SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE HUMAN CIVILIZATION IN THE 21st CENTURY
An International Seminar on the Centenary of Hind Swaraj
12 – 14 February 2009 Venue: India International Centre, New Delhi – 110003 12-02-09 Registration: 8:30-9:30, IIC Main Lobby Inauguration 9:30 am-10:30 am IIC Auditorium President's Greetings : Muchkund Dubey, President Organizing Committee Introduction to the Seminar: Manoranjan Mohanty, Seminar Convener Introductory Remarks by Conveners: Mohamed Seedat, Director, Institute for Social and Health Sciences, UNISA, Johannesburg, South Africa Theotonio Dos Santos, Economist, UNU Chair on Sustainable Development, FFU, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Mark Juergensmeyer, Director, Orfalea Centre for Global and International Studies, UC Santa Barbara, United States Neera Chandhoke, Director, Developing Countries Research Centre, University of Delhi Valerian Rodrigues, Professor and Chairperson, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Radha Kumar, Director, Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Jamia Millia Islamia Kavita Sharma, Directyor, India International Centre Vote of thanks by Dr M K Jabbi, Director, Council for Social Development Tea Break 10:30 AM -11:00 AM, IIC Garden Lobby Plenary 11.00 am – 12.30 pm Auditorium Hind Swaraj and the Challenges of the 21st Century Introduction: Neera Chandhoke
Anthony Parel, University of Calgary, Canada – 'Hind Swaraj: A Transformative Text'
Mark Juergensmeyer, Director, Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, UC Santa Barbara, United States Thomas Pantham, Former Professor of Political Science M.S. University of Baroda – 'On Human Rights and Duties- Gandhi's Relevance Today' Chair: Mushirul Hasan, Vice Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia Concurrent Sessions 12.30 pm – 2.00 pm Auditorium Field Reports on Gram Swaraj Experiments - I Achyut Das, Director, AGRAGAMEE. Kashipur, Dist. Raygada, Orissa – Gram Swaraj- Experience of the Field Experiments B.D. Sharma, Bharat Jan Andolan
Atmaram Saraogi, Former President, Sarva Sewa Sangh, 'The Navadarshanam experiment' Aditya Patnaik, Antyodaya Chetna Mandal, Mayurbhanj, Orissa – Chetna Mandal Experiment in Mayurbhanj, Orissa Suhas Borker, Convenor, Working Group on Alternative Strategies, New Delhi – Swarajvani: Airwaves as a Public Resource Chair: Kuldip Nayyar, Journalist and Human Rights Activist
Conference Room No. I Development and Swaraj Vandana Shiva, Scientist and Environmentalist, and Founder of Navdanya Delhi. Pulin Nayak, Director, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi Manu Kulkarni, Chairman and Honorary Trustee of HOPE Foundation, Bangalore – Charkha Vs Chip-Mahatma Gandhi's Choice of Technologies Dilip M. Nachane, Director, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Gen. Vaidya Marg, Goregaon (E), Mumbai Arun Kumar, Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University Chair: Theotoneo Dos Santos, Economist, UNU Chair on Sustainable Development, FFU, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Conference Room No. II Reading Political Text: Hind Swaraj and Discourses on Liberation Valerian Rodrigues, Professor and Chairperson, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University – Three Texts - The Communist Manifesto, Hind Swaraj and Annihilation of Caste: A Statement on Human Condition or Incommensurable Perspective Rajiv Vora, Chairperson, Swaraj Peeth Trust, Gurgaon (A Gandhian Centre for Peace and Non-Violence) – Hind Swaraj As a Text for Our Times Dilip Simeon, historian, writer, peace activist Delhi. G.K. Das, Retired Professor of English, University of Delhi – Hind Swaraj as a Miniature Classic on Self-Rule Chair & Speaker: Mira S. Bhattacharjea, emeritus fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies – Hind Swaraj as a Political Text Conference Room No. III (Annexe) Peace and World Order Rema Hammami, Institute of Women's Studies, Birzeit University in Palestine Kim Chanwahn, Institute of South Asian Studies, Seoul, South Korea - Socio-Political Dilemma of the Lucknow Muslims Rashed Rehman, Pakistan-India People's Forum for Peace and Democracy, Lahore Vasselin Popovski, United Nations University, Tokyo Chair: Radha Kumar, Director, Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Jamia Millia Islamia Lecture Hall (Annexe Basement) Swaraj and Self Determination
