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NEISP organises a seminar by Sanjay Pulipaka

NEISP organises a seminar by Sanjay Pulipaka

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NORTH EAST INDIA STUDIES PROGRAMME

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY

 

Transition in Myanmar and Implications for India

 

Sanjay Pulipaka

East Asia Research Programme

Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, New Delhi

 

Myanmar’s political landscape is dotted with multiple faultlines. There is an ongoing tussle between the military and the pro-democracy activists. The pro-democracy activists have been calling for complete withdrawal of the military from the decision-making process. On the other hand, the military strongly opines that their continued presence in the decision-making process is critical for maintaining the unity and security of the country. There is ethnic conflict involving minority ethnic groups, which are demanding either greater autonomy or genuine federalism. The ethnic discontent has expressed itself in the form of an armed struggle since independence. In the recent past, the ceasefire agreements between major ethnic groups and the government have been concluded. Nonetheless, there is considerable distance to travel to ensure genuine peace and reconciliation. Sadly, the sectarian violence has increased in intensity resulting in a humanitarian crisis. Sectarian violence today in Myanmar not only has an impact on its domestic politics but is having an impact on regional politics as well. The trajectory of Myanmar’s political transition will be determined by the interactions between these faultlines. The proposed presentation will reflect on these faultlines and their impact on the political transition in Myanmar. In the process, the presentation will map implications of Myanmar’s political transition for India

 

DATE: February 23, Friday, 2018

TIME: 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm

VENUE: Room no.324, 3rd Floor, SSS-I, JNU

 

ALL ARE INVITED

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

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.