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ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL STUDIES CONVENTION 2013

Re-imagining Global Orders: Perspectives from the South

CONVENTION PROGRAMME

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Day 1 10.12.13

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM PS1

Inaugural Session Chief Guest: Shri Salman Khurshid, External Affairs Minister, Government of India Keynote Address: Professor Amitav Acharya, UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance and Chair of the ASEAN Studies Center, American University, Washington, DC

10:45 AM – 11:00 AM TEA 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM TS1 The Convention will break into eight parallel Panels, as specified below. 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM LUNCH 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM TS2 The Convention will break into eight parallel Panels, as specified below. 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM COFFEE 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM TS3 The Convention will break into eight parallel Panels, as specified below. 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM TEA 5:00 PM – 6:15 PM PS2 Panel Discussion - Re-imagining Global Orders: Perspectives from the South 6:15 PM – 7:15 PM R/W1 The Convention will break into one Roundtable and two Workshops, as specified below.

DINNER

PS = Plenary Session | TS = Technical Session | R/W = Roundtable/Workshop

Day 1 10.12.13

Audi II Lec Hall I Lec Hall II Lec Hall III Ctte Hall SIS 203 SIS 103 SIS 001 TS1 PN01.1 PN02.1 PN03.1 PN04.1 PN11.1 PN06.1 PN07.1 PN08.1 TS2 PN09.1 PN02.2 PN03.2 PN10.1 PN05.1 PN12.1 PN07.2 PN08.2 TS3 PN13.1 PN02.3 PN14.1 PN15.1 PN16.1 PN12.2 PN07.3 PN08.3

R/W1 RT01.1 WK01.1 WK02.1

PN = Panel | RT = Roundtable | WK = Workshop | Audi = Auditorium | Lec Hall = Lecture Hall | Ctte Hall = Committee Hall PN01 Order, Disorder and Marginality: Theoretical Explorations PN11 Borders: Transforming Threats to Opportunities PN02 Strategies of Economic Development: Perspectives from the South PN12 State and Movements in the Arab World

PN03 Quest for a New Global Order and International Law PN13 Going Beyond Dualisms in Thinking About the Global South: Critical Reflections

PN04 Climate Change, Environmental Sustainability and Social Justice: Mapping Perspectives on and from the Global South PN14 Re-imagining India in International Organizations

PN05 Borders and Territoriality: A North-South Dialogue PN15 Energy Challenges for the Global South

PN06 Understanding the Assertions of Islamists: Perspectives from the South PN16 Border Issues in South Asia: Challenges and Opportunities

PN07 Security Conceptions from the Global South: Approaches and Issues RT01 MEA and the Orientation of Indian Foreign Policy PN08 Social Movements and Human Rights Discourses from the South WK01 Teaching of ‘Global History from Southern Perspectives’

PN09 Historicising the rise of the Global South: Contest, co-optation and morphing of indigenous and global perspectives WK02 The Legacies of Edward Said

PN10 Do ‘Global’ Problems Need ‘Global’ Solutions? Issues in Environmental Governance

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Day 2 11.12.13

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM PS3 Public Lecture Shri Shivshankar Menon, National Security Advisor, Government of India

10:45 AM – 11:00 AM TEA 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM TS4 The Convention will break into eight parallel Panels, as specified below. 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM LUNCH 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM TS5 The Convention will break into eight parallel Panels, as specified below. 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM COFFEE 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM TS6 The Convention will break into eight parallel Panels, as specified below. 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM TEA 5:00 PM – 6:15 PM R/W2 The Convention will break into one Roundtable and two Workshops, as specified below.

6:30 PM – 7:15 PM PS4 Public Lecture – ‘The Eurozone Crisis: A Perspective from the South’ Shri Dinkar Khullar, Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India

DINNER

PS = Plenary Session | TS = Technical Session | R/W = Roundtable/Workshop

Day 2 11.12.13

Audi II Lec Hall I Lec Hall II Lec Hall III Ctte Hall SIS 203 SIS 103 SIS 001 TS4 PN17.1 PN18.1 PN19.1 PN04.2 PN02.4 PN22.1 PN07.4 PN23.1 TS5 PN17.2 PN24.1 PN19.2 PN20.1 PN25.1 PN26.1 PN27.1 PN28.1 TS6 PN17.3 PN29.1 PN30.1 PN20.2 PN25.2 PN31.1 PN32.1 PN33.1

R/W2 RT02.1 WK03.1 WK04.1

PN = Panel | RT = Roundtable | WK = Workshop | Audi = Auditorium | Lec Hall = Lecture Hall | Ctte Hall = Committee Hall PN02 Strategies of Economic Development: Perspectives from the South PN26 Post-2014 Afghanistan: Challenges and Way Forward

PN04 Climate Change, Environmental Sustainability and Social Justice: Mapping Perspectives on and from the Global South PN27 Emerging Africa: Opportunity and Role for India

PN07 Security Conceptions from the Global South: Approaches and Issues PN28 India-Southeast Asia Through the Prism of Look East Policy PN17 New Imaginings of Democracy PN29 Historical Insights and the Making of International Relations Theory

PN18 New Directions in Theorising International Relations PN30 US in the Global South: Rethinking politics of alliances, aid, immigration, and markets

PN19 India and the Contours of the Contemporary Nuclear Order PN31 India’s Engagements with the External World PN20 Emerging Regional Orders: Options for the South PN32 Emerging Powers in Africa PN22 Democratization in West Asia: Critical Perspectives PN33 India-South East Asia: Prospects for South-South Cooperation

PN23 Indo-Pacific as Geostrategic Framework: Significance and Implications RT02 Whither Non-Alignment?

PN24 Revisiting Core Concepts in International Relations WK03 Reflections on Kenneth Waltz

PN25 Diaspora in International Relations: Experiences and Perspectives from the Global South WK04 What is International Relations?

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Day 3 12.12.13

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM PS5 Public Debate – ‘The Crisis of Global Capitalism?’ Shri Arun Maira, Professor Jayati Ghosh, Dr Sanjaya Baru (Chair)

10:45 AM – 11:00 AM TEA 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM TS7 The Convention will break into eight parallel Panels, as specified below. 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM LUNCH 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM TS8 The Convention will break into eight parallel Panels, as specified below. 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM COFFEE 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM TS9 The Convention will break into eight parallel Panels, as specified below. 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM TEA 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PS6 Roundtable – ‘Women in World Affairs’ 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM PS7 Valedictory Session

DINNER

PS = Plenary Session | TS = Technical Session

Day 3 12.12.13

Audi II Lec Hall I Lec Hall II Lec Hall III Ctte Hall SIS 203 SIS 103 SIS 001 TS7 PN34.1 PN35.1 PN36.1 PN37.1 PN38.1 PN39.1 PN40.1 PN41.1 TS8 PN42.1 PN35.2 PN36.2 PN43.1 PN38.2 PN39.2 PN44.1 PN45.1 TS9 PN46.1 PN 21.1 PN47.1 PN43.2 PN48.1 PN17.4 PN49.1

PN = Panel | Audi = Auditorium | Lec Hall = Lecture Hall | Ctte Hall = Committee Hall PN17 New Imaginings of Democracy PN41 Central Asia and India: Looking Ahead PN21 River Water Sharing in South Asia: Opportunities and Challenges PN42 Women Rights and Lives in Armed Conflict and Transition

PN34 Gender and Peacebuilding in South Asia: Recasting Women’s Agency PN43 Eurasia in the Global Order: An Indian Perspective

PN35 International Economic and Financial Architecture at a Crossroads PN44 Global Orders and Area Studies

PN36 South Asia within Global South: Conflict and Cooperation PN45 Problems of Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding: Perspectives of the South

PN37 Challenges before European Integration: A Southern Perspective PN46 Women, Peace and Security: Reflections from India and Beyond

PN38 Rise of East Asia: A Perspective from Global South PN47 Revisiting Diplomacy in the Contemporary Global Order: A Southern Perspective

PN39 Regional Integration Mechanisms in Latin America and Opportunities for India PN48 India-China Relations: Multiple Dimensions

PN40 Hegemonic Western Knowledge Production: The Global South’s Problems with the ‘International’ PN49 Southern Globalizations

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Day 1: 10 December 2013, Tuesday

Tuesday: 8.30 AM – 9.30 AM Registration Venue: JNU Convention Centre Tuesday: 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM Plenary Session 1: Inaugural Session Venue: Convention Centre – Auditorium I

