The university will organize an event for SAARC day on 8th December 2014 between 10.00 a.m. and 1 p.m at the India International Centre under the theme, ‘SAARC in a Globalizing World’. This will be in the form of a panel discussion. The confirmed participants are: Mr.H.K.Dua, well known senior journalist, political commentator and Rajya Sabha member, Prof. Amita Batra from the South Asian Studies Programme in JNU and Ambassador Jayant Prasad, the former Indian envoy to Nepal. The chief guest will be India’s Minister of External Affairs while we will be inviting all SAARC ambassadors based in Delhi. Please feel free to join and express your opinions. More importantly, the university will host you to lunch after the event at IIC and will organize transport from SAU to IIC and back for those who need it.
If you are interested in attending, please give your name to Mr. Samson George at the FSS office in person or by email by 1st October 2014. Also let him know if you need transport.
Best wishes,
Sasanka
Professor - Department of Sociology,
Dean - Faculty of Social Sciences,
South Asian University, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi - 110021, India
Department Webpage: http://www.sau.ac.in/sociology.html
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