Manoranjan Mohanty, Durgabai Deshmukh Professor of Social Development, Council for Social Development, New Delhi Radha D'Souza, Professor, University of Westminster, London - Poverty of Philosophy and Philosophy of Poverty Monica Bruckmann Feminist Scholar, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Civilization and Modernity: The Indigenous Movements in Latin America Gautam Navlakha, Consulting Editor, Economic and Political Weekly Apurba K. Baruah, Professor of Political Science, North East Hill University, Shillong Bijay Kumar Bohidar, Department of Political Science, Binayak Acharya College, Berhampur, Orissa Noor Ahmad Baba, Professor of Political Science, Kashmir University, Srinagar – Gandhi's ideals and the Kashmir problem Achin Vanaik, Head, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi Chair: Zoya Hasan, Professor, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Lunch 2.00 pm – 2.45 pm Concurrent Sessions 2.45 pm – 4.15 pm Auditorium Field Reports on Gram Swaraj Experiments - II Prabhash Joshi, Writer and Activist, New Delhi Sandeep Pandey, Social Activist – Indian State and the Swaraj Vision
Vijay Pratap, South Asia Dialogue on Ecological Democracy D. L. Seth, Honorary Senior Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi and Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla Babulal Sharma, Global Gandhi Trust, New Delhi Chair: K.D. Gangrade, Retired Professor of Social Work, Delhi University and Vice-Chairperson Gandhi Smriti and Gandhi Darshan Conference Room No. I Development and Swaraj
D. Narasimha Reddy, Retired Professor of Economics, Hyderabad Central University, Hyderabad
Manuel Lajo, Economist, Peru – Agricultural Food and Energetic
Ram Gopal Agrawal, Former Chief Economist, World Bank, Beijing Kishor Samal, Director, Development Research Institute, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa
John Clammer, United Nations University, Tokyo – The Aesthetics of Development: Relating Culture, Creativity and Social Transformation H M Desarda Chair: D. Bandyopadhyay, Executive Chairman, Council for Social Development, New Delhi. Conference Room No. II Reimagining Swaraj through Cinema Coonoor Kripalani, National University of Singapore, Singapore – Reviving Gandhi on Celluloid in the 21st Century Anirudh Deshpande, Motilal Nehru College, University of Delhi.
Dhananjay Rai, Doctoral Candidate, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 'Popular Hindi Cinema as Gandhi's Alter Ego' Chair: Ravi Vasudevan, Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies Conference Room No. III (Annexe) Peace and World Order Kamal Mitra Chinoy, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Akhil Ranjan Dutta, Department of Political Science,Gauhati University, Guwahati Victor Faessel, Executive Director, Orfaela Center for Global and International Studies, University of California, Los Angeles Niru Vora, Director, Swaraj Peeth Trust, Gurgaon (A Gandhian Centre for Peace and Non-Violence) Shahid Fiaz, Peace Activist, Lahore Kian Tajbaksh, Urban Sociologist and Peace Activist, Teheran – Be Careful What You Wish For – Hind Swaraj from the Perspective of Iran Chair: Rita Manchanda, Journalist, Kathmandu Lecture Hall (Annexe Basement) Swaraj, Ubuntu and Liberation
Neera Chandhoke, Director, Developing Countries Research Centre and Department of political Science, University of Delhi Rashid Ahmed, University of the Western Cape, South Africa – Comparing cultural dimensions of community resilience in low-income contexts: Ubuntu and Swaraj
Rekha Chowdhary, Professor, Political Science, Jammu University, Jammu.
