Annual Conference on South Asia
The 36th Annual Conference on South Asia was held on October 11-14, 2007 in Madison, WI. The Conference is sponsored by the Center for South Asia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
South Asia Conference (Bangladesh, India and Pakistan)
16th November 2007, CMC 1024 H.M. Michaux, Jr., School of Education Building, (NCCU)
Theme: Crisis of Democracy, Governance Failure, Religious Extremism and Consequence on the Regional Business and Economy
Sponsored by:
School of Business , North Carolina Central University (NCCU)
North Carolina Center for South Asia Studies (NCCSAS)
Association of Economic and Development Studies on Bangladesh (AEDSB)
8:30-9:00 AM |
Opening Remarks Beverly Jones, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, NCCU |
9:00-10:30 AM |
Crisis in Democracy/Political Instability Moderator: Yasmin Saikia, UNC Roundtable Participants: Stan Kochanek (Keynote) Ali Riaz, ISU (Bangladesh) Bob Moog, NCSU (India) Charles Kennedy, WFU (Pakistan) |
10:30-10:45 AM |
Refreshment Break |
10:45 AM-12:15 PM |
Economic and Business Consequences Moderator: Asim Chakrabarty, VOA Roundtable Participants: Bijoy Sahoo (Keynote, India) ABM Nasir, NCCU (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan |
12:15-1:00 PM |
Lunch Break |
1:00-2:30 PM |
Governance Failure Moderator: Sandria Freitag Roundtable Participants: David Gilmartin, NCSU (Keynote) Ali Riaz, ISU (Bangladesh) Charles Kennedy, WFU (Pakistan) |
2:30-2:45 PM |
Refreshment Break |
2:45-4:15 PM |
Rise of Religious Extremism Moderator: Anis Ahmed, VOA Roundtable Participants: Ali Riaz (Keynote) Stan Kochanek (Bangladesh) David Gilmartin (Pakistan) Yasmin Saikia (India) |
Public Forum (7:00 PM-9:00 PM): Public event featuring representatives from the embassies of Bangladesh (Ambassador M Humayun Kabir), Pakistan (Deputy Chief of Mission M. Aslam Khan), and India, discussing the issues of the day's conference in the Auditorium.
Coordinators:
ABM Nasir, Ph.D. (anasir@nccu.edu or nasnc@yahoo.com)
Sandria B. Freitag (sandria.freitag@duke.edu)
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Download a conference program or abstracts.
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