Inaugural Session

Welcome Address Chief Guest: Shri Salman Khurshid, External Affairs Minister, Government of India Keynote Address – ‘Imagining Global IR Out of India’ Professor Amitav Acharya, UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance and Chair of the ASEAN Studies Center, American University, Washington, DC Vote of Thanks: Professor C.S.R. Murthy, School of International Studies / Co-Chair, Steering Committee, AISC TUESDAY: 10:45 AM – 11.00 AM TEA

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Tuesday: 11.00 AM – 12.30 PM Technical Session 1: Panel 01.1 Venue: Convention Centre – Auditorium II

Panel 01.1: Order, Disorder and Marginality: Theoretical Explorations Chair: Amitav Acharya, UNESCO Chair, American University, Washington, DC. A Subaltern Reading of International Organizations and Issues of Order, Disorder and Marginality Surabhi Singh, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Moushumi Basu, Associate Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University The Quest for Security: Fictitious? Flawed? Façade? J. Madhan Mohan, Assistant Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Amna Sunmbul, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Gaurav Saini, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Marginality and Geopolitics: Re-imaginations from the South Deepika Saraswat, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Krishnendra Meena, Assistant Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University International Relations Theory and World Order: Binaries, Silences and Alternatives Jayati Srivastava, Associate Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Ananya Sharma, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Tuesday: 11.00 AM – 12.30 PM Technical Session 1: Panel 02.1 Venue: Convention Centre – Lecture Hall 1

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Panel 02.1: Strategies of Economic Development: Perspectives from the South – I

Chair: Indira Rajaraman, Professor Emeritus, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy Trade, FDI and Development: Issues in South-South integration Deepika Srivastava, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Manoj Pant, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Liberalization of FDI: Perspective from India Rashmi Rastogi, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Aparna Sawhney, Associate Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Causal Nexus between Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in SAARC Countries S. Rameshkumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce, Thiagarajar College C.U. Tripura Sundari, Faculty in Finance, Department of Statistics, Pondicherry University Revisiting Trade Facilitation from BRICS Perspective: Balancing Domestic Priorities and Multilateral Trade Obligations C. Nalin Kumar, Assistant Professor, Economics and Policy Research, Indian Institute of Plantation Management Tuesday: 11.00 AM – 12.30 PM Technical Session 1: Panel 03.1 Venue: Convention Centre – Lecture Hall 2

Panel 03.1: Quest for a New Global Order and International Law – I

Chair: B.S. Chimni, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Role of International Courts and Tribunals in the Changing Global Order

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Bharat H. Desai, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Arctic Governance and International Law: Some Emerging Issues Balraj K. Sidhu, Executive Director, Centre for Advanced Study on Courts & Tribunals Emerging Order of Transitional Administrations: The Cases of Kosovo and Iraq Santosh Upadhyaya, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Use of Explosive Weapons in International Law: Reflections on Emerging Global Norms Juliee Sharma, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Tuesday: 11.00 AM – 12.30 PM Technical Session 1: Panel 04.1 Venue: Convention Centre – Lecture Hall 3

Panel 04.1: Climate Change, Environmental Sustainability and Social Justice: Mapping Perspectives on and from the Global South – I

Chair: Jyrki Käkönen, Professor, Tallinn University, Estonia Geopolitics of Fear and Climate Displacements: Perspectives on and from Small Island Developing States (SIDs) Sanjay Chaturvedi, Professor, Panjab University Sonali Narang, Research Scholar, Panjab University / Assistant Professor, Lovely Professional University Development Imperatives, Cultural Erosion and Climate Change in Lahaul Valley Simrit Kahlon, Associate Professor, Panjab University Impact of Climate Change Policy on Biodiversity and Adaptive Capacity: Perspectives from Below

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Himangana Gupta, Senior Research Fellow, Panjab University R.K. Kohli, Professor, Panjab University Problematizing Sustainability, Social Justice and the Marginality in Global South Ronki Ram, Professor, Panjab University Surinder Singh, Research Scholar, Panjab University Tuesday: 11.00 AM – 12.30 PM Technical Session 1: Panel 05.1 Venue: Convention Centre – Committee Hall

Panel 11.1: Borders: Transforming Threats to Opportunities Chair: Siddiq Wahid, formerly Vice-Chancellor, IUST, Awantipora, South Kashmir Cross LoC trade/transport: Prospects for India-Pakistan Relations Priyanka Singh, Associate Fellow, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses Border Issues in South Asia: Challenges and Opportunities Especially Indo-Bangladesh Zahoor Ahmad Rather, Research Scholar, Vikram University Borders: A View from “Nowhere” Rimple Mehta, Assistant Professor and Research Scholar, Jadavpur University India’s Borders and Cross-Border Issues: Problems and Prospects Shreesh Kumar Pathak, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Politics of Border Fencing in Manipur: Issues and Implications on Traditional Border Communities Seikhogin Haokip, Research Scholar, North-Eastern Hill University

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C. Sekholal Kom, Research Scholar, North-Eastern Hill University Tuesday: 11.00 AM – 12.30 PM Technical Session 1: Panel 06.1 Venue: School of International Studies – Kunzru Conference Hall (Room #203)

Panel 06.1: Understanding the Assertions of Islamists: Perspectives from the South

Chair: Ilyas Husain, Professor, Jamia Millia Islamia Islamists, the Muslim World and the Western Understanding of Terrorism: Has the need of Hermeneutics in the Religion of Islam become an Exigency? Sanjeev Kumar H.M., Assistant Professor, South Asian University Pan Islamic World Visions in The Late Nineteenth Century Nagothu Naresh Kumar, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Liberation Theology as an ‘Ethical’ Intellectual Discourse: Engaging with the Post-Secular Moment in Post-9/11 Afghan Crisis Deepshikha Shahi, Assistant Professor, Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi Reassertion of Political Islam: Quest for Democratic Islamisation in Pakistan Subhajit Naskar, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Is Islamic Extremism leading Pakistan in a quagmire? Priyabala Singh, Research Scholar, University of Delhi Tuesday: 11.00 AM – 12.30 PM

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Technical Session 1: Panel 07.1 Venue: School of International Studies – Room #103

Panel 07.1: Security Conceptions from the Global South: Approaches and Issues - I

Chair: Manoj Joshi, Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation Re-imagining ‘National Security’ Perspectives Nagesh K. Ojha, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Feminist Perspective of International Security Dipti Tamang, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Cyberspace: Challenging the Ideas and Practices of Security in India C.B. Chellani, IAF Officer / Research Scholar, Central University of Gujarat Counter Terrorism: Is There a North South Divide? A Unique Case of India’s War on Terror Kirti Singh, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Tuesday: 11.00 AM – 12.30 PM Technical Session 1: Panel 08.1 Venue: School of International Studies – Appadorai Conference Hall (Room #001)

Panel 08.1: Social Movements and Human Rights Discourses from the South - I

Chair: Shashwati Goswami, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi Taking to the streets: Mass Movements in the 21st century Vijayta Mahendru, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

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Indigenous Peoples Movement and the Global South: Interventions from India Madhumita Das, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Contending Discourses on Human Rights: Experiments in the Arab World Manzer Jahan Ujala, Research Scholar, Jamia Millia Islamia Regional Frameworks for Human Rights Protection in the South: Options for Asia Tridip Bardalai, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University TUESDAY: 12.30 PM – 1.30 PM LUNCH Tuesday: 1.30 PM – 3.00 PM Technical Session 2: Panel 09.1 Venue: Convention Centre – Auditorium II Panel 09.1: Historicising the rise of the Global South: Contest, co-optation and morphing

of indigenous and global perspectives Co-Chairs: Hari S. Vasudevan, Professor / Shantanu Chakrabarti, Associate Professor, University of Calcutta IR Theories, Western Imagination and the Post-colonial ‘South’: A Critical Engagement Shibashis Chatterjee, Associate Professor, Department of International Politics, Jadavpur University Catalyst, Challenger or Norm Entrepreneur: India in the Global Nuclear Non-Proliferation Narrative A. Vinod Kumar, Visiting Faculty, Institute of Foreign Policy Studies, University of Calcutta

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Do Asian Values still exist? Revisiting the roots in search of a plausible future Parama Sen, Project Fellow, Institute of Foreign Policy Studies, University of Calcutta A case study on the influence of colonialism on bilateral relations: Congo and Belgium Alexandra Vanreusel, Student, Catholic University of Leuven / University of Calcutta Marlies Vanhooren, Student, Catholic University of Leuven / University of Calcutta

Tuesday: 1.30 PM – 3.00 PM Technical Session 2: Panel 02.2 Venue: Convention Centre – Lecture Hall 1