Harish Puri, Retired Professor of Political Science, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
Chair: T. K. Oommen Tea/Coffee 4.15 pm – 4.45 pm Plenary 4.45 pm – 6.45 pm Auditorium World Order in a Changing Geopolitical Landscape: Dangers and Opportunities Introduction: Radha Kumar Richard Falk, Distinguished Visiting professor in Global Studies, UC Santa Barbara, United States – Understanding the Gaza Catastrophe; Statement of the Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian Territories Occupied Since 1967 Achin Vanaik, Professor and Head of Department, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi Chair: Muchkund Dubey, President, Council for Social Development, New Delhi. 6.50 pm Lighting of Candles for Peace: Gandhi King Memorial Plaza, India International Centre 7.15 pm Cultural Programme: Odissi Dance Ballet by Arushi Mutkal – IIC Auditorium 8 pm Reception Dinner for the participants of the International Seminar hosted by Ms. P. Sen Vyas, Special Secretary (Public Diplomacy), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India 13-02-09 Plenary 10.00 am – 12.00 pm Auditorium Development & Swaraj: Vision of a New Society Introduction: T Haque, Professor and Director (Academic), Council for Social Development, New Delhi Theotoneo Dos Santos, Economist, UNU Chair on Sustainable Development, FFU, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rehman Sobhan, Chairman, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka, Bangladesh Amit Bhaduri, Visiting Professor, Council for Social Development, New Delhi Medha Patkar, Narmada Bachao Andolan, Baroda, Gujarat Chair: S P Shukla, Former Secretary, Commerce, Government of India, Delhi Tea/Coffee 12.00 pm – 12.30 pm Concurrent Sessions 12.30 pm – 2.00 pm Auditorium Field Reports on Gram Swaraj Experiments – III
George Mathew, Director, Institute of Social Science, Delhi.
Sudha Reddy, Convener, Universal Human Responsibility, Bangalore R. Elango, Social Activist, Chennai – Hind Swaraj – Gram Swaraj Experiments in Villages Maheshwar Dutt, Secretary, Manav Kalyan Samiti, Alwar Ramesh Sharma, Gandhi Peace Foundation, New Delhi Chair: Ajit Bhattacharjea, Journalist Conference Room No. I Human Rights and Social Justice Ashley Van Niekerk Johannesburg, South Africa – Indian and Southern African patterns of fatal burn occurrence in contexts of impoverishment, inequity and globalisation Kate Nash, Faculty, Department of Sociology, University of London - Can Human Rights Civilise Capitalism? Sumit Chakravartty, Editor, Mainstream G. Ajay, Assistant Professor, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University – Gandhi, Dalits, Feminists- Recovering the Convergence' Dhruv Raina, Professor, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University - A Historical and Contemporary Interrogation of Gandhi's Conception of Technology Kumar Suresh, Associate Professor, Centre for Federal Studies, Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi – – Beyond the Boundary and Otherness: Situating Gandhi in the intercommunity interaction Riaz Ahmed, Honorary Senior Fellow, Council for Social Development. Chair: Gurpreet Mahajan, Professor, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Conference Room No. II Global Futures 2030 Ashis Nandy, Senior Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi Rajeev Bhargava, Senior Fellow & Director, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi Smitu Kothari, Editor, Lokayan Bulletin Chair: Richard Falk, Distinguished Visiting professor in Global Studies, UC Santa Barbara, United States Conference Room No. III (Annexe) Religion and Social Imagination
Hema Goonatilake, Colombo, 'We are all Theosophists now-Pre-Independence East-West'
Manindra Thakur, Associate Professor , Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University – Religion in Search of Liberation: Reclaiming People's Gandhi Hilal Ahmad, Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi Chair: T. N. Madan, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi Lecture Hall (Annexe Basement) Swaraj and Feminism
Anita Ghai, Disability Rights Activist; faculty, Dept. of Psychology, Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi Rosemary Dzuvichu, Faculty, English Department, Nagaland University, Nagaland Anitha Sharma, Feminist scholar, Kerala Cynthea Stephen, Editorial collective of Spark: Voices of Dalit Women, an e-magazine, Bangalore
