Saturday, 19 September 2015

Sept
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Book Launch:
Why India is not a Great Power (Yet) 
Bharat Karnad
Thursday, 24 September 2015, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Gulmohar Hall, Habitat World, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road
Pictured:From the book cover of ‘‘Why India is Not a Great Power (Yet)’
Since the economic liberalisation of the early 1990s, India has been, on several occasions and at different forums, feted as a great power. This subject has been discussed in numerous books, but mostly in terms of rapid economic growth and immense potential in the emerging market. There is also a vast collection of literature on India’s ‘soft power’—culture, tourism, frugal engineering, and knowledge economy. However, there has been no serious exploration of the alternative path India can take to achieving great power status—a combination of hard power, geostrategics, and realpolitik.
Why India is Not a Great Power (Yet) published by Oxford University Press, delves exclusively into these hard power aspects of India’s rise and the problems associated with them. Bharat Karnad offers an incisive analysis of the deficits in the country’s military capabilities and in the ‘software’ related to hard power—absence of political vision and will, insensitivity to strategic geography, and unimaginative foreign and military policies—and arrives at powerful arguments on why these shortfalls have prevented the country from achieving the great power status.
The book will be released by General VK Singh (Retd), Minister of State for External Affairs. It will be followed by a panel discussion, which will include:
  • General VK Singh (Retd),
  • Shivshankar Menon, former National Security Advisor (NSA),
  • Rear Admiral Raja Menon (Retd), former head of the Net Assessment & Simulation Centre at the National Security Council and ex-Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Ops), and,
  • Lt Gen SL Narsimhan, Commandant, Army War College, Mhow
We request all to be present by 6:30 p.m. for tea and registrations.
RSVP: Anuradha Mukherjee – anuradha.mukherjee@oup.com, 011-43600144

Dear friends in Delhi,
Zero poverty.
Zero hunger.
Zero deforestation.
100% Clean Energy.
These are the types of crazy-ambitious Global Goals Pope Francis and world leaders are announcing in New York next week as the path for our planet through 2030.
But these goals will only ever be words on paper if they don’t land with the power of the world’s people behind them.
That’s why countless people are coming together at hundreds of events around the world to ‘Light the Way’ for Global Goals next Thursday, on the eve of this historic summit.
Here in Delhi, thousands will gather at the footsteps of the Purana Qila at sunset to demand leaders Light the Way for a world that’s radically different from the one we’ve got today!
Come along to this amazing event at 7:00pm this Thursday at Purana Qila in Delhi.  
The Global Goals are the follow-up to the Sustainable Development Goals, which oversaw huge strides in things like slashing the number of people in extreme poverty globally, putting more girls in school, and nailing the target for increasing access to clean drinking water. But success was mixed, with some goals lagging behind, and much of it went unfunded until people spoke up for government action.
These goals are even more ambitious. If they sound too good to be true, there’s a risk they are — some leaders are banking on them coming off as “aspirational” (as in, you know, things they won’t actually do anything about). That’s why we need to show up for them — starting next Thursday. The people who work on these issues need to know we’re with them.
From Sydney to New York, people are coming out for this global day of action to show their leaders that people power is behind this key stepping stone for a better world. Join the crowd in Delhi at Purana Qila and Light the Way.

Momentum is ramping up for us to finally get a grip on climate change. With luminaries like Pope Francis taking on the denial machine lobby and big oil, we could add a bolt of lightning to supercharge excitement as we enter the final months before Paris.
With hope,
Iain, Fatima, Oli, Risalat, David and the rest of the Avaaz team

