Vol. XXXVIII (1V) January - March
2008
In this issue…….
· Research Institutes and their e-mail ids
· Programmes
· Book Review
· Regional Centres
· Research Institutes
Programmes
International
Collaboration
During the period under report, the following activities were carried out:
The ICSSR and the Maison Des Sciences de
L’Homme, Paris has collaborative relations in the field of social sciences
under the India-France Cultural Exchange Programme. Exchange of scholars, joint seminars, and joint publications are
major activities. Under this programme,
following activities were undertaken:
Exchange of Scholars
French Side
1. Dr (Mrs) Francoise Dasques, 11, Rue
Saulnier, 75009 Paris, France visited India for a duration of six weeks
starting from 1 February 2008 in connection with her research work on
‘Evolution of French Architectural Models During the Nineteenth Century: A
Comparative Study Between India and Mexico’.
2. Professor Bernard Faure, MSH, Paris
visited India for a duration of one month starting from 21 February 2008 in
connection with his research work on ‘Influence of Indian Mythology and Ritual
on Medieval Japanese Buddhism’.
3. Dr (Mrs) Lucy Baugnet, Faculty of Philosophy, Human and
Social Sciences, University of Picardie, “Jules Verne”, France visited India
for a duration of one month starting from 13 February 2008 in connection with
her research work on ‘(i) Indo-French Perspectives on Local Government and
Democracy, (ii) Cross-Cultural research on Attitudes and Social Representations
towards Globalistion and (iii) Crossing Cultural Codes, Syncretism and
Innovation’.
4. Professor (Mrs) Sonia Dayan Herzbrun, University of Paris 7,
Paris, France visited India from 3 to 16 March 2008 in connection with her
research work on ‘Gender and Citizenship in Postcolony’.
5. Dr Dominique Fougeyrollas-Schwebel, Charge de recherché,
CNRS en sociologie, IRISES (Institute de recherche interdisciplinaire en
sociologie, economie et science politique), UMR 7170 DU CNRS, University
Paris-Dauphine, France visited India from 3 to 16 March 2008 in connection with
her research work on ‘Gender and Citizenship in Postcolony’.
Indo-French Joint Advisory Committee
(JAC)
The Indo-French Joint Advisory Committee (JAC)
meeting was held from 7 to 8 January 2008 in Paris to review the programme,
consider proposals under the exchange of scholars, joint seminars etc. Prof. S.K. Thorat, Chairman, UGC, Prof.
Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, Chairman, ICHR, Prof. K. Ramakrishna Rao, Chairman,
ICPR and Prof. T.C.A. Anant, Member-Secretary, and Dr K.N. Jehangir, Dy.
Director from ICSSR and Prof. France Bhattahcarya from MSH, Paris attended the
meeting.
The Committee considered the proposals of each organisation in respect of exchange of scholars, seminar proposals and policy related issues.
Professor T.C.A. Anant, Member-Secretary, ICSSR and Dr K.N.
Jehangir, Deputy Director (IC), New Delhi visited Hague, The Netherlands from 9
to 11 January 2008 to meet and discuss with officials of NWO, MaGw, WOTRO to
initiate the implementation of activities of the ICSSR-NWO joint programme.
ICSSR-UNU/WIDER PROGRAMME
ICSSR and UNU/WIDER, Helsinki,
had initiated a joint project on ‘Hunger and Food-Security’ in
association with FAO, Rome. As an outcome of this project, the following two
volumes have been published:
Volume: Food Insecurity, Vulnerability
and Human Rights Failure,
Palgrave-Macmillan, UK
Volume: Food-Security: Indicators,
Measurement and the Impact of
Trade Openness, Oxford University Press (OUP), UK
Professor Shabd S Acharya, Honorary Professor, Institute of
Development Studies (IDS), Jaipur and Professor Basudev Guha-Khasnobis,
Research Associate, UNU-WIDER, Helsinki were the editors of the volumes.
A book release function of the
two edited
volumes was held on 22 January
2008 in
New Delhi. The volumes
were released
by Professor Deepak Nayyar,
Chairman,
Governing Board, UNU/WIDER,
Helsinki.
Professor André Béteille, Chairman, ICSSR
presided over the function.
