CONSULTATIVE MEETING ON RESEARCH ABSTRACTS
A SOCIAL MAPPING OF INFRASTRUCTURE, LOGISTICS AND INDIA'S LOOK EAST POLICY
Organised by
Calcutta Research Group (CRG)
In collaboration with
Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (RLS) & Vidyasagar University (VU)
Date 7 March 2017 || Venue: Swabhumi, Sabhaghar 1, Kolkata Programme Schedule
10.30 am -10.45 am Registration and Tea
10.45 am -11.00 am Introduction by Paula Banerjee (Director, CRG and Professor, University of Calcutta)
11.00 am -01.30 pm Presentations on the Research Abstracts and Expert Comments Chair : Prasanta Ray (President, CRG)
11.00 am - 11.10 am: Trade, Capital and Conflict: Frontier Towns of Northeast India and Myanmar by Snehashish Mitra and Soma Ghoshal
11.10 am - 11.30 am: Discussants: Sajal Nag (Professor, Assam University) and Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury (Vice Chancellor, Rabindra Bharati University)
11.30 am - 11.40 am: Conflict and Social Governance in North East India by Paula Banerjee and Sucharita Sengupta
11.40 am - 12.00 pm: Discussants: Subir Bhaumik (Senior Journalist and Strategic Commentator) and Shibaji Pratim Basu (Professor, Vidyasagar University)
12.00 pm -12.10 pm: Interwoven Realities: The Interface of Geopolitics and Geo-economics in Asia by Anita Sengupta
12.10 pm -12.20 pm: Discussant: Swaran Singh (Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University)
12.20 pm -12-30 pm: Finance Capital and Infrastructure Development: The Asian Context by Iman Kumar Mitra
12.30 pm -12. 40 pm: Discussant: Sharmistha Banerjee (Professor, University of Calcutta)
12.40 pm -12.50 pm: The New Silk Road by Priya Singh
12.50 pm - 01.10 pm: Discussants: Sujata Ashwarya (Assistant Professor, Jamia Millia Islamia) and Arpita Basu Roy (Senior Fellow, Centre for Studies in International Relations &
Development, Kolkata) 01.10 pm - 01.30 pm: General Discussion 01.30 pm - 02.30 pm Lunch
02.30 pm – 04.00 pm Discussion on the Project by Experts followed by a General Discussion Speakers: Sajal Nag, Swaran Singh and Sujata Ashwarya
Moderator: Subir Bhaumik
04.00 pm Vote of Thanks by Anita Sengupta