Panel 02.2: Strategies of Economic Development: Perspectives from the South - II Chair: Ashok Guha, Former Dean, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Do foreign banks in India indulge in cream skimming? Mandira Sarma, Associate Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Anjali Prasad, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Endogenous Human Capital Formation, Distance to Frontier and Economic Growth: Theory and Evidence from Developing and Least-Developed Countries Sujata Basu, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Meeta Keswani Mehra, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University International Development Discourse and Microfinance: A Critical Analysis from the Global South Bagisha Suman, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Agricultural Productivity Growth in India: An Analysis Accounting for Different Land Types Varun Kumar Das, Consultant, Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices, Ministry of Agriculture

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Tuesday: 1.30 PM – 3.00 PM Technical Session 2: Panel 03.2 Venue: Convention Centre – Lecture Hall 2

Panel 03.2: Quest for a New Global Order and International Law - II Chair: Luther Rangreji, Associate Professor, South Asian University Genuine Global Governance: Hegemony to Legitimacy B. Ramesh Babu, Scholar in Residence, Foundation for Democratic Reforms, Hyderabad The misunderstood International Crimes’ Tribunal of Bangladesh: Introducing a new wave in Justice and Reconciliation Zakia Afrin, Adjunct Faculty and Research Scholar, Golden Gate University Rights of the Oppressed Peoples and International Law Laishram Malem Mangal, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Global Communication Order and International Law: Strategy and Indian Experience Dinesh Kumar Singh, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Quest for a New Global Order and International Law Shamim Ahmad Wagay, Research Scholar, Vikram University Tuesday: 1.30 PM – 3.00 PM Technical Session 2: Panel 10.1 Venue: Convention Centre – Lecture Hall 3

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Panel 10.1: Do ‘Global’ Problems Need ‘Global’ Solutions? Issues in Environmental Governance

Chair: Bharat Desai, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Understanding Environmental Governance: Issue of Water Niharika Tiwari, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Understanding the Changing Dynamics of the Global Governance through the Engagement of ‘Global’ Environmental Movement with the World Bank Vasudha Dhingra, Assistant Professor, University of Delhi Cooperative Solutions for the Global Problem of Environmental Governance Sagar Narayan, Research Scholar, Central University of Gujarat Environmental Negotiations, Agendas and Challenges: A perspective from the South Upasana Koul, Research Scholar, Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia Policy Response to Floods in South Asia: Reimagining or Persistence of Ethno-centrism Pallavi Deka, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Tuesday: 1.30 PM – 3.00 PM Technical Session 2: Panel 11.1 Venue: Convention Centre – Committee Hall

Panel 05.1: Borders and Territoriality: A North-South Dialogue

Chair: Krishnendra Meena, Assistant Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

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Re-theorizing Territory, Sovereignty, and Space: a Cross-border Space through Civil Society Organizations? Jussi Laine, Research Fellow, Karelian Institute, University of Eastern Finland Continental East-West and Global North-South? Re-imagining (B)Orders in Globalization Victor Konrad, Professor, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Fuzzy Borders: Understanding post-colonial territoriality and State making in India Shereen Sherif, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Space and Territoriality in South Asia: Borderscapes and Borderlanders Bikash Sarma, Research Scholar, Sikkim University Tuesday: 1.30 PM – 3.00 PM Technical Session 2: Panel 12.1 Venue: School of International Studies – Kunzru Conference Hall (Room #203)

Panel 12.1: State and Movements in the Arab World - I Chair: A.K. Ramakrishnan, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University State, Society and Democratization: Towards a Theoretical Understanding of Arab Spring Sujay Ghosh, Associate Professor, Uluberia College New Trend In Making: Reassessing The Perceived Truth Of Arab Nations Gourav Lama, Student, University of Calcutta Parnita Banerjee, Student, University of Calcutta Arab Spring, End of Postcolonialism and Emergent New Political Imaginaries

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Anindya Sekhar Purakayastha, Assistant Professor, SKB University, Purulia Mursed Alam, Assistant Professor, Gour College, Malda Dhritiman Chakrabarty, Research Scholar, Jadavpur University Palestinian Politics and Arab Spring: Some critical issues Prasad M.V., Assistant Professor, Sree Krishna College, Guruvayur Tuesday: 1.30 PM – 3.00 PM Technical Session 2: Panel 07.2 Venue: School of International Studies – Room #103

Panel 07.2: Security Conceptions from the Global South: Approaches and Issues - II

Chair: Shanta Nedungadi Varma, Professor, University of Delhi Human Security and its Entailments: Remapping Great Power Aspiration of India Praveen Dhanda, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Indo-Bangladesh Enclave Exchange: A study with special reference to Human Security Jayadev Dash, Research Scholar, Central University of Gujarat Ethnic Conflict and Human Security in Kazakhstan Renu Sain, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Human security in India with special reference to NRHM in Uttar Pradesh Veer Kumar Rai, Research Scholar, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow Tuesday: 1.30 PM – 3.00 PM

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Technical Session 2: Panel 08.2 Venue: School of International Studies – Appadorai Conference Hall (Room #001)

Panel 08.2: Social Movements and Human Rights Discourses from the South - II Chair: Hilary Silver, Professor, Brown University / Fellow, Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Advanced Study, JNU Human Rights, Citizenship and Migrant Labour in the GCC: Prospect for an Inclusive Policy Bijulal M.V., Assistant Professor, Mahatma Gandhi University Crossing the Boundaries: Dalit Women in the International Domain Mayura Bhalchandra Vedpathak, Research Scholar, Central University of Gujarat LGBT Movement - Giving a New Discourse to Human Rights: A Perspective of the South Shreya Banerjee, Research Scholar, Pondicherry University Shreya Chatterjee, Research Scholar, Pondicherry University Hydro-power projects: are they really the path to development? Nani Gopal Mandal, Research Scholar, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai TUESDAY: 3.00 PM – 3.15 PM COFFEE Tuesday: 3.15 PM – 4.45 PM Technical Session 3: Panel 13.1 Venue: Convention Centre – Auditorium II

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Panel 13.1: Going Beyond Dualisms in Thinking About the Global South: Critical Reflections

Chair: Vidhu Verma, Professor, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University Rethinking the Religion/Secularism Binary in World Politics Aparna Devare, Assistant Professor, University of Hyderabad Transcending Dualism in Samuel P. Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations: Some Critical Reflections Areeba Ahsanat Moazzam, Research Scholar, University of Hyderabad Asian Involvement in Africa: A Perspective on Emerging Binaries in the Global South Shaji S., Assistant Professor, University of Hyderabad Politics of transition in post-apartheid South Africa: re-evaluating race and class Vivek N.D., Research Scholar, University of Hyderabad Tuesday: 3.15 PM – 4.45 PM Technical Session 3: Panel 02.3 Venue: Convention Centre – Lecture Hall 1

Panel 02.3: Strategies of Economic Development: Perspectives from the South - III Chair: Manoj Pant, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Brazil and India: More State to Grow? Maria Antonieta Del Tedesco Lins, Professor of International Economics, University of São Paulo International Development Discourses: The South as Platform

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Pradeep Kumar Mishra, Associate Professor, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar Transforming Power Relationships: Contextualizing Women’s Rights to Land as a Development Strategy, Perspective from Global South Aradhana Singh, Research Scholar, Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University Strategies of Global North in Aid Politics: A way to handicap Global South Sadia Khan, Student, Jamia Millia Islamia Tuesday: 3.15 PM – 4.45 PM Technical Session 3: Panel 14.1 Venue: Convention Centre – Lecture Hall 2

Panel 14.1: Re-imagining India in International Organizations Chair: C.S.R. Murthy, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University India and European Union: Democratisation of the United Nations B. Krishnamurthy, Professor, Centre for European Studies, Pondicherry University Coalition-building at the WTO: The Global-Regional Divide in Indian Leadership? Arundhati Sharma, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Restructuring the UN and the WTO: Implications for India and the Global South Abhishek Anand, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University The great Indian speed ‘mela’: how India’s soft power seduced Formula One Jhilam Chattaraj, Research Scholar, University of Hyderabad

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Tuesday: 3.15 PM – 4.45 PM Technical Session 3: Panel 15.1 Venue: Convention Centre – Lecture Hall 3