ICSSR-ESRC JOINT PROGRAMME
A seven-member delegation from Economic and
Social Science Research Council (ESRC), London, UK led by Dr Glyn Davies,
Director of Policy & Resources and Deputy Chief Executive visited ICSSR
from 13 to 14 December 2007 to participate in the joint meeting and to finalise
the MOU between the two organisations.
ICSSR and ESRC (UK) has now
signed an agreement for collaboration in social sciences. The activities to be
undertaken are exchange of scholars, joint projects and joint seminars. The
programme is now being initiated from April 2008.
In pursuance of the Cultural Exchange Programme
signed between the two countries for the years 2007-2009 signed on 25 January
2007 in New Delhi, the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), which
is one of the implementing agencies of India-Russia Cultural Exchange
Programme, organised a Round Table workshop on Russia and India: Ethics of
Non-violence in the Globalization Epoch. As a part of the celebration of the Year of Russia
in India the above Round Table workshop was organised in collaboration
with the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Moscow, Indian Council of Social
Science Research, New Delhi and Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New
Delhi from 17 to 18 March 2008. In this
Round Table the following scholars participated and contributed papers.
Session
I: Concepts of Non-violence in the Spiritual Legacy of India and Russia
Chairperson
Prof.
R.B. Rybakov
Speakers
Prof.
V. Lysenko, Non-violence and Ahimsa in Ecological Perspective: Tradition and
Modernity
Prof.
Ramashray Roy, Non-Violence in Indian Tradition
Prof.
Yu. E. Vanina, Non-violence and Historical Legacy
Prof.
A.A. Guseinov, Lessons from Great Moralists of Russia and India – Leo
Tolstoy and Mahatma Gandhi
Session
II: Violence in Modern World: Premises and Perspectives
Chairperson
Professor
Ramashray Roy
Speakers
Prof.
R.B. Rybakov, Non-violence ethics in the Globalisation Epoch
Prof.
K. Ramakrishna Rao, Colors of Violence: A Psycho-Social Analysis from a
Gandhian Perspective
Prof.
R.P Singh, Violence in Modern World: Premises and Perspectives
Prof.
Arjun Deb, Gandhi and the Palestine Problem
Session
III: Withstanding Violence in the Modern World: Methods and problems
Chairperson
Professor
S. Bhattacharya
Speakers
Prof.
T.L. Shaumian, Non-violence and Human Rights
Prof.
M.P. Dube, A Gandhian Way of Controlling Violence
Prof.
V.I. Mukomel, Xenophobia and Non-violence: a Socio-cultural Aspect
Prof.
Bindu Puri, Gandhian Satyagrah: Love & Ethics of Listening
Professor
G Haragopal, Globalisation and Violence: Relevance of Gandhian Methodology
Session
IV: Non-violence as a Moral Imperative in the Globalisation Epoch
Chairperson
Professor
A. A. Guseinov
Speakers
Prof.
Irfan Habib, Imperialism and Non-violence
Prof.
I.V. Zaitsev, Islamic Ethics in the Globalisation Epoch
Prof.
Mridula Mukherjee, A Strategy of Non-violence in the Globalised World
Prof.
D. Jeevan Kumar, Globalisation, Development and the Moral Imperative of
Non-violence
Prof.
F.N. Yurlov, Violence and Social Justice in the Globalisation Epoch
Visit of Chinese
Delegation
A six-member delegation headed by Professor Chen Jiagui,
Vice President, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Beijing, China
visited ICSSR on 31 March 2008. The
other member of the delegation were:
1.
Professor Li Yang, Director,
Institute of Finance, CASS
2.
Professor Jin Bei, Deputy
Director, Institute of Industrial Economy, CASS
3.
Professor Huang Qunhui, CASS
4.
Professor Xie Lili, CASS
5.
Professor Zhang Qiaozhi, CASS
A meeting with the delegates was arranged in
the ICSSR for discussion on next MOU, the theme of the Indo-China Joint Seminar
proposed to be held in Beijing in 2008, and other activities under the Cultural
Exchange Programme.
Chinese Side
1.
Professor Zhang Mingshu and Professor Feng Yue from Institute of
Political Science, (CASS), Beijing, China
visited India from 14 to 28 February
2008 in connection with their research work on ‘Indian Democracy and Its
Relations with Economy, Religion and Culture’.
2.
