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Annual International Studies Convention 2015
Power, Resistance and Justice in the International
System: Perspectives from the South
School of International Studies
Jawaharlal Nehru University
22-23 March 2015
Day I – 22 March 2015
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Registration
Inaugural Session
(Venue: JNU Convention Centre)
Academic Session [Group I]
(seven parallel sessions)
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Lunch
Academic Session [Group II]
(seven parallel sessions)
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Tea Break
Academic Session [Group III]
(seven parallel sessions)
Dinner
(for invitees only)
7:00 p.m. onwards
Day II – 23 March 2015
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Academic Session [Group IV]
(seven parallel sessions)
11:00 a.m. – 11.15 a.m.
11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Tea Break
Academic Session [Group V]
(seven parallel sessions)
12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Lunch
Academic Session [Group VI]
(seven parallel sessions)
Special Session
(Venue: JNU Convention Centre)
3:30 p.m.
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Key to Academic Sessions
DAY 1 – 22 MARCH 2015
203
SIS I
001
SIS I
201
SIS I
128
226
344
SIS II SIS II SIS II
349
SIS II
11:30
– 1:00
PN.1.1 PN.1.2 PN.1.3 PN.1.4 PN.1.5 PN.1.6 PN.1.7
2:00 –
3:30
PN.2.1 PN.2.2 PN.2.3 PN.2.4 PN.2.5 PN.2.6 PN.2.7
4:00 –
5:30
PN.3.1 PN.3.2 PN.3.3 PN.3.4 PN.3.5 PN.3.6 PN.3.7
DAY 2 – 23 MARCH 2015
9:30 –
11:00
PN.4.1 PN.4.2 PN.4.3 PN.4.4 PN.4.5 PN.4.6 PN.4.7
11.15 –
PN.5.1 PN.5.2 PN.5.3 PN.5.4 PN.5.5 PN.5.6 PN.5.7
12:45
1:45 –
3:15
PN.6.1 PN.6.2 PN.6.3 PN.6.4 PN.6.5 PN.6.6 PN.6.7
PN.1.1.
Gendering International Relations
PN.1.2.
Indian Diasporas in Africa: Struggles and Achievements
PN.1.3.
Power Asymmetries: Global and Local
PN.1.4.
Changing Conceptions and Contours of Power
PN.1.5.
Identity, Nationhood and Transnationalism: Studies from
South Asia
PN.1.6.
Energy Security and Policy Options for India
PN.1.7.
Studies in Security
PN.2.1.
Political Religion and International Relations
PN.2.2.
Social Problems and Political Consequences
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PN.2.3.
Power and Resistance in East Asia: Changing Dynamics
PN.2.4.
Civil Society as an Agent of Resistance
PN.2.5.
India and South Pacific – Changing Perspectives
PN.2.6.
Globalization and Human Rights
PN.2.7.
Migration: Case Studies
PN.3.1.
Civil War and Aftermath in Sri Lanka
PN.3.2.
Interface of Power, Justice and Resistance in Russian and
Central Asian Political Systems
PN.3.3.
Regional Orders in a Globalizing World
PN.3.4.
Religion, Violence and Politics in International Relations
PN.3.5.
India’s Regional and Bilateral Relations
PN.3.6.
Identity, Migration and Integration: Studies from Across
the World
PN.3.7.
Revisiting Borders in South Asia
PN.4.1.
Democracy and Democratization: Reality, Rhetoric and
Promise
PN.4.2.
Economic Issues in International Relations
PN.4.3.
Global Law, Institutions and Justice
PN.4.4.
Social Movements and Globalization: Case Studies from
India
PN.4.5.
Transformations in the World Order
PN.4.6.
Women in War and Conflict
PN.4.7.
Globalization and Resistance
PN.5.1.
Regional Integration and the Reconstitution of Power: The
Rise of Normative EU
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PN.5.2.
Migration and Resistance in International Relations
PN.5.3.
Rights and Justice: Studies from India
PN.5.4.
India’s Foreign Policy: Challenges and Contradictions
PN.5.5.
Contesting American Power in Asia: Allies, Partners &
Challengers
PN.5.6.
Global Governance and the Global South
PN.5.7.
Foreign Intervention in West Asia and North Africa:
Power, Resistance and Justice in the International System
PN.6.1.
