THE JADAVPUR ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (JAIR)

 

International Conference on The Viswakabi and Internationalism: Rabindranath Tagore in the Contemporary World organized under Tagore Commemoration Grant Scheme (TCGS), Ministry of Culture, Government of India 

 

Organized by:

 THE JADAVPUR ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

A non-Profit, Non Governmental Organization

(Registered under The West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961)

29, BRAHMAPUR, GOVT.SCHEME, BANSDRONI, Kolkata 700070

Tel: 09874490250 # e-MAIL: mailtojair@rediffmail.com # www.jair.net.in

 

 

PROGRAMME

 

27^th July, 2012

 

9.30a.m.—10.00a.m. : Registration

 

10.00a.m.: Initiation by Dr. Imankalyan Lahiri, General Secretary, JAIR

10.05a.m.: Felicitation of Guests

10.10a.m.: Remarks by Professor Radharaman Chakrabarti, All-India President, JAIR

10.13a.m.: Remarks by Dr. Anindya J. Majumdar, Head, Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University

10.15a.m.: Address by Professor Abhijit Chakrabarti, Vice-Chancellor, Jadavpur University

10.25a.m.: Address by Professor Sushanta Dattagupta, Vice-Chancellor, Viswabharati University

10.35 a.m.: Address by Professor  Soumendranath Bandyapadhayay, Renowned Scholar and Former Professor, Viswabharati University

10.45p.m. : Key-note Address by Professor Imtiaz Ahmed, Professor, Department of International Relations, Dhaka University

11.15a.m.: Vote of Thanks : Dr. Shibashis Chatterjee, Jt. Convener, International Conference on Tagore

 

11.15a.m.—11.30a.m.: TEA BREAK

 

Technical Session-I

SPECIAL LECTURES

11.30a.m.—12.15a.m.:

• Meeting of East and West:Rabindranath Tagore's Challenging Ideas for World Change: Professor Uma Dasgupta, Eminent Scholar and leading Biographer of Tagore

Chair: Dr. Surajit C. Mukhpadhyay, Registrar, National University of Juridical Sciences

12.30a.m.-1.30p.m.:

• Tagore and His Paintings: Professor Soumendranath Bandyapadhyay, Renowned Tagore Scholar and Former Professor, Viswabharati University

 

Chair: Professor Radharaman Chakrabarti, Former Vice-Chancellor, Netaji Subhas Open University and Director, UNESCO Programme, R.K.Mission Institute of Culture, Golpark

 

LUNCH BREAK: 1.30p.m.—2.30p.m.

 

Technical Session-II

2.30p.m.—4.15p.m.

Theme: Tagore ,Internationalism and Civilization

 

• Some Observations on Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’s Understanding of the Sino-Tibetan world: China, India and Southeast Asia: Professor Swapna Bhattacharya, Professor, Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Calcutta.
• Crisis in Civilization’ and Beyond  Contemporary Relevance of Tagore’s Discourse: Professor Sabaree Mitra, Centre for Chinese & Southeast Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 
• Relevance of Rabindranath Tagore in India – China relations for the 21st century: Sri Anirban Ghosh, Centre for Advance Studies in Indian and Foreign Languages, Mahatma Gandhi Viswavidyalaya, Wardha, Maharashtra 

 

Chair: Professor Tridib Chakraborti, Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University

 

4.15p.m.—4.30p.m.: TEA BREAK

 

Technical Session-III

4.30p.m.-5.00p.m.

 

Film Show : The Story of Gitanjali

Directed by: Malaya Bhattacharya

 

28^th JULY, 2012

 

Technical Session-IV

10.30a.m.—11.30a.m.

 

Special Lectures

 

 

• Economic Thoughts of Tagore : Professor Abhirup Sarkar, Professor, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
• Economics in Tagore’s ideas : Professor Alok Kanti Bhaumik, Former Professor, Rabindra Bharati University 

 

 

Chair: Professor Ajitava Raychaudhuri, Professor, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University

 

11.30a.m.—11.45a.m.: TEA BREAK

 

Technical Session-V

11.45a.m.—1.45p.m.

Theme: Social, Political and Economic Thoughts of Tagore

 

 

• Rabindranath Tagore and Dr. B.R.Ambedkar: A comparative Study: Professor Partha Pratim Basu, Professor, Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University
• Tagore and Nationalism: Dr. Shibashis Chatterjee, Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University

 

Chair: Professor Imtiaz Ahmed, Professor, Department of International Relations, Dhaka University

• Tagore and State: Sri Abdul Kafi, Department of Bengali, Jadavpur University
• Thoughts of Tagore on Rural India: Dr. Biswanath Chakraborty, Department of Political Science, Rabindrabharati University
• Common Man in Tagore’s Drama: Dr. Gouranga Dandapat, Jhargram Government College

 

Chair: Professor Dipankar Sinha, Department of Political Science, University of Calcutta

 

1.45 p.m.-2.45 p.m.: LUNCH BREAK

 

Technical Session-VI

2.45p.m.-4.45p.m.

Theme: Tagore Through Young Eyes

 

Speakers:

• Rohit Dutta Roy
• Indrani Banerjee & Pradipta Mandal
• Seonti Roy Chowdhury

Chair: Professor Swapna Bhattacharya, Professor, Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Calcutta.

• Nirjhar Mukherjee
• Soham Das

Chair: Professor Sabaree Mitra, Centre for Chinese & Southeast Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

4.45p.m.-5.00p.m.: Concluding Remarks and Distribution of Certificates