliferation of insurgency in the recent years and has had an effect on development. It is being argued today that insurgency is a creation of uneven development (economic, political, social and cultural), increasing disparities and shrinking opportunities. It is therefore possible to diffuse these insurgencies with better governance. This understanding is the basis for a new set of counterinsurgency policy interventions.
The ‘Inaugural Address’ on the theme of the seminar will be delivered by Hon’ble Minister of Rural Development, Shri Jairam Ramesh. His address will be chaired by Prof SM Sajid, Vice Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia.
Prof Shahid Ahmed, Director Centre for Jawaharlal Nehru Studies shall deliver the welcome remarks in the inaugural session; Prof Savyasaachi, Department of Sociology, will introduce the theme of the seminar. The inaugural session will be held from 10 to 11 AM on 28 January, 2014 in the Edward Said Hall, adjacent to the Vice Chancellor’s Office, Jamia Millia Islamia.
This session will be followed by a Panel Discussion, from 11.15 to 1 PM (Mir Anis Hall) which will be chaired by Prof Gopinath, Member Secretary of the Indian Council of Historical Research. The panelists in the session will be Prof Nandini Sunder, Prof Sanjoy Hazarika, Prof Nasir Tyabji, Dr. Sandip Chakraborty, Ms. Meenakshi.
Prof Amiya Kumar Bagchi, Chancellor, Tripura University and Emeritus Professor, Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata and Adjunct Professor, Monash University, Australia will deliver a Perspective Lecture on the theme of the conference from 2 to 3.30 PM which will be held in the Mir Anis Hall.
The first session of the conference will be on political economy which will be chaired by Prof Shahid Ahmed, Director, Centre for Jawaharlal Nehru Centre and will include papers on issues of State Terror and FDI funded takeovers, Insurgency in different parts of India, Legal Intervention and the role of the Military among others.
A parallel session chaired by Prof Manoranjan Mohanty, Council for Social development will include papers which will deal with Cartographies of Insurgency, the Red Corridor, and the Role of the Internet etc.
The second day i.e. 29 January, 2014 will examine sociological aspects of insurgency and development and in the first session will have papers which will deal with unheard voices from Lalgarh, the Maoist movement, human rights issues etc. The second session will examine the Role of the Media. It will look at television, films and new media etc to examine the role that they play in representing the problem of insurgency. The third session will look at the regional context of insurgency and will look at the specifics of insurgency in Manipur, Kashmir, Assam, Odisha and other parts of the North East etc.
The Valedictory Session of the conference will be held from 4 to 5 PM on January 29, 2014 in the Mir Anis Hall, where the Valedictory Address will be delivered by Shri Harsh Mander, Director, Centre for Equity Studies and Special Commissioner to the Supreme Court of India in the Right to Food case and Former Member of India’s National Advisory Council.