International Seminar on The Arab Spring: Region and India at Jamia
(Publish Date:
14/02/2012)
February 14, 2012
Press Release: International Seminar on “The Arab Spring: Region and India” at Jamia
The Centre for West Asian Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia is going to organize a three-day International Seminar on “The Arab Spring: Region and India” in the Conference Hall of FTK-Centre for Information Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia. The Inaugural-cum-Plenary Session is scheduled to be held on February 15, 2012 from 10.30 AM to 12.30 PM.
Mr. Najeeb Jung, Vice-Chancellor, JMI will deliver his Inaugural Remarks in the Inaugural Function. Ambassador M.K. Bhadrakumar will deliver the Key-note Address.
H.E. Dr. Burak Akcapar, Ambassador of Republic of Turkey to India, H.E. Dr. S. Mehdi Nabi Zadeh, Ambassador of Islamic Republic of Iran to India and H.E. Khaled El Bakly, Ambassador of Arab Republic of Egypt to India shall be the Guest of Honour in the Inaugural Session.
H.E. Ambassador Chinmaya R Gharekhan, President, India Gandhi National Centre for Arts, New Delhi and Former Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of India to West Asia shall be the Chief Guest and he will deliver the Inaugural Address in the function.
The seminar is spread across ten technical sessions on the relevant topics of the seminar that seeks to discuss various aspects of Arab Spring and its future implications for the world, the region and India. From this point of view the conference will have the following sub-themes on which discussions will take place:
February 15, 2012 -Venue: Conference Hall, FTK-Centre for Information Technology, JMI
2.00 PM to 3.30 PM Arab Spring: Origin, Nature and Discourse
3.45 PM to 5.30 PM Arab Spring: Libya, Tunisia and Yemen
February 16, 2012 -Venue: Mir Anis Hall, Dayar-e-Mir Taqi Mir, Administrative Block, JMI
09.30 AM to 11.00 AM Arab Spring: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Syria and Palestine
11.15 AM to 12.30 PM Arab Spring: Linkage Between Islam, Civil Society and Democracy
12.30 PM to 01.00 PM Arab Spring: Bahrain
02.00 PM to 05.30 PM Arab Spring: Response of Global and Regional Powers
February 17, 2012 -Venue: Mir Anis Hall, Dayar-e-Mir Taqi Mir, Administrative Block, JMI
09.30 AM to 11.15 AM Arab Spring and Quest for Democracy
11.30 AM to 12.30 AM Arab Spring and Role of Media (Special Session)
02.00 PM to 03.30 PM Arab Spring and India
03.45 PM to 04.45 PM Arab Spring: The Role of Women
The seminar is expected to be attended by a large number of academicians, bureaucrats, research scholars, experts, from India and abroad particularly from gulf countries.
This seminar has been supported by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, India Council of Historical Research, Indian Council for Social Science Research and Indialogue Foundation, New Delhi
All are cordially invited.
Media Coordinator
Jamia Millia Islamia