Professor Feng Yue from
Institute of Political Science (CASS), Beijing, China visited India from 14 to
28 February 2008 in connection with his research work on ‘Characteristics of
Indian Democratic Systems’.
3.
Professor Liu Jian, from
Institute of Asia Pacific Studies, (CASS), Beijing, China visited India from 25
January to 10 February 2008 in connection with his research work on ‘Indian
Literature, Tagore, Religion, Culture as well as China-India Relations’.
4.
Professor Wang Xiaodon from
Institute of Asia Pacific Studies, (CASS), Beijing, China visited India from 25
January to 10 February 2008 in connection with his research work on ‘Hindi
Literature, Indian Human Development and Social Issues’.
Indian Side
1. Dr Amlan Majumdar, Dinhata College, P.O. Dinhata, Coochbehar,
West Bengal visited China for duration of one month in connection with his
research work on ‘A Multidimensional Assessment of Well-being based on Amartya
Sen’s Functioning Approach in the Context and India’.
Kalyani, Kalyani visited China for duration of one month
in connection
with his research
work on ‘An assessment of Implications of FDI Flows
on duration of
Market Structure and Corporate Governance in India and
China’.
JNU, New Delhi visited China for duration of one month in
connection
with his research work on ‘State and
Labour in Post- Reform Societies: A
Comparative Studies in India and
China’.
Financial Assistance to scholars who went abroad to
participate in an International Conferences
1.
Professor Tulsi Patel,
Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, Delhi
participated in the European Social Science History Conference (ESSHC) 2008 at
Lisbon, Portugal from 26 February to 1 March 2008.
2.
The following scholars
participated in the international conference on ‘Inter Asian Connection’ at
Dubai, UAE from 21 to 23 February 2008.
(i) Dr Deeptha
Achar, Reader, Department of English, Faculty of
Arts, M.S. University of Baroda, Baroda.
(ii)
Dr Ganmalla Gita Visvanth,
Satyam, Cross Courts Society, Sama Savli Road, Baroda.
(iii)
Dr T.T. Haokip, Senior
Lecturer, Department of Political Science, North Eastern Hill University,
Shillong.
(iv)
Dr Aradhna Aggarwal, Head,
Department of Business Economics, University of Delhi South Campus, Dhaula
Kuan, New Delhi.
(v)
Dr Vishwanatha, Professor,
Department of Economics, Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri.
(vi)
Dr Sony Pellissery, Associate
Professor, Institute of Rural Management Anand, Anand.
Financial Assistance provided for
organising International Conferences in India
organised the international seminar on ‘Development Through Planning,
Market or Decentralisation’ at Bombay from 21 to 23 January 2008.
3.
Dr Sunita Reddy and Dr.
Harish Naraindas, School of Social Sciences, Centre of Social Medicine and
Community Health, J.N.U. New Delhi, organised the international seminar on ‘Re-examining
Disaster, Recovery and Reconstruction: Social Science Perspective on the
Tsunami’ at J.N.U. New Delhi from 14 to 15 January 2008.
4.
Professor Debal K. Singha
Roy, Professor of Sociology, IGNOU, Maidangarhi, New Delhi, organised the
international seminar on ‘Social Development, Social Movements and the
Marginalised: Perspectives and Concerns’ at IGNOU, New Delhi from 16 to 19
February 2008.
5.
Professor Anjoo Sharan
Upadhyay, Coordinator, Centre for the Study of Nepal, faculty of Social
Sciences, BHU, Varanasi, organised the
international seminar on ‘Role of Civil Society in Emerging Democratic
Nepal’ at BHU, Varanasi from 18 to 19 January 2008.
6.
Dr Jayanti Basu, Department
of Applied Psychology, Calcutta University, Kolkata, organised the international
seminar on ‘12th International & 43rd National
Conference of Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, 2008 Challenges of Applied
Psychology for Social Transformation’ at Calcutta University, Kolkata from 7 to
9 February 2008.
7.
Dr Basabi Bhattacharya, Centre
for Advanced Studies, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata,
organised the international seminar on ‘Issues in Finance-Theory and Empirics’
at Kolkata, from 2 to 3 January 2008.
8. Professor P.R. Vyas, Organising Secretary, Department of Geography and Natural Resource Management, Rajasthan Vidyapeeth University, Udaipur, organised the ‘2nd International Indian Geography Congress of National Association of Geographers’ at Udaip