National Consultation on Children and Internal Migration in India

New Delhi, 16 SAA two-day National Consultation on Children and Internal Migration in India will be held on 22 and 23 September 2015 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. The consultation is organized by Aide et Action International, in collaboration with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Bernard van Leer Foundation.
Internal migrants – estimated at nearly 30 percent (326 millions) as per NSSO 2007-2008 – are a critically vulnerable population, deprived of social protection entitlements, excluded from government policies, and schemes, and prey to ruthless exploitation.  As per UNESCO 2013 report on Social Inclusion of Internal Migrants in India, around 15 million children in India are migrants.  Most of the children accompany their parents to the urban worksites like construction, stone quarries and brick kilns where they are excluded from accessing basic services like nutrition, schooling, and healthcare.
An Aide et Action & Bernard van Leer Foundation study (2013) on the status and condition of young migrants living at worksites located in 8 cities across the country –  Delhi, Chennai, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Jaipur, Patna, Hyderabad and Guwahati –  portrays a very grim picture of the children and their conditions. It indicates that 90% seasonal migrant children are excluded from accessing the ICDS services whereas 80% school going children do not access education near worksites. While 65% of the children suffer from ill health, 40% work as child labour and experience various kinds of abuse and exploitation. Needless to say, “girl children endure many more deprivations than boys”, “receive less nutrition and less care than boys, and often have to do double work, at work sites as well as at home.” The adolescent girls living at the worksite are more vulnerable to abuse and sexual violence.
Therefore, this consultation is going to plan and devise meaningful and effective government programme, convergence and policy on several critical issues affecting migrant children:
1.       Portability of government entitlements and service-need for convergence and policy
2.       Tracking and mapping of migrant children at source and destination
3.       Access to child care, health, nutrition, crèche and Anganwadi at worksites
4.       Inclusive access and right to education of migrant children
5.       Decent housing and healthy environment at worksites for migrant families
6.       Migrant child labour and safety and security of adolescent girls living in worksites
7.       GO-NGO-Corporate partnership for the welfare of migrant and children at worksites

The consultation will bring together eminent activists, academics, scholars, UN agencies, civil society organizations, corporate and government representatives. The recommendations will be shared with the government for its perusal and positive action.

Date and venue:  22-23 September 2015, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
Contacts: Jyoti Prakash at Jyoti.prakash@aide-et-action.org, Mobile +919437359481;
                 Puja Mishra at puja.mishra@aide-et-action.org, Mobile phone: +91-8456920419