Arab Uprisings: Persisting Issues
PN.6.2.
Studies in Trade and Development
PN.6.3.
Power and Resistance: Empirical Studies
PN.6.4.
Transformations and
International Politics
PN.6.5.
Energy Governance in International Relations
PN.6.6.
Marginalized Groups Across the World
PN.6.7.
Migration and States’ Responses in South Asia
Contestations:
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Reflections
on
Day 1 – 22 March 2015
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Registration
10:00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
Inaugural Session
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Academic Session [Group I]
(seven parallel sessions)
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Lunch
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Academic Session [Group II]
(seven parallel sessions)
3:30 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.
Tea Break
4.00 – 5:30 p.m.
Academic Session [Group III]
(seven parallel sessions)
7:00 p.m. onwards
Dinner
(for invitees only)
Inaugural Session
Date: 22 March 2015
Time: 10.00 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.
Venue: Auditorium 1, Convention Centre, JNU
Welcome Address:
Prof. Anuradha M. Chenoy,
Dean, SIS, JNU
About the Convention:
Prof. A. K. Ramakrishnan,
Chairperson, Academic
Committee, AISC, 2015
Address by Chief Guest:
Shri Sitaram Sharma, Chairman,
MAKAIAS, Kolkata
Key Note Address:
Prof. Prabhat Patnaik, Professor
Emeritus, SSS, JNU
Vote of Thanks:
Prof. Ajay K. Patnaik, Coconvener, AISC 2015
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ACADEMIC SESSION [Group I]
Date: 22 March 2015
Time: 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
PN.1.1. Gendering International Relations
Time: 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 203, SIS–I
Chairperson: Moushumi Basu
Papers:
1. Gender and International Relations
Arpana Singh, Banaras Hindu University, U.P.
2. Inclusive International Relations: From Feminist
Perspectives
Stanzen Sharap, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
3. Securitising Gender: The UNSC Resolution 1325 and
its Significance for Bringing Gender to the
Mainstream Debate on Security in International
Relations
Dipti Tamang, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
4. Before and After Soviet Disintegration: Fertility Rates
across Central Asian States
Monika Batham, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
PN.1.2. Indian Diasporas in Africa: Struggles and
Achievements
Time: 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 001, SIS–I
Chairperson: S.N. Malakar
Papers:
1. Indian Diaspora in South Africa: Struggle and
Achievement
Debjani Naskar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
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2. Indian Diaspora in Kenya: Struggle and Achievements
Priyadarshika Subba, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi
PN.1.3. Power Asymmetries: Global and Local
Time: 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 201, SIS–I
Chairperson: V.G. Hegde
Papers:
1. Post Colonial Narratives in International Relations:
Re-conceptualising the Food Security Discourse in
Sub-Saharan Africa
Nidhi Prasad, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
2. The WTO, Power Asymmetry and Africa
Pranav Kumar, University of Bihar, Bihar
3. Manifestation of Power in World Trade Organization
and Increasing Resistance for Justice from Global
South: A Critical Analysis of Ninth WTO Ministerial
Conference
Niharika Tiwari, Govt. P.G. College, U.P.
