Planning Meeting
Fifth Research and Orientation Workshop and Conference on
Global Protection of Migrants and Refugees Calcutta Research Group
In partnership with Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung & IWM, Vienna 24-25 January 2020
Venue: Hotel The Sojourn, Kolkata
Plot No. KB 23, Sector 3, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, West Bengal 700098
[Note: Discussion in each session will follow after brief presentations (of 5-7 minutes each)]
Day 1
24 January 2020
09:30 am-10:00 am:Registration and Tea
10:00 am – 01:00 pm: Chair –Manish K Jha,Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata & Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
10:00 am – 11:00 am:Welcome by the Director –Samir Kumar Das,Calcutta Research Group &
University of Calcutta, Kolkata
Brief observations on programme and the collaborative framework Shalini Randeria,Institute of Human Sciences, Vienna
Brief report of migration workshops and conferences (2018 and 2019) Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury,Calcutta Research Group & Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata
Paula Banerjee,Calcutta Research Group & University of Calcutta, Kolkata Discussion by participant of migration workshop 2019
Marvi Slathia,Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 11:00 am – 11:30 am:Tea
11:30 am – 01:00 pm:Structure of the migration workshop and conference 2020
(Duration, dates, module themes, field visit, creative media activities, evaluation)
Ranabir Samaddar,Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata Discussion on field visit
V Ramaswamy,Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata
Sabir Ahamed,Calcutta Research Group & Pratichi Trust, Kolkata Aditi Mukherjee,Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata
Discussion on creative media activities Ria De,Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata 01:00 pm – 02:00 pm: Lunch
02:00 pm – 05:15 pm:Chair– K M Parivelan,Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata and Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
02:00 pm – 03:00 pm:Research Themes
Nasreen Chowdhory,Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata & University of Delhi, New Delhi
Paula Banerjee,Calcutta Research Group & University of Calcutta, Kolkata 03:00 pm – 04:00 pm:Publications (Law Reader, Refugee Watch and RWonline, volume on
protection, reprint of CRG’s reports and volumes) Oishik Sircar,Jindal Global Law School, Sonipat
Paula Banerjee,Calcutta Research Group & University of Calcutta, Kolkata Samata Biswas,Calcutta Research Group & Sanskrit College and University, Kolkata
04:00 pm – 04:30 pm: Tea
04:30 pm – 05:00 pm:Use of CRG’s in-house resources and archive (including digital archive) for the programme
Samir Kumar Das,Calcutta Research Group & University of Calcutta, Kolkata
05:00 pm – 05:15 pm: Reflections on the discussion on Day 1
Pragya Khanna,Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, New Delhi Day 2
25 January 2020
09:30 am – 10:30 am: Chair -Byasdeb Dasgupta,Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata and Kalyani University, Kalyani
09:30 am – 10:30 am:Media workshop and expected output
Bharat Bhushan,Eminent Journalist,New Delhi Rajat Roy,Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata 10:30 am – 11:00 am: Tea break
11:00 am – 01:00 pm:Chair -Subhas Ranjan Chakraborty,Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata 11:00 am – 12:00 pm:University and college teachers’ workshop on syllabus making and
expected output
Rajesh Kharat,Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata & Mumbai University, Mumbai
Paula Banerjee,Calcutta Research Group & University of Calcutta, Kolkata Samir Kumar Das,Calcutta Research Group & University of Calcutta, Kolkata
Shibashish Chatterjee,Jadavpur University, Kolkata
12:00 pm – 01:00 pm:Follow up measures (exchange visits and facilitating follow up work of selected participants)
Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury,Calcutta Research Group & Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata
01:00 pm – 01:05 pm: Vote of Thanks- Shatabdi Das,Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata 01:05 pm – 02:00 pm: Lunch
