Thursday, October 31, 2013

International Conference on Media Engagements in Contemporary Times; 4-5 Nov, at India international Centre

Media Engagements in Contemporary Times

International Conference to mark the Birth Centenary of

Nikhil Chakravartty (1913- 1998)

 4-5 November 2013

Conference Hall - II, India international Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi

 Organized by Centre for Media Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 In association with India International Centre; Editors' Guild of India; & Nikhil Chakravartty Memorial Foundation

 

Inauguration: 10.00am to 11.00am:

Welcome Note: Dean, School of Social Sciences, JNU

About the Conference: Rakesh Batabyal, Convenor of the Conference, Centre for Media Studies, JNU

Inaugural Address: NC's World: The Universe of Nikhil Chakravartty

By Dr. Syeda Hameed (Member, Planning Commission, GOI)

Chair: Prof. Muchkund Dube, Chair, Nikhil Charkaravartty Memorial Foundation

Vote of Thanks: Chairperson, Centre for Media Studies, SSS, JNU

Session II (11.15 to 1.00 pm)

Nationalist intelligentsia and the Evolution of Indian Media,

J.V. Naik, Former Prof. of History, Bombay University and President, Indian History Congress

Chair: Prof. C.P. Bhambhri, Distinguished Scholar, JNU

Session III (2.00 P.M. 5.00 P.M.)    Media Engagements in Social Movements

Nature of Peoples' Movement in Post Independent India, T.K. Oommen, Prof. Emeritus, JNU &President International Sociological Association (1990-1994)

The Transmogrification of Indian Media Scene: From Lofty Mission to Common Market Place, Rami Chaabra, Senior Journalist.

Session IV

India: the Nation and the Agents of Change

Speaker: Prof. Amit Bhaduri, Professor Emeritus, JNU

 

Day Two: 5 November 2013

Session V (10.00 - 10.45am) Democracy and Information: Famine of 1943 to Right to Information and Food Security Bill

Keynote Address:  Smt. Aruna Roy, Social activist& founder member of MKSS, Rajasthan

Chair: Shri Kuldeep Nayar, Senior Journalist

11.00 to 12.30 p.m.   

Chair: Prof.  K.B. Saxena

Famine of 1943: The Enduring Features, Rakesh Batabyal, Centre for Media Studies, author of 'Communalism in Bengal from Famine to Noakhali 1943-47'

Food crisis of 1965-67: Politics of Food Aid and Self Reliance, K.R. Venugopal, Former, Secretary GoI in charge of Poverty Alleviation

The Movement for Right to Food and Information, Bharat Dogra, Senior Journalist

12. 30 to 1.30pm

From Freedom Movement to Peoples' Movement

Speaker: Medha Patkar, Social Activist and Founder of Narmada Bachao Andolan

Session VI (2.30- 3.30pm)

India, the Non Aligned Movement, Quest for a New International Order and South Asian regional Cooperation

Keynote Address: Professor Muchkund Dube, Former Foreign Secretary, GOI and Professor, JNU; President, Council for Social Development, New Delhi

Chair: Dr. Kamal Hossain, Former Foreign Minister, Bangladesh.

3.45 – 5.30pm Panel Discussion

Chair: Shri S. Nihal Singh, Distinguished Journalist and Editor of the Statesman, Indian Express and Independent.

Fehmida Riaz, Writer and Poet, Pakistan

Kamal Hossain, Former Foreign Minister, Bangladesh

Badrul Ehsan, Executive Editor, The Daily Star, Dhaka

Mohan Tikku, Distinguished Journalist, Author of Sri Lanka, NBT, 2004

Qamar Agha, Distinguished Journalist, Foreign Affairs

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