4. The Catastrophic Position of Indian Farmers under
the International Intellectual Property Regime
B.G. Akhila, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
PN.1.4. Changing Conceptions and Contours of Power
Time: 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 128, SIS–II
Chairperson: Varun Sahni
Papers:
1. Computationalisation of Power in Era of 21st Century
Avdhesh Kumar
2. Communicating Soft Power: Contrasting Perspectives
from India and China
Priyadarshini Ghosh
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3. Construction Cyberworld and the Deconstruction of
‘Power’
Jayadev Parida, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
PN.1.5. Identity, Nationhood and Transnationalism: Studies
from South Asia
Time: 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 226, SIS–II
Chairperson: Sangeeta Thapliyal
Papers:
1. Identity Politics in Pakistan: Questions of Nation
Building and Security
Debashish Nandy, Kanchrapara College, Kolkata
2. Ethnic Identity Formation and Restructuring of
Nation State: Mapping the Trajectory of Madheshi
Movement in Nepal
Prashant Kumar and Bagisha Suman, Central University
of Bihar, Bihar and Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi
3. Nepalis in India: A Crisis in Nomenclature
Budh Bahadur Lama, Sikkim University, Sikkim
4. Nepali Migrant Organizations in India and their
Engagement with Homeland Politics
Keshav Bashyal, Centre for Migration and International
Relations, Nepal
PN.1.6. Energy Security and Policy Options for India
Time: 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 344, SIS–II
Chairperson: Aparajita Biswas
Papers:
1. Energy Sustainability for ‘Whom’? Contradictions in
Global Goals & Policy Dilemma for India
Hemant Kumar Dash, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi
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2. India’s Energy Security Issues in South Caucasus
Region: Options and Challenges
Herkan Neadan Toppo, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
3. Energy Politics in Central Asia and India’s Energy
Security
Lal Bahadur Pushker and Rohit Kumar Sharma,
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
4. Regional Energy Cooperation in South Asia: Emerging
Trends and Developments
Vivek N.D., Andhra Pradesh State Development Planning
Society, Hyderabad
PN.1.7. Studies in Security
Time: 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 349, SIS–II
Chairperson: Swaran Singh
Papers:
1. Human Rights in the ‘War on Terror’: A Critical
Analysis
Anusmita Dutta, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi
2. The Drift from Security State to Human Security:
Contextualizing the Rise of ISIS
Shubhda Chaudhary, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi
3. South Asian Security Perspectives: A Critique of the
Traditional Approach
Pooja Bhatt, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
4. The Cyber Security Challenges in India
Rasita
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ACADEMIC SESSION [Group II]
Date: 22 March 2015
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
PN.2.1. Political Religion and International Relations
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 203, SIS–I
Chairperson: Mollica Dastider
Papers:
1. Retracing Religion in the International Relations and
Evolution of Political Religion
Mayuri Banerjee, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
2. ‘Discontent’ with the Modern World: Understanding
the Islamist Critic
Muzaffar Hussain, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi
3. ‘In God We Trust’: The Nexus of Religion and Foreign
Policy in the United States of America
Kimberley Anne Nazareth, Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi
4. Geopolitics and Tibetan Buddhism: Issues of
Hegemony and Co-option
Jigme Yeshe Lama, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi
PN.2.2. Social Problems and Political Consequences
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 001, SIS–I
Chairperson: Jamal Mohammed Moosa
Papers:
1. Global Roots of Local Problems: The Boko Haram
Insurgency in North-Eastern Nigeria
Abba Gana Shettima, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria
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2. Social Inequality in Colombia: The Root Cause of Civil
War and Narco-Terrorism
Mit Patel, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gujarat
3. War Crime Trial, Political Resistance from Local to
Global and Social Movement in Bangladesh
Ratan Kumar Roy, South Asian University, New Delhi
PN.2.3. Power and Resistance in East Asia: Changing
Dynamics
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 201, SIS–I
Chairperson: H.S. Prabhakar
Papers:
1. “Repertoires of Contention”: Suicide Protests as the
New Language of Resistance among Workers in China
Reeja Nair, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
2. Social Exclusion and Resistance: A Comparative Study
of Ethnic Minorities in China and Dalits in India
Chandrasen, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
3. Wielding Power through Nationalism in Japan: Search
for A New Paradigm
Dinamani, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
4. US’ Ally, China’s Partner: The Axiom of South
Korea’s Middle Power Diplomacy, 2008-2014
Mangzamuan, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
PN.2.4. Civil Society as an Agent of Resistance
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 128, SIS–II
Chairperson: Jayati Srivastava
Papers:
1. Resistance or Acquiescence: Politics of Civil Society
Organizations in 21st Century
Sujeet Kumar
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2. Civil Society and Dissent: Locating Subaltern Voices
Aparna Agarwal, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
3. Civil Society and Neoliberal Consensus: Rethinking
Resistance, An Indian Experience
P.M. Joshy, Sree Narayana College, Kerala
4. Power and Resistance at Play: The Indian Nuclear
Experience
Shivani Yadav, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