Panel 15.1: Energy Challenges for the Global South Chair: Prabhat Kumar, Joint Secretary, Energy, Ministry of External Affairs India’s troubled relationship with energy and its implications for India’s energy security Lydia Powell, Head, Centre for Resources Management, Observer Research Foundation Reaching out to Eurasian Energy Resources: Is there a Global South Energy Strategy? Meena Singh Roy, Research Fellow & Coordinator West Asia Centre, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses Understanding the Geopolitics of Russian Energy Security Nalin Kumar Mohapatra, Assistant Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Financing of Clean Energy: A Study of Southern Perspective Gyana Ranjan Panda, Assistant Professor, Central University of Rajasthan Tuesday: 3.15 PM – 4.45 PM Technical Session 3: Panel 16.1 Venue: Convention Centre – Committee Hall

Panel 16.1: Border Issues in South Asia: Challenges and Opportunities

Chair: Uma Singh, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Building Sustainable Peace on India-Bangladesh Border: The Human Security Perspective

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Sanjay K. Bhardwaj, Assistant Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University India-Bangladesh Border Fencing and Community Responses Chandra Moni Bhattarai, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University India-Nepal Open Border: Springboard for Opportunities Rajeev Kumar, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University India and Sri Lanka Maritime Security: Challenges and Opportunities Ravi Thorat, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Tuesday: 3.15 PM – 4.45 PM Technical Session 3: Panel 12.2 Venue: School of International Studies – Kunzru Conference Hall (Room #203)

Panel 12.2: State and Movements in the Arab World - II

Chair: A.K. Ramakrishnan, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Spare Democracy Shayani Mukherjee, Student, Presidency University Social Media and Democratization in the Arab World Shubhda Chaudhary, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Islamic Activism and Women: Challenges to Female Islamic Activists of Muslim Brotherhood in the Changing Scenario of Egypt Sumaiyah Ahmed, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Why Turkish model of democracy lacks empirical validity in the Arab World? A comparative analysis

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Ahmed Raza, Research Scholar, Jamia Millia Islamia Tuesday: 3.15 PM – 4.45 PM Technical Session 3: Panel 07.3 Venue: School of International Studies – Room #103

Panel 07.3: Security Conceptions from the Global South: Approaches and Issues - III

Chair: Jayati Srivastava, Associate Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Combating Human Trafficking in South Asia: The Role of Maiti Nepal Romana Lepcha, Research Scholar, Sikkim University In the realm of Transnational threats: Focusing human trafficking of Sri Lankan refugees and human security threats Lekshmi K., Research Scholar, Central University of Gujarat Addressing the Issue of Natural Disaster as a Non-traditional Security Concern in South Asian within Human Security Perspective Minu Sinha Ratna, Assistant Professor, Vivekananda College for Women Environment as a Human Security Threat in the Ferghana Region Sweety Bala, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Tuesday: 3.15 PM – 4.45 PM Technical Session 3: Panel 08.3 Venue: School of International Studies – Appadorai Conference Hall (Room #001)

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Panel 08.3: Social Movements and Human Rights Discourses from the South - III

Chair: Ajay Gudavarthy, Assistant Professor, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University Voices from the Global South: Human Rights of Peasants and Rural Poor Niloshree Bhattacharya, Research Scholar, University of Hyderabad Social Movement Against Land Dispossession and Rights Issues in West Bengal Subrata Sankar Bagchi, Associate Professor, University of Calcutta Right to Development: the ‘participatory’ Developmental Discourse and Naxal movement in India Imran Amin, Research Scholar, Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University The Role of Naxalites in ensuring the basic rights of Women Vinita Priyedarshi, Independent Researcher TUESDAY: 4.45 PM – 5.00 PM TEA Tuesday: 5.00 PM – 6.15 PM Plenary Session 2: Panel Discussion Venue: Convention Centre – Auditorium I

Panel Discussion: Re-imagining Global Orders: Perspectives from the South Tuesday: 6.15 PM – 7.15 Roundtable 1

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Venue: Convention Centre – Auditorium II

Roundtable 1: MEA and the Orientation of Indian Foreign Policy

Tuesday: 6.15 PM – 7.15 Workshop 1 Venue: Convention Centre – Lecture Hall 1

Workshop 1: Teaching of ‘Global History from Southern Perspectives’

Tuesday: 6.15 PM – 7.15 Workshop 2 Venue: Convention Centre – Lecture Hall 2

Workshop 2: The Legacies of Edward Said

DINNER

Day 2: 11 December 2013, Wednesday

Wednesday: 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM Plenary Session 3: Public Lecture Venue: Convention Centre – Auditorium I

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Public Lecture: Shri Shivshankar Menon, National Security Advisor, Government of India Chair: Professor Amitav Acharya, American University, Washington, DC WEDNESDAY: 10:45 AM – 11.00 AM TEA Wednesday: 11.00 AM – 12.30 PM Technical Session 4: Panel 17.1 Venue: Convention Centre – Auditorium II

Panel 17.1: New Imaginings of Democracy - I Chair: Mohinder Singh, Assistant Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Alternative Imaginations of Self and the Nation among Women in the Kashmiri Resistance Inshah Malik, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Nepal: New Experiments in the South V. R. Srinivasan, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, JNU / Senior Assistant Editor, EPW Nation - Imagined and Real Kamal Mitra Chenoy, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Democracy Re-Examined: Towards A Substantive Understanding of The Relation Between Nation-State and The Common Man Ashwin Kurian Philip, Student, University of Hyderabad Nirmal A.P., Student, University of Hyderabad

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Wednesday: 11.00 AM – 12.30 PM Technical Session 4: Panel 18.1 Venue: Convention Centre – Lecture Hall 1

Panel 18.1: New Directions in Theorising International Relations Chair: Rajan Harshe, Professor, South Asian University Theorizing marginality and the case for IRT from the global south Siddharth Mallavarapu, Associate Professor, South Asian University Indigenism and the Re-imagining of IR in India Atul Mishra, Assistant Professor, Central University of Gujarat Chinese International Relations Theory: Is a narrative of China’s Rise? Jayshree Borah, Research Scholar, University of Delhi Africa and the Theoretical Peace in IR Vineet Thakur, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Existing Conflicts and Emerging Power Dynamics in West Asia: An analysis from Kautilyan Perspective Priya Ranjan Kumar, Assistant Professor, Central University of Gujarat Wednesday: 11.00 AM – 12.30 PM Technical Session 4: Panel 19.1 Venue: Convention Centre – Lecture Hall 2

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Panel 19.1: India and the Contours of the Contemporary Nuclear Order - I

Chair: R. Rajaraman, Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University Nuclear Renaissance and the Global Nuclear Non-Proliferation Order Zothanpuii, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University India’s International ‘Reset’: Examining India’s Nuclear Diplomacy after Pokhran II Manish Dabhade, Assistant Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Challenges to Nuclear Nonproliferation: Great Powers’ Counterproliferation Policies Poujenlung Gonmei, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Wednesday: 11.00 AM – 12.30 PM Technical Session 4: Panel 04.2 Venue: Convention Centre – Lecture Hall 3

Panel 04.2: Climate Change, Environmental Sustainability and Social Justice: Mapping Perspectives on and from the Global South - II

Chair: Bharat Desai, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Critique of North-South Debate on Climate Change: The Question of the Real South Rabindra Mani Pradhan, Research Scholar, Sikkim University Environmentalism in the Global South: Case Study of the works of Anupam Mishra and Wangari Maathai Reva Prakash, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

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Climate Change in the Arctic: A Gateway for Asia in the Arctic Council Naresh Kumar, Research Scholar, Panjab University The Domestic Discourse of Climate Change in India: Business Groups as Critical Political Actors Sucharita Sengupta, Assistant Professor, Jamia Millia Islamia People’s Perception on Climate Change: A Case Study of Indo-Gangetic Region Sunil Goyal, Head of Department, Government College, Anjad, Madhya Pradesh Wednesday: 11.00 AM – 12.30 PM Technical Session 4: Panel 02.4 Venue: Convention Centre – Committee Hall

Panel 02.4: Strategies of Economic Development: Perspectives from the South - IV Chair: Amit Shovon Ray, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Ever greening of patents and impact on R&D investment in India Biswarup Ghosh Promises and Paradoxes of the Expansion of SEZs in India Malini L. Tantri, Assistant Professor, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore IVF in India: Negotiating Motherhood, Infertility and Social Diagnosis across a Spectrum of Transnational Feminisms Sneha Annavarapu, Student, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai

Integrating Corporate Responsibility Principles and Stakeholder Approaches into Mainstream Strategy: A Stakeholder-oriented and Integrative Strategic Management Framework Sonali Goyal

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Wednesday: 11.00 AM – 12.30 PM Technical Session 4: Panel 22.1 Venue: School of International Studies – Kunzru Conference Hall (Room #203)