Shahnaaz Suffla (Medical Research Council-University of South Africa Crime, Violence & Injury Lead Programme, South Africa), & Mohamed Seedat, Director, Institute for social and Health Sciences, UNISA, Johannesburg, South Africa – South Africa - An Ongoing Agenda For Social Justice Saritanjali Bohidar, Reader in History, Khalikot Autonomous College, Berhampur - Nationalism and Transformation Of Gender Relations Chair: Nivedita Menon, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Lunch 2.00 pm – 2.45 pm Lunch for the participants of the international seminar hosted by Prof. Shyam B. Menon, Vice Chancellor, Ambedkar University, Delhi Concurrent Sessions 2.45 pm – 4.15 pm Auditorium Swaraj, State and the Marginalised: Indian State and the Swaraj Vision Anuradha Talwar, Social Activist, West Bengal Madhulika Banerjee, Reader, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi Harsh Mander, Aman Biradari K. S. Subramanian, Senior Fellow, Schumacher Center for Development, New Delhi Neeraja Gopal Jayal, Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University Chair: S.R. Sankaran, Retd. Civil Servant, Convenor, CCC Hyderabad Conference Room No. I Human Rights and Social Justice Anand Kumar, Professor, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University Leonel Corona, Professor, National University of Mexico, Mexico - Economic History of Technology in Mexico Ujjwal Singh, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi Jadhav Baburao, Nanded, Maharashtra – Community Land and Social Justice: A Tale of Two Villages in Marathwada Region Vishvanath Kalaiah, Professor, Manglore – Social Development and Social Exclusion: A study On Impact of Hind Swaraj on Livelihoods of Dalits in Indian Society Basanta Mallik, Director, Centre for Ambedkar Studies, Utkal University - Gandhi, Ambedkar and the Questions of Social Justice
Chair: Rajinder Sachar, People's Union for Civil Liberties; Former Chief Justice, Delhi High Court Conference Room No. II Global Future 2030 Mark Jurgenesmayer Director, Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, UC Santa Barbara, United States Vesselin Popovski, United Nations University, Tokyo
George Mathew, Director, Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi Nivedita Menon, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Chair: Richard Falk Conference Room No. III (Annexe) Religion and Social Imagination
Swami Agnivesh, Social Activist
Rudolf Heredia, Indian Social Institutes, New Delhi – Gandhi's Hinduism and Savarkar's Hindutva John Chathanatt, Vindhyajyoti College of Theology, Delhi Bharati Puri, Assistant Professor, IIT, Guwahati Iqbal Ansari, Professor, AMU, Aligarh Chair: J. P. S. Uberoi, Professor Emeritus, University of Delhi – Swaraj and swadeshi as a problem of self-identity Lecture Hall (Annexe Basement) Hind Swaraj: A Comparative Discourse T.G.Suresh, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University – Recovering the Nation-A Comparative Reading of Mao Zedong's New Democracy and Hind Swaraj Savita Singh, Professor and Director, School of Women's Studies, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi Manash Bhattacharya, Delhi – The Experimental Subject of Politics in Swaraj Tea/Coffee 4.15 pm – 4.45 pm Plenary 4.45 pm –6.45 pm Auditorium Swaraj, Justice & Self-determination in the Contemporary World Introduction: Valerian Rodrigues, Professor & Chairperson, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Mohamed Seedat, Director, Institute for social and Health Sciences, UNISA, Johannesburg, South Africa – Violence in Africa in the Context of Globalisation and Human Rights Struggles
T K Oommen, Professor Emeritus, Centre for Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Susantha Goonatilake, Fellow, World Academy of Art and Sciences, Colombo , Sri Lanka – Hind Swaraj – New Asia, 21st Century and Ambedkar
Susanne H. Rudolph & Lloyd Rudolph, Department of Political Science , University of Chicago, Chicago - Gandhi and the Debate about Civilization
Chair: S K Thorat, Chairman, University Grants Commission, New Delhi
7.00 pm Cultural Programme: Film by Jahnu Barua: Meinne Gandhi ko Nahin Mara (I did not kill Gandhi) 14-02-09 Plenary 10.00 am – 12.00 pm Auditorium Feminism & Swaraj Introduction: Nivedita Menon, Professor of Political Theory, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Rounak Jahan, Professor, Columbia University, New York Hilal Elver Feminist Scholar, Istanbul, Turkey