PN.2.5. India and South Pacific – Changing Perspectives
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 226, SIS–II
Chairperson: Sanjeev Bhadauria
Papers:
1. The New Constitution and Recent Elections in Fiji: A
Critical Analysis
Amba Pande, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
2. India’s relation with Australia within the Indo-Pacific
dynamics
Shubhamitra Das, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi
3. Climate Change in South Pacific: Issues and
Perspective
Kankana Debnath and Binit Lal, Jawaharlal Nehru
University, New Delhi
4. Potential
for
Mutual
Development:
India’s
Engagement with the Pacific Islands
Sunaina Dular and Mainak Putatund, Jawaharlal Nehru
University, New Delhi
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PN.2.6. Globalization and Human Rights
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 344, SIS–II
Chairperson: A.P.Vijapur
Paper Presenters:
1. Impact of Globalization and the Issue of Human Rights
Roopa B.V. and Mudassar Nazar M., Shantha College of
Commerce and Management, Karnataka
2. Human Rights vs. Intellectual Property Rights: A Focus
on Developing Countries
Sandhyarani Nayak, Dhenkanal Junior College, Odisha
3. Transnational Surrogacy: Divide between Global North
and Global South
Chhavi Vashisht, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
4. Commercial Surrogacy and Global Human Rights:
Perspectives from India
Ramratan Dhumal, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
PN.2.7. Migration: Case Studies
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 349, SIS–II
Chairperson: Varaprasad Shekhar
Papers:
1. Migration as a Global Issue: Syrian Refugee Crisis and
Governance of Immigration Policy in Turkey
Selcuk Kahraman and Saban Taniyici, University of
Necmettin, Turkey
2. Hukou, Migration and Reverse Migration in China
Sriparna Pathak Raimedhi,
Observer
Research
Foundation, Kolkata
3. Han Migration in Xinjiang and Uyghur Dissent
Pooja Pingua, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
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4. Experiences of Bhutanese Refugee Youth and Third
Country Resettlement
Dinesh Chandra Naik, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi
ACADEMIC SESSION [Group III]
Date: 22 March 2015
Time: 4.00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
PN.3.1. Civil War and Aftermath in Sri Lanka
Time: 4.00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 203, SIS–I
Chairperson: P. Sahadevan
Papers:
1. Mother as Witness: Poetry by Tamil Women in Sri
Lanka
Aparna Eswaran, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
2. Justice and Accountability in the Post Civil War Sri
Lanka
Nazia Khan, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
3. Civil Society as a Site of Resistance in Post War Sri
Lanka
Praveen Kodabagi, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
4. Why Not Youth? Peacebuilding in Sri Lanka – An
Alternative Approach
Haans J. Freddy, Madras Christian College, Chennai
PN.3.2. Interface of Power, Justice and Resistance in Russian
and Central Asian Political Systems
Time: 4.00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 001, SIS–I
Chairperson: Sanjay K. Pandey
Papers:
1. Religion and Power Politics in Russia
Archana Upadhyay, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
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2. ‘Opposition’ Political Parties in the Central Asian
Political System
Phool Badan, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
3. Conflict and Identity Crisis in Ukraine: Culture as a
Factor
Preeti Das, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
4. Power and Politics of Resistance in Russia
Khush-Hal Lagdhyan, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi
5. Changing Dynamics in Asia: Implications for Central
Asian States
Kamala Kumari, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
PN.3.3. Regional Orders in a Globalizing World
Time: 4.00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 201, SIS–I
Chairperson: C.S.R. Murthy
Papers:
1. Regionalism in the South: A Comparative Analysis of
SADC and SAARC
Sandipani Dash, Indian Council of World Affairs, New
Delhi
2. ASEAN Way: An Alternate Approach to Conflict
Resolution
Sandesh Samant, Mumbai University, Mumbai
3. Sub Regional Cooperation Approach, North Eastern
Region and India’s Look East Policy: An Assessment
Chander Bhushan Nagar, Dasaratha Deb Memorial
College, Tripura
4. The Dynamics of Political Economy in Africa
Shashank Sreedharan and Shreyes Shyamsunder, Pandit
Deendayal Petroleum University, Gujarat
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PN.3.4. Religion, Violence and Politics in International
Relations
Time: 4.00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 128, SIS–II
Chairperson: A.K. Pasha
Papers:
1. Debates on Religious Terrorism
Akshay Ranade, Mumbai University, Mumbai
2. Tracing the Roots of Violence in Religion:
Problematising the Western Perspectives of Islam and
the Changing Contours of International Relations
Sanjeev Kumar H.M., South Asian University, New Delhi
3. In Pursuit of Political Islam: Situating the Paradigm of
Realism
Subhajit Naskar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
4. Religious Education and Politicization of Islam in
Post-Soviet Tajikistan: A Case Study of Global Versus
Local Islam
Nandini Bhattacharya, Calcutta Girls’ College, Kolkata
PN.3.5. India’s Regional and Bilateral Relations
Time: 4.00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 226, SIS–II
Chairperson: Happymon Jacob
Papers:
1. The Rise of China and India’s Security Perception: A
Perspective from the Regional Security Complex
Theory (RSCT)
J. Susanna Lobo, Delhi University, New Delhi
2. Understanding the Role of Soft Power in IndiaBangladesh Relations
Komal Kaushik Baral, Sikkim University, Sikkim
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3. Pakistan’s Perspective in Afghanistan: Policy Options
for India
Tej Pratap Singh, Banaras Hindu University, U.P.