Panel 22.1: Democratization in West Asia: Critical Perspectives

Chair: A.K. Pasha, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Democratization in the Fertile Crescent: A Critique of the Western Paradigm Bansidhar Pradhan, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Democratization Progress in Turkey under the JDP Yatharth Kachiar, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University The Struggle for Democracy in Bahrain Talwar Aradhana Shampal, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Democratization in the Post-Arab Spring West Asia: Prospects and Challenges Aswini K. Mohapatra, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Wednesday: 11.00 AM – 12.30 PM Technical Session 4: Panel 07.4 Venue: School of International Studies (Room #103)

Panel 07.4: Security Conceptions from the Global South: Approaches and Issues - IV

Chair: Jayati Srivastava, Associate Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

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Changing Dimension of International Criminal Law: Humanitarian and Human Rights Perspective Shashi Prabha Joshi, Research Scholar, Banaras Hindu University Changing Notion of Security and Responsibility to Protect: An Indian Perspective Silky Kaur, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Doctrine of Humanitarian Intervention and Law of internal conflicts: a critical analysis of Libyan intervention Anupama Sharan, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia Wednesday: 11.00 AM – 12.30 PM Technical Session 4: Panel 23.1 Venue: School of International Studies – Appadorai Conference Hall (Room #001)

Panel 23.1: Indo-Pacific as Geostrategic Framework: Significance and Implications

Chair: Manmohini Kaul, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University India and the Indo-Pacific G.V.C. Naidu, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University U.S. and the Indo-Pacific Arenla Jamir, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Indonesia and the Indo-Pacific Rahul Mishra, Associate Fellow, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses Australia and the Indo-Pacific

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Pragya Pandey, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University WEDNESDAY: 12.30 PM – 1.30 PM LUNCH Wednesday: 1.30 PM – 3.00 PM Technical Session 5: Panel 17.2 Venue: Convention Centre – Auditorium II

Panel 17.2: New Imaginings of Democracy - II Chair: Zoya Hasan, Former Dean, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University We, the people: Constructing Liminal Spaces of Indian Democracy Anindya Sarkar, Research Scholar, Centre For Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta Parallel Struggle for Identity and Legitimacy: State and Cultural Communities Tarushikha Sarvesh Emergence of New Network Sphere through the Interplay of Power and Counter Power: The Indian Perspective Sanhita Chatterjee, Assistant Professor, Visva-Bharati University Challenge of Making a Democratic Order: The Debates in the Indian Constituent Assembly (1946-1947) Arpita Mitra, Student, University of Calcutta Nandita Pal, Student, University of Calcutta

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Wednesday: 1.30 PM – 3.00 PM Technical Session 5: Panel 24.1 Venue: Convention Centre – Lecture Hall 1

Panel 24.1: Revisiting Core Concepts in International Relations Chair: Siddharth Mallavarapu, Associate Professor, South Asian University Third World in the Evolving Global Order: Examining the Concept Azhar Ali, Research Scholar, Jamia Millia Islamia Is there a Global South? A perspective from South Asia Rahul Tripathi, Assistant Professor, Goa University Revisiting the Asian Identity Priyadarshni Rawal, Research Scholar, O.P. Jindal Global University “Selfhood of Order” or Value-Based System in a Reshaping World Laura Yerekesheva, Professor and Head, Institute of Oriental Studies, Almaty Non-cruelty: A golden mean between violence and non-violence Sanchi Rai, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Wednesday: 1.30 PM – 3.00 PM Technical Session 5: Panel 19.2 Venue: Convention Centre – Lecture Hall 2

Panel 19.2: India and the Contours of the Contemporary Nuclear Order - II

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Chair: R. Rajaraman, Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University Dynamics of India’s Nuclear Identity Smita Singh, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University India’s Case for NSG Membership - Implications for National Security Jayanna Krupakar, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Ballistic Missile Defence and International Nuclear Order: Stability or Instability? Neha Tiwari, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Ballistic Missile Defence: Implications on India’s Nuclear Order Pinki Roy, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Wednesday: 1.30 PM – 3.00 PM Technical Session 5: Panel 20.1 Venue: Convention Centre – Lecture Hall 3

Panel 20.1: Emerging Regional Orders: Options for the South – I

Chair: Abdul Nafey, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University BRICS as a New Constellation in International Relations? Jyrki Käkönen, Professor, Tallinn University, Estonia Regional Powers, Global Governance and the relevance of BRICS Sudip Chakraborty BRICS: An Opportunity for a Transformative South? Urvashi Sarkar, ActionAid India

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Interregionalism in the South: A Case Study of the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Dialogue Forum Naik Shraddha Shrikant, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Wednesday: 1.30 PM – 3.00 PM Technical Session 5: Panel 25.1 Venue: Convention Centre – Committee Hall

Panel 25.1: Diaspora in International Relations: Experiences and Perspectives from the Global South - I

Chair: J.C. Sharma, IFS (Retd.), Former Member Secretary, High Level Committee on Indian Diaspora Diaspora in International Relation: As an agency in countries of origin domestic and foreign policy Paokholal Haokip, Assistant Professor, Pondicherry University Diaspora in International Relations: A Case of South African Indians in Foreign Policy of India Vidhan Pathak, Assistant Professor, University of Mumbai Malayali Gulf Diaspora and Its Influence on Indian Foreign Policy: Role of Regions in International Policies Jaiffer Ali Arackal, Research Scholar, Jamia Millia Islamia Diaspora of Bangladesh in Tripura as a Source of Trade Balance between India and Bangladesh Arobindo Mahato, Assistant Professor, Tripura University Barnali Roy, Research Scholar, Tripura University Wednesday: 1.30 PM – 3.00 PM

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Technical Session 5: Panel 26.1 Venue: School of International Studies – Kunzru Conference Hall (Room #203)

Panel 26.1: Post-2014 Afghanistan: Challenges and Way Forward Chair: I.P. Khosla, Former Ambassador of India to Afghanistan India’s interests and apprehensions in post-ISAF Afghanistan Anil Mohapatra, Assistant Professor, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar Afghanistan After 2014: Implications for India Amrita Banerjee, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Gaurav Kumar Jha, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Post-2014 Afghanistan: Challenges and Prospects for New Delhi-Kabul Ties Shyna V.V., Research Scholar, Pondicherry University India’s would be journey in post-2014 Afghanistan: The strategic assessment Shazia Shaikh, Research Scholar, University of Mumbai Russian security concerns on post-2014 Afghanistan Timeeva Liubov Wednesday: 1.30 PM – 3.00 PM Technical Session 5: Panel 27.1 Venue: School of International Studies – Room #103

Panel 27.1: Emerging Africa: Opportunity and Role for India

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Chair: Sam Joseph Maghimbi, Nelson Mandela Chair, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University The Churning of the Eastern Africa’s Maritime Sphere: Opportunities and Challenges for India Pranav Kumar, Assistant Professor, Central University of Bihar Indian Agricultural Investments in Africa Veda Vaidyanathan, Research Scholar, University of Mumbai India’s Energy Cooperation with Francophone Africa: Strengthening the Global South Chetan Tokas, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University India’s Engagements in Africa at the Multilateral Level: Exploring the dynamics of BRICS and IBSA Aparajita Biswas, Professor, University of Mumbai Destination Africa and the Re-Ordering of India’s Foreign Policy Mohammed Badrul Alam, Professor, Jamia Millia Islamia Amit Kumar Gupta, Research Scholar, Jamia Millia Islamia Wednesday: 1.30 PM – 3.00 PM Technical Session 5: Panel 28.1 Venue: School of International Studies – Appadorai Conference Hall (Room #001)

Panel 28.1: India-Southeast Asia through the Prism of Look East Policy Chair: A.N. Ram, Former Ambassador of India to Thailand Locating Southeast Asia in India’s Strategic Perspectives: Limitations and Opportunities Shrikant Paranjpe, Professor, University of Pune Soumya Tiwari, Research Scholar, University of Pune

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New Paradigms in India’s Look East Policy Santishree D. Pandit, Professor, University of Pune Rimli Basu, Research Scholar, University of Pune Vying for Cooperation: Clash between Indian efforts in Southeast Asia and US and Chinese interests in the region Sahil Mathur, Student, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai Trajectory of Indo-ASEAN Relations: Present Scenario and Future Prospects Bharti Chhibber, Assistant Professor, University of Delhi India’s increasing engagement with the Southeast Asian nations and China’s concerns Mohd Mansoor Beig, Research Scholar, Central University of Gujarat WEDNESDAY: 3.00 PM – 3.15 PM COFFEE Wednesday: 3.15 PM – 4.45 PM Technical Session 6: Panel 17.3 Venue: Convention Centre – Auditorium II