Rema Hammami, Social Activist, Palestine Chair: Uma Chakravarty, Historian, New Delhi Tea/Coffee 12.00 pm – 12.30 pm Concurrent Sessions 12.30 pm – 2.00 pm Auditorium Swaraj, State and the Marginalised: Retrieving the Swaraj Agenda
Vidhya Das, AGRAGAMEE, Kashipur, Dist. Raygada, Orissa – Swaraj Learning From the Marginalised
P.S. Krishnan, Hon. Adviser, Ministry of HRD, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi – Contemplations during Hind Swaraj Centenary R.K. Barik, Professor, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi Subir Rana, Delhi – When the State becomes the Grand Panoptican B.N. Prasad, Senior Fellow (Associate Professor), Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow – Swaraj, Democracy and Subaltern: A Regional Dynamics of Agrarian Indian Masood Ahmed, Social Economist – Development through Aid: Interpreting Social Development Indicators in Afghanistan Chair: B.N. Yugandhar, Member, Planning Commission Conference Room No. I Education and Swaraj Vision (Symposium) Geetha B. Nambissan, Professor, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Parvin Sinclaire, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi Anant Giri, Madras Institute of Development Studies Jandhyala B G Tilak, Professor, National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA)
Vijaya S. Varma, Retired Professor of Physics, University of Delhi – Some reflections on Education and Hind Swaraj Surendra Mohan, Socialist thinker P.M. Bhargava , Founder, CCMB, Hyderabad. Poonam Batra, CIEDU Conference Room No. II Science Technology and Swaraj L. S. Shashidhara, Professor and Coordinator, Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Central Tower, Sai Trinity Building, Garware Circle, Pashan, Pune, Maharashtra K K Talwar, Director, Professor and Head, Deptt. of Cardiology,Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh Harsh K. Gupta, Raja Ramanna Fellow, C/o National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad Chair & Speaker: Pushpa Bhargava, Founder, CCMB, Hyderabad Conference Room No. III (Annexe) Culture and Civilization Hilal Ahmed, Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi Asha Sarangi, Associate Professor, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Pushpa Bhave, Writer and Peace Activist, Mumbai Pavan K Varma, Director General, Indian Council of Cultural Relations Asghar Ali Engineer, Institute of Islamic Studies, Mumbai John Dayal, General Secretary, Catholic Association of India Sadan Jha, Asst. Professor, Centre for Social Studies, Surat – Spinning the Swaraj: Gendered History and the Mythic Body of a Gandhian Symbol Chair:Anthony Parel University of Calgary, Canada Lecture Hall (Annexe Basement) Hind Swaraj: Text and Philosophy Gopal Guru,Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University – Hind Swaraj: Biography of the Text
Vinay Lal, Associate Professor of History & Asian American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles – Hind Swaraj's Politics and the Cosmopolitanism of the Future Revised Fred Dallmayr, Philosopher, University of Notre Dame – The Future of Hind Swaraj Rajarshi Dasgupta, Assistant Professor, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University – The Gandhian Face of Indian Marxism Chair: Thomas Pantham Lunch 2.00 pm –2.45 pm Concurrent Sessions 2.45 pm – 4.15 pm Auditorium Swaraj, State and the Marginalised: The Swaraj Model of Governance
Kopano Ratele, (Institute for Social & Health Sciences, University of South Africa, South Africa) – Ubuntu and Satyagraha as Protective Resources in Violence Prevention Jose Mathew, Director, Centre for Gandhian Studies, S.B. College, Changanassery, Kerala – Gandhi's Hind Swaraj: Tomorrow's Manifesto Bidyut Mohanty, Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi Sumit Mukerjee, Professor & Head, Department of Political Science, University of Kalyani, West Bengal – 'Militancy, Conflict-Resolution and Peace: In Search of a non violent Paradigm to counter violence' Dr Abey George, Trichur , Kerala – Poverty, Politics and Charkha: Addressing climate challenge from Gandhian Perspective Vinay Kumar Patel - The Role of Agriculture in Economic