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The China Symposia
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Session on
What Does China’s Global Economic Strategy Mean for Asia, India and the World?–  With a Focus on China’s “One Belt One Road” Initiative
EVENT DETAILS
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DATEWednesday, September 30, 2015
TIME5:45 PM  – 7:15 PM (Registration: 5:15 pm)
LOCATIONSeminar Rooms II & III, Kamla Devi Complex, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Muller Marg, New Delhi – 110003
SPEAKERSAmbassador Shyam Saran,  Chairman, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) and Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research (CPR)Mr. Ravi Bhoothalingam, Founder and Chairman, Manas Advisory and Honorary Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS)Ms. Suhasini Haider, Diplomatic Editor, the Hindu
CHAIRAmbassador Kishan S. Rana, Former Indian Ambassador to Germany and Honorary Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS)
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ABOUT THE EVENT
The 21st century is marked by the unprecedented growth of China, which has made significant progress over the last decade in sustaining and broadening its economic development. According to the World Bank, China is the second largest economy and is increasingly playing an important and influential role in the global economy. In fact, China’s leaders have embarked on a conscious strategy to reshape the economy of Asia and the world to their advantage.
Under the leadership of President Xi Jinping, the “One Belt, One Road” is the most far-reaching initiative that China has ever put forward. Through this project, China is planning to alter the region’s economic architecture, patterns of regional trade, investment and infrastructure development. The ambitious project plans to connect China with Europe and Africa by road, rail and sea by a network of transport and industrial corridors. This session, first in the series under “The China Symposia”, will feature experts from diverse fields who will evaluate the opportunities and challenges for India of China’s ‘Silk Road’ economic strategy.
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SPEAKERS
 Shyam Saran 17-09-15AMBASSADOR SHYAM SARAN, Chairman, Research & Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) and Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research (CPR)
Shyam Saran, 67, is a former Foreign Secretary and has served as the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Nuclear Affairs and Climate Change and Chairman of the National Security Advisory Board.  He is currently Chairman of the Research and Information System for Developing Countries. He is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research. Saran was awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third highest national award, in January 2011 for his contributions to Civil Service.
He writes and speaks regularly on foreign policy, climate change, energy security and national and international security related issues.
 Ravi Bhoothalingam 17-09-15MR RAVI BHOOTHALINGAM, Founder and Chairman, Manas Advisory and Honorary Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS)
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Ravi Bhoothalingam is Founder and Chairman of Manas Advisory, a consultancy practice focusing on Leadership Coaching as well as on business and cultural relations with China, Mongolia and Myanmar. He is an Honorary Fellow at the Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi. He is a B.Sc Hons in Physics from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi and holds a Masters degree [M.A. Cantab] in Experimental Psychology from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University, guided by the renowned Sinologist and scientist Joseph Needham.
He also holds an AMP from Harvard. Ravi Bhoothalingam serves on the Boards of Directors of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd, Hyderabad, India and Sona Koyo Steering Systems Ltd, New Delhi, India. Earlier, he held senior positions in industry including as President of Oberoi Hotels and Head of Personnel Worldwide of BAT Industries plc. Ravi has travelled extensively in China and its neighbourhood. He is a member of the 4-country Joint Study Group examining the feasibility of a Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) Economic Corridor. Ravi is a member of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Core Group on China and sits on the Editorial Boards of China Report and World Affairs. His interests also cover Confucianism, Sino-Indian business and economic ties, and adventure travel in the remote regions of China. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, London, and a member of the Court of Governors of the Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, India.
 Suhasini Haider 17-09-15MS SUHASINI HAIDER, Diplomatic Editor, the Hindu
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Suhasini Haidar is the Diplomatic Editor of The Hindu, one of India’s oldest and most respected national dailies (www.thehindu.com). Prior to this, Suhasini was Foreign Affairs editor and prime time anchor for India’s leading 24-hr English news channel CNN-IBN (2005-2014), where she presented the signature show “WorldView with Suhasini Haidar”, and Correspondent for CNN International’s New Delhi bureau before that. In 2015, she was the recipient of the most prestigious Indian print journalism ‘Prem Bhatia’ award, and has won a series of awards for her work in Television as well.
Over the course of her 20-year reporting career, Suhasini has covered the most challenging stories & conflicts from the most diverse regions including Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Libya, Lebanon and Syria.  In India, she has covered the foreign affairs beat for over a decade and her domestic assignments include political profiles and in-depth reportage from conflict zones including Kashmir, where she was injured in a bomb blast in 2000. Suhasini Haidar worked with CNN International from 1995-2005, regularly reporting from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. She was part of the CNN team that won the Columbia-Dupont Broadcast Journalism Award in 2005 for coverage of the tsunami in India, and worked for CNN.com in New York for a month during its 9/11 coverage. Suhasini began her career in journalism as an intern at CNN’s United Nation’s bureau in New York in 1994, after which she joined CNN New Delhi bureau as a producer in April 1995. Suhasini earned a Bachelor’s degree at Lady Shriram College in Delhi, and then completed her Masters in Broadcast Journalism at Boston University’s College of Communication, USA. She lives in Delhi with her husband Nadim and her two daughters Ava Mumtaz and Maya Mehr.  ​
CHAIR
 Kishan S Rana 17-09-15AMBASSADOR KISHAN S RANA, Former Indian Ambassador to Germany and Honorary Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS)
Ambassador Kishan S. Rana is a career diplomat who joined Indian Foreign Service in 1960. He served as Ambassador/High Commissioner to Algeria, Czechoslovakia, Kenya, Mauritius, and Germany; also consul general in San Francisco and worked in China (1963-65, 1970-72). He also served on staff of PM Indira Gandhi (1981-82). In addition, Ambassador Rana is a Professor Emeritus, DiploFoundation, Malta and Geneva; Honorary Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi; Archives By-Fellow, Churchill College, Cambridge; Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Centre, Washington DC; guest faculty, Diplomatic Academy, Vienna; Commonwealth Adviser, Namibia Foreign Ministry, 2000-01.
Ambassador Rana authored number of books on diplomacy and international affairs such as Inside Diplomacy (2000); Managing Corporate Culture (co-author, 2000); Bilateral Diplomacy (2002); The 21st Century Ambassador (2004); Asian Diplomacy (2007); Diplomacy of the 21st Century (2011); India’s North-East States, the BCIM Forum and Regional Integration, (co-author, 2012); The Contemporary Embassy (2013). Ambassador Rana is fluent in Chinese and French. He holds a BA (Hons) and a MA in economics from St Stephens College, Delhi.
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