Panel 17.3: New Imaginings of Democracy - III Chair: B.C. Upreti, Professor, University of Rajasthan Democratic Innovations and the Sub-Continental Experience Shiraz Sheikh, Research Scholar, Jamia Millia Islamia

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Challenges to Democracy in South Asia: A Case Study of Bangladesh and Pakistan Srimanti Sarkar, Researcher, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies Top-Down Model of Democracy in Bhutan: An Example of New Democracy Anil Kumar, Research Scholar, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow Contestations over nation state monoliths and the finance capital: South Asia story Sunand Wednesday: 3.15 PM – 4.45 PM Technical Session 6: Panel 29.1 Venue: Convention Centre – Lecture Hall 1

Panel 29.1: Historical Insights in the Making of International Relations Theory Chair: Navnita Chadha Behera, Professor, University of Delhi National Images and International Relations: A Review of American Empire P.M. Joshy, Assistant Professor, University of Kerala ‘Civilisation Drove Forward in a Mortuary Cart’: Reading Colonial Constructions of Indian Culture Jayashree Vivekanandan, Assistant Professor, South Asian University The Case of the ‘Other India’ and Indian IR Scholarship Priya Naik, Assistant Professor, University of Delhi The concept of ‘order’ in Arthashastra Medha Bisht, Assistant Professor, South Asian University

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From the “Darker” nations to the “Poorer” nations: Third World, Global South and Non-alignment 2.0 Vaibhav Abnave, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Wednesday: 3.15 PM – 4.45 PM Technical Session 6: Panel 30.1 Venue: Convention Centre – Lecture Hall 2 Panel 30.1: US in the Global South: Rethinking politics of alliances, aid, immigration, and

markets Chair: C. Uday Bhaskar, Cmde. (Retd.), Former Director, National Maritime Foundation Obama’s Pivot to Asia: Implications for the Region and India Chintamani Mahapatra, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University US Alliances in the Indian Ocean region: Emerging Equation with India K.P. Vijayalakshmi, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University The Fragmenting of America: Immigration to and Assimilation of Latinos in the United States after 1968 Saumyajit Ray, Assistant Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Energy Security in Global South: A Study of Indo-US Energy Cooperation Hina Pandey, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Collaborating for Food Security: Indo-US Agricultural Relations Simi Mehta, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Wednesday: 3.15 PM – 4.45 PM

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Technical Session 6: Panel 20.2 Venue: Convention Centre – Lecture Hall 3

Panel 20.2: Emerging Regional Orders: Options for the South - II Chair: Mohammed Badrul Alam, Professor, Jamia Millia Islamia Rise of the Islamists under the Shadow of the Arab Spring and Its Implications for the Region and Beyond Rafiullah Azmi, Assistant Professor, Jamia Millia Islamia Regional Cooperation: A Dividend? Perspectives Opportunities and Challenges Shivoli Santra, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Multilateralism and New Security Agenda: Challenges and Prospects for the EU in the Global South Manasi Singh, Assistant Professor, Central University of Gujarat Wednesday: 3.15 PM – 4.45 PM Technical Session 6: Panel 25.2 Venue: Convention Centre – Committee Hall

Panel 25.2: Diaspora in International Relations: Experiences and Perspectives from the Global South - II

Chair: J.C. Sharma, IFS (Retd.), Former Member Secretary, High Level Committee on Indian Diaspora Indian Diaspora in a Globalized World R. Radhakrishnan, Visiting Faculty, University of Pune

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Effects of Globalization: Indian Diaspora’s Views on Functioning of Indian Democracy in South Asia Salu D’ Souza, Senior Research Fellow, Central University of Gujarat The PIO and Shaping of South Africa-India Relationship in the Post-Apartheid Era: A Foreign Policy Perspective Sanjay Kumar Pradhan, Assistant Professor, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University Wednesday: 3.15 PM – 4.45 PM Technical Session 6: Panel 31.1 Venue: School of International Studies – Kunzru Conference Hall (Room #203)

Panel 31.1: India’s Engagements with the External World

Chair: S.D. Muni, Professor, National University of Singapore Nehru’s Foreign Policy: The Need to Move beyond a Balance-of-Power Centric Lens Nabarun Roy, Assistant Professor, South Asian University Russia, India and China: Diplomacy and Limitation Liyaqat Ayub Khan, Associate Professor, University of Mumbai India’s Attitude towards International Sanctions Rishika Chauhan, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Pattern and Counter-pattern in the Indo-Pacific: A Calculus for India’s Position in the Region Vivek Mishra, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University India’s Economic and Energy Engagements with West Asia Anuj P. Dubey

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Javed A. Khan Wednesday: 3.15 PM – 4.45 PM Technical Session 6: Panel 32.1 Venue: School of International Studies – Room #103

Panel 32.1: Emerging Powers in Africa

Chair: Aparajita Biswas, Professor, University of Mumbai Development Assistance: A Strategic Link between Emerging Powers and Africa Prajakta A. Bagwe, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Securing Indian Interests by Training Africa’s Military Leadership R.A. Maslekar, Research Scholar, University of Mumbai / Air Commodore, Indian Air Force China’s Investment Model in Africa: A global South Perspective Vichitra Garg, Faculty, University of Delhi Policy Proposal for Indian Government Investment in the Emerging African Market- Construct base for the private investments to follow Anshul S. Bhamra, Student, Jamia Millia Islamia India-Africa Hydrocarbon Production Linkage: A Symmetrical Perspective Sandipani Dash, Researcher, Indian Council of World Affairs Wednesday: 3.15 PM – 4.45 PM Technical Session 6: Panel 33.1

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Venue: School of International Studies – Appadorai Conference Hall (Room #001)

Panel 33.1: India-Southeast Asia: Prospects for South-South Cooperation

Chair: Baladas Ghoshal, Former Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Rebalancing Asia-Pacific: Geo-Strategic Framework and Security Dynamics G.G. Dwivedi, Professor, Aligarh Muslim University / Major-General (Retd.) India’s Policy of Engaging Myanmar Haokam Vaiphei, Research Scholar, North-Eastern Hill University Imagining A New Regional Order: An India-Southeast Asia-China Axis Amruta Karambelkar, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University WEDNESDAY: 4.45 PM – 5.00 PM TEA Wednesday: 5.00 PM – 6.15 PM Roundtable 2 Venue: Convention Centre – Auditorium II

Roundtable 2: Whither Non-Alignment?

Wednesday: 5.00 PM – 6.15 PM Workshop 3

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Venue: Convention Centre – Lecture Hall 1

Workshop 3: Reflections on Kenneth Waltz

Wednesday: 5.00 PM – 6.15 PM Workshop 4 Venue: Convention Centre – Lecture Hall 2

Workshop 4: What is International Relations?

Wednesday: 6.30 PM – 7.15 PM Plenary Session 4: Public Lecture Venue: Convention Centre – Auditorium I

Public Lecture – ‘Eurozone Crisis: A Perspective from the South’ Shri Dinkar Khullar, Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs Chair: Professor S.K. Thorat, Chairman, Indian Council of Social Science Research DINNER

Day 3: 12 December 2013, Thursday

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Thursday: 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM Plenary Session 5: Public Debate Venue: Convention Centre – Auditorium I

Public Debate – ‘The Crisis of Global Capitalism?’ Shri Arun Maira, Member, Planning Commission Professor Jayati Ghosh, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University Chair: Dr. Sanjaya Baru, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi / International Institute of Strategic Studies, London THURSDAY: 10:45 AM – 11.00 AM TEA TRAVEL SUPPORT

Thursday: 11.00 AM – 12.30 PM Technical Session 7: Panel 34.1 Venue: Convention Centre – Auditorium II

Panel 34.1: Gender and Peacebuilding in South Asia: Recasting Women’s Agency Chair: Nivedita Menon, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Militarization Values, Attitudes and Practices in South Asia Anuradha Chenoy, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

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Changing Dynamics of Gender and Peacebuilding in South Asia: Making Women Count Rita Manchanda, Research Director, South Asia Forum for Human Rights Accords, Peace and Militarization: The Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh Amena Mohsin, Professor, Dhaka University Fecund Mullahs and Gonibillas: The Gendered Discourse of Muslim Hate in Post-war Sri Lanka Farzana Haniffa, Senior Lecturer, University of Colombo Thursday: 11.00 AM – 12.30 PM Technical Session 7: Panel 35.1 Venue: Convention Centre – Lecture Hall 1