4. India and Iran Relations: Multi-faceted Prospects in
Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean Regions
Ashiq A., University of Hyderabad
PN.3.6. Identity, Migration and Integration: Studies from
Across the World
Time: 4.00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 344, SIS–II
Chairperson: Uttara Sahasrabuddhe
Papers:
1. Muslims in the United States: Dynamics of Identity
and Issues of Integration
Md. Farijuddin Khan, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi
2. Europe as Russia’s Other: Russia’s Conceptions of
Europe
Amitabh Singh, Delhi University, New Delhi
3. Strike Hard Campaign: A Threat to the Ethnic
Identity in Xinjiang
Sakshi Anand, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
4. Understanding Identity through the Mobile
Communities of the Indian Ocean: A Study of the
Siddi and Hadrami Diaspora in Hyderabad City
Khatija Sana Khader, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi
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PN.3.7. Revisiting Borders in South Asia
Time: 4.00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 349, SIS–II
Chairperson: Krishnendra Meena
Papers:
1. Treading Political and Social Spaces: Experiences of
Bangladeshi Women Moving Across the IndoBangladesh Border
Rimple Mehta, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
2. Indo-Myanmar Border as a Site of Contestation: Case
of the Zo Peoples Struggle for Re-unification
Seikhogin Haokip and Ch. Sekholal Kom, North-Eastern
Hill University, Meghalaya
3. Negotiating Maritime Borders: A Study of Indo-Sri
Lankan Fishing Disputes
Shereen Sherif, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
DINNER – 7:00 p.m.
END OF DAY 1
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Day 2 – 23 March 2015
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Academic Session [Group IV]
(seven parallel sessions)
11:00 a.m. – 11.15 a.m.
Tea Break
11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Academic Session [Group V]
(seven parallel sessions)
12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Lunch
1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Academic Session [Group VI]
(seven parallel sessions)
3:30 p.m.
Special Session
ACADEMIC SESSION [Group IV]
Date: 23 March 2015
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
PN.4.1. Democracy and Democratization: Reality, Rhetoric
and Promise
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Venue: Room No. 203, SIS–I
Chairperson: Kamal Mitra Chenoy
Papers:
1. Limiting the Space: Concern for Human Rights and
Democracy in South Asia
Debashish Mitra, F.C.College, West Bengal
2. Democratic Process in Nepal: An Understanding from
Political Parties Perspective
Pankaj Kumar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
3. The Shackles of Democratization and Women Leaders
in Bangladesh
Garima Sarkar, Observer Research Foundation, Kolkata
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4. Revolutionary Inflectional Zones of Democracy:
Rethinking Post-civil Society Paradigms
Dhritiman Chakraborty, Mursed Alam, Anindya Sekhar
Purakayastha, Raiganj Surendranath College, Gour
College, Kazi Nazrul University, West Bengal
PN.4.2. Economic Issues in International Relations
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Venue: Room No. 001, SIS–I
Chairperson: Meeta K. Mehra
Papers:
1. India and Gulf Cooperation Council Interdependence
(2000-2012): An Economic Analysis
Anuj Prakash Dubey, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
2. FDI and Productivity Spillovers: Disentangling the
Channels and Consequences on Indian Manufacturing
Firms
Manoj Pant and Sanghita Mondal, Jawaharlal Nehru
University, New Delhi
3. The Impact of FDI on the Energy Intensity of BRIC
Hena Oak, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
PN.4.3. Global Law, Institutions and Justice
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Venue: Room No. 201, SIS–I
Chairperson: B.S. Chimni
Papers:
