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Cooperation for Peace and Development in the Silk Road Region - Turkmenistan and India

Cooperation for Peace and Development in the Silk Road Region - Turkmenistan and India

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Cooperation for Peace and Development in the Silk Road Region - Turkmenistan and India
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<strong>Silk Road Studies Programme J.N.U.</strong> and <strong>Embassy of Turkmenistan In India</strong> International Seminar <strong>2015 - Year of Neutrality and Peace:</strong> <strong>Cooperation for Peace and Development in the Silk Road Region - Turkmenistan and India</strong> <strong>on 19th March 2015 at the Convention Centre, JNU, New Delhi.</strong> To mark the Turkmenistan 2015: Year of Neutrality and Peace, the Embassy of Turkmenistan in India in collaboration with the Silk Road Studies Program, Jawaharlal Nehru University, is organizing a daylong International Seminar and Cultural Event on Cooperation for Peace and Development in the Silk Road Region: Turkmenistan and India. The Seminar shall be held on 19th March 2015 at the Convention Centre, JNU, New Delhi. The year 2015 is a milestone year in the history of modern Turkmenistan. It marks two special events: the 20th Anniversary of the unanimous recognition by the UN of the international legal status of Permanent Neutrality of Turkmenistan (which it had first declared at the Helsinki Summit of CSCE in 1992), as well as the 20th anniversary of its membership of the Non-Aligned Movement. President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov of Turkmenistan has attributed a special role to the Non-Aligned Movement in the historical development of Turkmenistan's Neutral Status, and the Council of Elders of Turkmenistan has declared 2015 as the 'Year of Neutrality and Peace.' Yearlong celebrations shall culminate in a Global Summit of Heads of States as well as Secretaries General of the UN, OSCE, CIS, ECO, OIC, SCO and other international originations, to be held at Ashgabat on 12 December, 2015, for a dialogue on global peace, security and development. Forming an extended neighborhood, India and the Regions of the Silk Road have had links that predate history. The close cultural, linguistic, ethnic, trade and geo-political exchange between the Turkmen people and India that grew over the last several millenniums continues to tie modern Turkmenistan and India in inseparable historic destinies. India as a founding architect of the Non-Aligned Movement and an advocate of world peace and international cooperation has a leading role in building regional security and development. Inter alia these, with 'positive neutrality' as the core of Turkmenistan's foreign policy, and India's 'Connect Central Asia Policy' the ties between Turkmenistan and India stand poised for new dimensions of economic, political, cultural, natural resource, and strategic cooperation. In today's dynamic global scenario, as the regions of the Silk Road receive enhanced international attention, strengthening of the ongoing exchange between Turkmenistan and India is imperative for not only fostering peace, cooperation and development in the regions of the Silk Road but globally as well.

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Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.