Panel 35.1: International Economic and Financial Architecture at a Crossroads - I

Chair: Archna Negi, Assistant Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University International Economic and Financial Order: From Global South Rachit Murarka, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Negotiating a New International Economic and Financial Architecture: The Role of Developing Country Coalitions Anusha Lall, Consultant, UNDP / Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Impact of Recent Financial Crisis on Global Orders of Economies: With Special Reference to Emergence of Asian Economies D.K. Yadav, Assistant Professor, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University , Lucknow

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Thursday: 11.00 AM – 12.30 PM Technical Session 7: Panel 36.1 Venue: Convention Centre – Lecture Hall 2

Panel 36.1: South Asia within the Global South: Conflict and Cooperation - I

Chair: N.K. Jha, Professor, Pondicherry University China and India: Conflict and Cooperation in the 21st Century Nongmaithem Mohandas Singh, Assistant Professor, Central University of Gujarat Kishor Jose, Assistant Professor, Central University of Gujarat India’s Strategic Interests in Afghanistan Beyond 2014 Saurabh Sharma, Assistant Professor, Central University of Gujarat SAARC: (Still) in Search of Regional Integration? Jahangir Ahmad Khan, Research Scholar, Central University of Gujarat Thursday: 11.00 AM – 12.30 PM Technical Session 7: Panel 37.1 Venue: Convention Centre – Lecture Hall 3

Panel 37.1: Challenges before European Integration: A Southern Perspective

Chair: Gulshan Sachdeva, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Immigrants in Europe: Bane or Boon Bhaswati Sarkar, Assistant Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

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Accepted or Denied? The Dilemma of Asylum Seekers in Europe Himani Pant, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Emergence of Far Right in Western Europe: Ideology and Discourse Sheetal Sharma, Assistant Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Resource Efficiency Management as Challenge for European Integrative Model: A Southern Viewpoint Hemanta Kumar Dash, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University The Turkish Question and the Politics of “Privileged Partnership” Nitika Srivastava, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Thursday: 11.00 AM – 12.30 PM Technical Session 7: Panel 38.1 Venue: Convention Centre – Committee Hall

Panel 38.1: Rise of East Asia: A Perspective from Global South - I

Chair: K.V. Kesavan, Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation Changing Dynamics in East Asia: Japan-India Relations Srabani Roy Choudhury, Associate Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University China’s Development and its Impact on Neighbouring Countries: A Theory Formation Sangit Sarita Dwivedi, Assistant Professor, University of Delhi China and the World Trade Organization: Questioning the “Revisionist” Hypothesis Priyanka Pandit, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

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Thursday: 11.00 AM – 12.30 PM Technical Session 7: Panel 39.1 Venue: School of International Studies – Kunzru Conference Hall (Room #203)

Panel 39.1: Regional Integration Mechanisms in Latin America and Opportunities for India - I

Chair: Deepak Bhojwani, Former Ambassador of India to Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, Ecuador and Dominican Republic Central American Integration Process: A Critical Analysis Swati Sain Gupta, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Pelayo Roces Fernandez, Research Scholar, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University Growth of Mercosur: A Model for Developing Regions Tushar Kant, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Emerging Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) Markets: Growth, Opportunities and Challenges to India Gowd Kiran Kumar, Research Scholar, University of Hyderabad Varun Mohan, Research Scholar, University of Hyderabad Thursday: 11.00 AM – 12.30 PM Technical Session 7: Panel 40.1 Venue: School of International Studies – Room #103

Panel 40.1: Hegemonic Western Knowledge Production: The Global South’s Problems with the ‘International’

Chair: Swaran Singh, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

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The Marginalisation of Religion in International Relations: Deconstructing Secular IR Theories Shubha Kamala Prasad, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Challenging the Dogma: Imperatives for Contextualising Nuclear Deterrence Tanvi Kulkarni, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Hegemonising the Strategic Technology Discourse: Understanding the Creation of ‘Universal’ Normative Categories in Technology Transfers Debak Das, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University An Alternative Regime of Knowledge Governance to Counter the Hegemony of TRIPS Indivar Jonnalagadda, Research Scholar, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai Vikrant Dadawala, Research Scholar, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai Thursday: 11.00 AM – 12.30 PM Technical Session 7: Panel 41.1 Venue: School of International Studies – Appadorai Conference Hall (Room #001)

Panel 41.1: Central Asia and India: Looking Ahead

Chair: K. Warikoo, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Central Asia, Mongolia and SCO: The Way Ahead Sharad K. Soni, Assistant Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Vaishali Krishna, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Terrorism and Extremism in Central Asia and Xinjiang: Implications for India Mahesh Ranjan Debata, Assistant Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

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India’s Engagement with Central Asia: Exploring Future Directions S.V. Kulkarni, Associate Professor and HOD, C.S.B. Arts, S.M.R.P. Science & G.L.R. Commerce College, Ramdurg Connect Central Asia Policy: Re-imagining the Indian Perspective Marilyn Kwan Kharkongor, Research Scholar, Jadavpur University The European Union’s Central Asia Policy: Relevance for India Madan Yadav, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University THURSDAY: 12.30 PM – 1.30 PM LUNCH TRAVEL SUPPORT

Thursday: 1.30 PM – 3.00 PM Technical Session 8: Panel 42.1 Venue: Convention Centre – Auditorium I

Panel 42.1: Women Rights and Lives in Armed Conflict and Transition Chair: Rita Manchanda, Research Director, South Asia Forum for Human Rights Accountability for Crimes Committed During Conflict: Limits and Challenges of Transitional Justice in South Asia Warisha Farasat, Lawyer, Centre for Equity Studies

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Living in a War Zone: FATA (Pakistan) Noreen Naseer, Lecturer, University of Peshawar Post War Sri Lanka and UN Resolution 1325: A Gendered Enquiry on Reconstruction, Reconciliation and Democratization in Northern Province Shweta Singh, Assistant Professor, South Asian University International Humanitarian Law and Women’s Rights: Re-investigating the Fault-lines Miranda Das, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Thursday: 1.30 PM – 3.00 PM Technical Session 8: Panel 35.2 Venue: Convention Centre – Lecture Hall 1

Panel 35.2: International Economic and Financial Architecture at a Crossroads - II Chair: Moushumi Basu, Associate Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Re-Imagining the International Monetary Fund Manisha Sinha, Independent Researcher Re-visiting the Savings and Loan Crisis of the 1980s: Lessons Yet Unlearnt Mushahid Hussain, Faculty, International University of Business Agriculture and Technology, Dhaka Dynamics of Trilemma in India Ganesh Manjhi, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Thursday: 1.30 PM – 3.00 PM Technical Session 8: Panel 36.2

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Venue: Convention Centre – Lecture Hall 2

Panel 36.2: South Asia within the Global South: Conflict and Cooperation - II Chair: Ajay Darshan Behera, Professor, Jamia Millia Islamia Indo-Pak Border Trade: Opportunities for 21st Century Sudhir Singh, Assistant Professor, University of Delhi Regional Cooperation in Maritime Security: A View from the Bay of Bengal Mohammad Rubaiyat Rahman, Research Scholar, South Asian University Baluchistan Movement in Pakistan: A Quest for Autonomy Debasish Nandy, Assistant Professor, Kalyani University

Thursday: 1.30 PM – 3.00 PM Technical Session 8: Panel 43.1 Venue: Convention Centre – Lecture Hall 3

Panel 43.1: Eurasia in the Global Order: An Indian Perspective - I Chair: Anuradha Chenoy, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Post-Cold War “New Regionalism”, Western Engagement with the Post-Soviet, and Entrenched Postcoloniality Murad Ismayilov, Research Scholar, University of Cambridge Russia and NATO Relations: A Quest of Security Dimensions in Emerging Geopolitics in Eurasia Herkan Neadan Toppo, Assistant Professor, Jadavpur University

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India-Russia Relations and the Emerging Geopolitics in Eurasia Nidhi Sinha, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Russia-Georgia Relations and Ethnic Issue in Recent Times Sumita Sen, Professor, Jadavpur University Security as a Determining Factor of Russia’s Foreign Policy: 2001-2012 Pallavi Pal, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Thursday: 1.30 PM – 3.00 PM Technical Session 8: Panel 38.2 Venue: Convention Centre – Committee Hall