1. Global Justice: A Hegemonic Enterprise?
Abhishek Choudhary, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi
2. From Clash to Accommodation: Reflections from
Contemporary Developments in International Law
Mohammad Umar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
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3. Multicivilizational Perspective of International Human
Rights Law: Quest for Global Justice
Amritha V. Shenoy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi
4. International Relations as the Arena of Conflict of
Interest of the Bourgeoisie: A Marxist Understanding
Chandra Kamal Borah, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi
PN.4.4. Social Movements and Globalization:
Case Studies from India
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Venue: Room No. 128, SIS–II
Chairperson: M.S. Sreerekha
Papers:
1. Globalization and New Social Movements: A Case
Study of Environmental Movements Against
Endosulfan and Coca Cola in Kerala
Amritha K.A., University of Hyderabad
2. Development,
Displacement
and
Democratic
Movement: The Question of Human Rights in India –
A Case Study of POSCO Project in Odisha
Chitta Ranjan Mishra, Central University of Gujarat,
Gujarat
3. Citizenship and New Social Movements: A Study of
the ‘Nilppu Samaram’ by the Tribals of Kerala
Smitha P.V., Sree Kerala Varma College, Kerala
4. Movement Against Sexual Violence in a Globalized
World: A Case Study of the 16 December Anti-Rape
Movement
V. Lenin Kumar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
5. Rising Social Movements and its Association with the
Emerging Developmental Perspective: A Study of the
Anti-Corruption Movement in India
Bhupendra Kumar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi
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PN.4.5. Transformations in the World Order
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Venue: Room No. 226, SIS–II
Chairperson: Chintamani Mahapatra
Papers:
1. Transition, Diffusion and the Emerging International
Order: A Middle Power Perspective
Jojin V. John, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
2. Technology and the Changing Nature of International
Relations: The Power of TRIPS Versus Global
Resistance
Raju K. Thadikkaran, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala
3. Emergence of Cyber Security and Transformations in
the World Order
Sushma Devi and Mohd Aarif Rather, Central University
of Gujarat, Gujarat
4. The Political Economy Trilemma
Vithika Alda and Ganesh Manjhi, Delhi University, Delhi
PN.4.6. Women in War and Conflict
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Venue: Room No. 344, SIS–II
Chairperson: Yeshi Choedon
Papers:
1. Through the Eyes of ‘A Few White Men’: Gender
Based Violence During Conflicts and the UN
Tishya Khillare, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
2. Afghan Women: Peacemakers and Resilient Survivors
Natasha Singh Raghuvanshi, Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi
3. Women in War: Women Combatants in the Maoist
Army of Nepal
Pramod Jaiswal, Institute for Defence and Strategic
Analyses, New Delhi
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4. Woman in the War: Reading Kaveri Kachari
Rajkhowa’s 18 Years of Experience with/in ULFA
Amrita Pritam Gogoi, Dibrugarh University, Assam
PN.4.7. Globalization and Resistance
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Venue: Room No. 349, SIS–II
Chairperson: Siddharth Mallavarapu
Papers:
1. A Globalising Struggle: Understanding Process and
Politics of Networking
Niloshree Bhattacharya, University of Hyderabad
2. Geographies of Power and the Sites of Resistance
Sreejith Sugunan, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi
3. Peasant Movements and Globalization: A South
Perspective
Ram Pravesh Kumar and Manjari Raj Oraon, Jawaharlal
Nehru University, New Delhi
4. Changing Nature of Struggle and Challenges Before
Dalit Movement in the Age of Globalization
Anant Mahadev Ujagare
ACADEMIC SESSION [Group V]
Date: 23 March 2015
Time: 11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
PN.5.1. Regional Integration and the Reconstitution of Power:
The Rise of Normative EU
Time: 11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 203, SIS–I
Chairperson: R.K. Jain
Papers:
1. Democracy and Diversity in Europe
Sheetal Sharma, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
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2. Religious Minorities in Secular Europe
Bhaswati Sarkar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi
3. Regional Integration and the Reconstitution of Power:
The Rise of Normative EU
Ummu Salma Bava, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi
PN.5.2. Migration and Resistance in International Relations
Time: 11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 001, SIS–I
Chairperson: Mahendra P. Lama
Papers:
1. Migration of Indians Abroad: Understanding
Diversity, Identity and Resistance
Anisur Rahman, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
2. Relationship between Trade and Migration in the
Era of Globalization
Aijaz Ahmad Turrey, Central University of Gujarat,