Development N. Mani, Reader in Economics, Erode Arts College, Tamil Nadu – Implementation of Gram Swaraj Policies in Tribal Villages: A Case Study of Thalavady, Digganare, Erode Dt., Tamil Nadu Omkar Mittal, People's Health Campaign Activist, New Delhi Ravi Hemadri, Executive Director, the Other Media, New Delhi Chair: K.B. Saxena, Visiting Professor, Council for Social Development, New Delhi Conference Room No. I Human Rights and Social Justice D Jeevan Kumar, Professor, Political Science, Bangalore University – Globalization, Human Rights & Human Development Lavanam Gora, Sarvodaya Activist, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh Yatindra Singh Sisodia, Professor, Madhya Pradesh Institute of Social Science Research, Ujjain – Gram Swaraj Experiments and People's participation in Grassroots Governance Sujit Kumar Chattopadhay, Reader , department of Political Science, BZM Mahavidyalaya, Bankura, West Bengal – Recent Challenges to Gender Inequality and Gram Swaraj Oishik Sircar, Kolkata – Paradoxes of Human Rights: Refractions from India Rajakishor Mahana, Chennai – Generating an alternative social power: Development, displacement and tribal movements in contemporary Orissa Chair: Tapan Bose, General Secretary, South Asian Human Rights Forum Conference Room No. II Science, Technology and Swaraj Chandana Chakravarti, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad M.N. Buch, Former Director and President Emeritus, National Institute of Urban Affairs; Chairman, National Centre for Human Settlement, Bhopal Vikas C Goyal, Director, People's Science Division, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India Ajit Pyati, Asst. Professor, University of Western Ontario, Canada - Unpacking India's Information and Knowledge Society C.K. Raju, Dean of Humanities, INMANTEC, New Delhi – Indian Science at the Crossroads Chair: T. Ramaswami, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India Conference Room No. III (Annexe) Swaraj and Democracy Satish Jain, Professor of Economics, Hyderabad Central University – Towards a Framework for Understanding Gandhiji's Critique of Modernity in Hind Swaraj Ashok Acharya, Reader, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi Geoffrey Stokes, Professor, Deakin University, Australia P. Lazarus Samraj, Professor and Coordinator, Centre for South Asian Studies, School of Social Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry Ajay Singh, Associate Professor, Centre for Federal Studies, Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi – Gandhi as Federalist Sharat Chandra Behar, Former Chief Secretary, Government of Madhya Pradesh – Democracy in Western and Indian Civilizational Frameworks: Experiments in Hind Swaraj Chair: N. R. Madhava Menon, Member, Commission on Centre-State Relations Lecture Hall (Annexe Basement) Hind Swaraj: Text and Philosophy Thomas Wallgren, Senior Lecturer & Head, Dept. of Philosophy, University of Helsinki, Finland Huang Ying Hong, Research Fellow, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou Arun Goswami, Dhaka, Bangladesh - Religion and World Peace : Problems and Prospects Mithila Biniwale, Mumbai – Religious Intolerance in Contemporary India Sunil Aggarwal, Ludhiana – Resituating the Context of Death and afterwards Hans Lofgren, Deakin University, Australia Chair: Gopal Guru Tea/Coffee 4.15 pm – 4.45 pm Plenary 4.45 pm – 6.45 pm Auditorium Towards a Harmonious World Order Introduction: Kavita Sharma Clayborne Carson, Professor of History, Stanford University & Director, Martin Luther King Archive Mubashir Hasan, Pakistan-India People's Forum for Peace and Democracy, Lahore, Pakistan A T Ariyaratne , founder and President of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement in Sri Lanka. Prof. Sabysachi Bhattacharya, Chairperson, Indian Council of Historical Research Rashed Rahman, Journalist, Pakistan Chair: Kapila Vatsyayan, Member of Parliament, New Delhi 6.45 - 7.30 pm Cultural Programme: Bhajanaawali: Gandhi's Favourite Bhajans (hymns) by Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan 7.30 – 8.15 pm Screening of the Film by Suhas Borker, Tees Janvari: Jagaran aur Gavahi (Thirtieth January: Vigil and Witness) 8.15 pm Dinner for the participants of the international seminar hosted by Prof. Deepak Pental, Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi. | 