Panel 38.2: Rise of East Asia: A Perspective from Global South - II

Chair: Lalima Varma, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Beyond Neo-liberalism: Analyzing “Post-Developmental State” in Korea Jitendra Uttam, Assistant Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Shift of Power in East Asia and Cultural Links with the Global South: An Analysis of South Korea from Social Constructivism Anmol Mukhia, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University South Korea: A ‘’Balancer’’ in Northeast Asia? Angana Guha Roy, Research Scholar, University of Delhi Thursday: 1.30 PM – 3.00 PM

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Technical Session 8: Panel 39.2 Venue: School of International Studies – Kunzru Conference Hall (Room #203)

Panel 39.2: Regional Integration Mechanisms in Latin America and Opportunities for India - II

Chair: Deepak Bhojwani, Former Ambassador of India to Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, Ecuador and Dominican Republic Latin America and India: Cooperate to Dominate? Abhismita Sen, Research Scholar, Jadavpur University Regional Integration Mechanisms in Latin America and Opportunities for India Harshad Garje, Student, University of Pune Nagma Naaz, Student, University of Pune Growth of Democracy in Latin America Along Socialist Lines: A Comparative Perspective with India Amit Mishra, Assistant Professor, Central University of Tibetan Studies Thursday: 1.30 PM – 3.00 PM Technical Session 8: Panel 44.1 Venue: School of International Studies – Room #103

Panel 44.1: Global Orders and Area Studies Chair: C. Raja Mohan, Head, Strategic Studies and Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation Beyond the Neo-liberal Vision: World Order in the 21st Century Anup Datta, Professor, North Bengal University

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The Bi-Multipolar Global Order: Balancing from Global South Parvez Alam, Research Scholar, Jamia Millia Islamia Alternative Perspectives on Sovereignty: A Comparative Study of Three Civilisational Constructs from the South T. Velmurugan, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Saurav Sarmah, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University ‘Problematizing’ South Asian Area Studies Georgekutty M.V., Research Scholar, Jamia Millia Islamia Thursday: 1.30 PM – 3.00 PM Technical Session 8: Panel 45.1 Venue: School of International Studies – Appadorai Conference Hall (Room #001)

Panel 45.1: Problems of Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding: Perspectives of the South Chair: Randhir Kumar Mehta, Lt General (Retd.) / Peace Operations Training Institute, USA Problems of Peacebuilding in Afghanistan Subhransu Sekhar Misra, Associate Professor, National Defence Academy, Pune NATO’s “Out of Area” Operations: A Case Study of Afghanistan Madan Meher, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University THURSDAY: 3.00 PM – 3.15 PM COFFEE

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Thursday: 3.15 PM – 4.45 PM Technical Session 9: Panel 46.1 Venue: Convention Centre – Auditorium II

Panel 46.1: Women, Peace and Security: Reflections from India and Beyond Chair: Anupama Roy, Professor, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University Role of Civil Society Actors in the Implementation of Resolution 1325 in India Soumita Basu, Assistant Professor, South Asian University Woman Rights in Armed Conflict and Transitions Kalpana Devi, Faculty, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow U.V. Kiran, Research Scholar, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow Women’s Access to Justice in Northeast India (Manipur) Fiona McAlpine, Research Scholar, Royal Melbourne Institute for Technology Mainstreaming Gender in Security Sector Reform in Afghanistan Anjani Devi, Research Scholar, Central University of Gujarat Gender Essentialism: Peace & Violence in Global Politics Gayathri Mahendran, Student, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai Thursday: 3.15 PM – 4.45 PM Technical Session 9: Panel 21.1 Venue: Convention Centre – Lecture Hall 1

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Panel 21.1: River Water Sharing in South Asia: Opportunities and Challenges

Chair: Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Honorary Professor, Centre for Policy Research Expanding Sino-Indian Geopolitical Rivalry: From Territorial to Hydrological Conflict Tej Pratap Singh, Professor, Banaras Hindu University River Water Sharing between India and Nepal: From Confrontation to Cooperation D. Purushottaman, Assistant Professor, Pondicherry University Water Sharing in South Asia: A Case of India’s Emerging Water Challenges with Bangladesh Bibhuti Bhusan Biswas, Research Associate, Pondicherry University Indus Water Treaty: Need to Build a Shared Vision and Mutual Understanding Khursheed Ahmad Wani, Research Scholar, Pondicherry University The Reconfiguration of the Algebra of Global Order-Factoring in the Non-State Actors in Water Security in South Asia Vaishali Raghuvanshi, Research Scholar, South Asian University Thursday: 3.15 PM – 4.45 PM Technical Session 9: Panel 47.1 Venue: Convention Centre – Lecture Hall 2

Panel 47.1: Revisiting Diplomacy in the Contemporary Global Order: A Southern Perspective

Chair: Satish Kumar, Director, Foundation for National Security Research / Former Professor, SIS, JNU

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Challenges to Diplomacy: Order? Justice? Equality? Kaveri Bedi, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Soft Power and Public Diplomacy: Perspectives of the Global South Gazala Fareedi, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Aid Diplomacy: India, China and West Rajeev Yadav, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Understanding India’s Role as a Champion of the North-South Frame of Reference in Climate Change Negotiations Iqbal Singh Sandhu, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University India’s Maritime Diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific Ishani Naskar, Assistant Professor, Rabindra Bharati University Thursday: 3.15 PM – 4.45 PM Technical Session 9: Panel 43.2 Venue: Convention Centre – Lecture Hall 3

Panel 43.2: Eurasia in the Global Order: An Indian Perspective - II Chair: Ajay Patnaik, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University New Silk Roads in Eurasia: Connectivity as a Factor in Changing the Global Order Sreemati Ganguli, Researcher, Institute of Foreign Policy Studies, University of Calcutta Eurasia in the Global Order: An Indian Perspective Raju Keshari, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

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India’s Strategic Perspectives on Eurasia Chakali Bramhayya, Assistant Professor, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University Reflection of Eurasia in North-Indian Folk Narratives Preeti Das, Assistant Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Thursday: 3.15 PM – 4.45 PM Technical Session 9: Panel 48.1 Venue: Convention Centre – Committee Hall

Panel 48.1: India-China Relations: Multiple Dimensions

Chair: T.C.A. Rangachari, Former Ambassador of India to China India and China: Economic Opportunities and Conflicts Bhanu Pratap Singh, Assistant Professor, University of Jammu China’s deterrence against India’s Tibet Policy Rakesh Kumar Yadav, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Challenges to the Sino-Tibetan Dialogue: An Indian Perspective Chok Tsering, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Emerging Powers and Re-imagining Global Order: Rising Rivalry between United States, China and India in Indo-Pacific Govind Gaurav, Research Scholar, Banaras Hindu University Involvement of China in Indian Ocean since 1990s: Strategies and its Implications towards Indian Ocean Region Fathimath Suhara Kadakkadan, Research Scholar, University of Hyderabad

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Thursday: 3.15 PM – 4.45 PM Technical Session 9: Panel 17.4 Venue: School of International Studies – Kunzru Conference Hall (Room #203)

Panel 17.4: New Imaginings of Democracy - IV

Chair: K.P. Vijayalakshmi, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Participatory Governance and the Specter of Urban Citizenship in the Global South Aditya Mohanty, Assistant Professor, Central University of Bihar Democratizing the Democracies of Global South: Looking Beyond the Prescriptive American Republicanism Debarati Dutta, Research Scholar, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur The Issue of “Democracy” in Foreign Relations: Central Asia with East and West Mara Gubaidullina, Director, Department of International Relations, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University New Imaginings of Democracy: Nation-state in Kazakhstan and women’s interest Ariba Jalal, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Thursday: 3.15 PM – 4.45 PM Technical Session 9: Panel 49.1 Venue: School of International Studies – Room #103

Panel 49.1: Southern Globalizations

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Chair: Uttara Sahasrabuddhe, Professor, University of Mumbai Globalization and Changing Dimensions of National Security in Indian context Vasanti Rasam, Professor, Shivaji University Oriental Globalization: Tracing the History and Genealogy of Global South Rajeesh Kumar, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Glocalisation and Public Sphere: A View from the South Mohammad Reyaz, Research Scholar, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Interrogating Globalization: An Appraisal of Globalization Rhetoric and Development in the Northeast Nandini Kalita, Research Scholar, Ambedkar University, New Delhi THURSDAY: 4.45 PM – 5.00 PM TEA Thursday: 5.00 PM – 6.00 PM Plenary Session 6: Roundtable Venue: Convention Centre – Auditorium I

Roundtable: Women in World Affairs

Thursday: 6.00 PM – 7.30 PM Plenary Session 7: Valedictory Session Venue: Convention Centre – Auditorium I

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Valedictory Session DINNER