Gujarat
3. Genealogy of Resistance: Migrant Labour in an
Alien Land
Surabhi Singh, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
PN.5.3. Rights and Justice: Studies from India
Time: 11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 201, SIS–I
Chairperson: Mohinder Singh
Papers:
1. Consequences of Delayed Justice: A Case Study of
District Srinagar
Aneeda Jan, University of Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir
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2. Human Trafficking and Its Discontents: A Study of the
Indian Punjab
Kovid Kumar
3. Politics of Culture in Odisha and the Challenge of
Christian Conversion
Himanshu Sekhar Mishra, Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi
4. Anti-terror Laws and Trials in India: Reading
Pathologies of Power in Anti-terror Laws and
Production of Criminal Subject
Rahul Ranjan, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
PN.5.4. India’s Foreign Policy: Challenges and Contradictions
Time: 11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 128, SIS–II
Chairperson: Manish Dabhade
Papers:
1. India’s Foreign Policy in Contemporary Times: A
Perspective from Global South
Caroline Maninee, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi
2. Coalition Government and Foreign Policy: A Case
Study of UPA-1
Jahangeer Ahmed Khan, Central University of Gujarat,
Gujarat
3. Between Ambiguity and Contradiction: Explaining
India’s Foreign Policy Approach to the Liberation
Movements of Palestine and Tibet
Madhumita Das, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
4. Power, Resistance and Justice in India’s Nuclear Policy
Sahil Mathur, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
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PN.5.5. Contesting American Power in Asia:
Allies, Partners & Challengers
Time: 11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 226, SIS–II
Chairperson: Christopher S. Raj
Papers:
1. Emerging Fissures in US Power & Influence in AsiaPacific Region
Chintamani Mahapatra & Vivek Mishra, Jawaharlal
Nehru University, New Delhi
2. US Power and Alliance Politics in the Indian Ocean
Region: Pursuit of regional stabilizers
K.P. Vijayalakshmi and Simi, Jawaharlal Nehru
University, New Delhi
3. The SHAYTAAN-E-BOZORG and the Partisans of
Ali: Islamic Iran
as a Symbol of Resistance and Resilience in the
Middle East
Saumyajit Ray & Shreya Upadhyaya, Jawaharlal Nehru
University, New Delhi
PN.5.6. Global Governance and the Global South
Time: 11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 344, SIS–II
Chairperson: Tej Pratap Singh
Papers:
1. United Nations and the US Hegemony in the Post-Cold
War World Order
Mohd. Aarif Rather and Kishor Jose, Central University of
Gujarat, Gujarat
2. United Nations and Its Membership: A Global South
Perspective
Abhisek Verma, Central University of Gujarat, Gujarat
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3. Internet Governance for the Global South:
Conceptualizing Inclusive Models
C.B. Chellani, Central University of Gujarat, Gujarat
PN.5.7. Foreign Intervention in West Asia and North Africa:
Power, Resistance and Justice in the International System
Time: 11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 349, SIS–II
Chairperson: Bansidhar Pradhan
Papers:
1. External and Internal Interventions in West Asia and
North Africa
A.K. Pasha, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
2. Iranian Perspective on Foreign Intervention in West
Asia and North Africa
Sima Baidya, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
3. Lessons Unlearnt: The Dilemma of US led Military
Intervention against ISIS
Puyesh Kant Sharma, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi
ACADEMIC SESSION [Group VI]
Date: 23 March 2015
Time: 1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
PN.6.1. Arab Uprisings: Persisting Issues
Time: 1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 203, SIS–I
Chairperson: P.R. Kumaraswamy
Papers:
1. Arab Uprisings and Response of the Global South
Omair Anas
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2. Resistance Against the Neoliberal Policy: A
Perspective from the Uprising in Egypt
Rajendra Prasad, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
3. Trends in Democracy Promotion by Regional
Organizations: The Arab Revolution of the 21st
Century and the After-effects
Kanika Gupta, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
PN.6.2. Studies in Trade and Development
Time: 1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 001, SIS–I
Chairperson: Sangeeta Bansal
Papers:
1. The Era of IPR Wars: Drug Battles Across Borders in
Pharma Industry
Moses Raj G.S., Karnataka State Law University,
Karnataka
2. ‘Games Countries Play’: Dual Role of Standards in
International Trade
Sawmiya Rajaram, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi
3. The Evolving Notions of Development and Corporate
Social Conscience: Legal and Ethical Perspectives
Surbhi Kapur, Delhi High Court, New Delhi
PN.6.3. Power and Resistance: Empirical Studies
Time: 1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 201, SIS–I
Chairperson: Bijukumar V.
Papers:
1. Social Networks, Popular Movements and Political
Resistance across the Globe: Studying the Interactions
between the Real and the Virtual
Piyush Kant, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
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2. Resistance is Futile: State Policies and the Question of
Reconciliation and Justice in Post-Civil War Sri Lanka
Tanya Saira George, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi
3. Analysing Power, Resistance and Justice in the
Naxalite Movement of India
Vinita Priyedarshi, Patna Women’s College, Bihar
4. Revisiting the Prose of Counter Insurgency: Tribal
Plight and Subaltern Resistance in the Jangal Mahal
Sankha Maji and Arindam Saha, Sidho Kanho Birsha
University, West Bengal
PN.6.4. Transformations and Contestations: Reflections on
International Politics
Time: 1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 128, SIS–II
Chairperson: Kishor Jose
Papers:
1. Feminist Contestations of the Core in International
Politics
Shayesta Nishat Ahmed, Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi
2. Transformations and Contestations: The Turn
towards Religion in International Politics
Anagha Ingole, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
3. The Art and Politics of the Global Security Regime:
Actors, Discourses and Practices
Smitha Singh, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
4. Environmental Security and the Grassroots
Challenge
Ankita Shree, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
5. Sanctions and the East-West Perceptions
Rishika Chauhan, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi
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PN.6.5. Energy Governance in International Relations
Time: 1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 226, SIS–II
Chairperson: Phool Badan
Papers:
1. Energy Governance: A Road Towards Mending the
Energy Gaps
Nidhi, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
2. Shale Gas and Power Shift
Ishaan Ganatra, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University,
Gujarat
3. New Asian Energy Market: A Sign of Shifting
Goalposts
Nagesh K. Ojha, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi
4. Shift toward Sustainable Energy: A Need of Time for
Asian Countries
Poonam Gupta and Sagar Narayan, Babasaheb Bhimrao
Ambedkar University, Lucknow and Central University
of Gujarat, Gujarat
PN.6.6. Marginalized Groups Across the World
Time: 1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 344, SIS–II
Chairperson: Nongmaithem Mohandas Singh
Papers:
1. Biopiracy and Bioprospecting: A Threat to Indigenous
Rights in Latin America
Arnab Charabarty, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi
2. Religious Minorities of the Gulf Countries in West
Asia: Rights, Resistance and Reforms
Manzer Jahan Ujala, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
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3. The Geopolitics of the Global Land Grabbing: A Case
Study of Mozambique)
Vivek Kumar Saurabh, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi
4. The ‘Illegitimates’?: Legalisation of Sex Work and
Trafficked Women in Germany
Vartika, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
PN.6.7. Migration and States Responses in South Asia
Time: 1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Venue: Room No. 349, SIS–II
Panel Discussion:
Speakers:
Mahendra P.Lama
P.Sahadevan
Savita Pande
Rajesh Kharat
Special Session
Time: 3.30 p.m.- 5.00 p.m.
Venue: Auditorium 1, Convention Centre, JNU
Welcome Speech
Prof. Anuradha M. Chenoy,
Dean, SIS, JNU
Speech by
Prof. Talat Ahmad,
VC, Jamia Milia Islamia
Speech by
Prof. S. K. Sopory,
VC, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Address of the Chief
Guest
Hon’ble Shri M. Hamid
Ansari, Vice-President of India
Vote of Thanks
Prof. Ajay Kumar Patnaik,
Co-Convener, AISC 2015
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