Tuesday, November 10, 2009

[ZESTCaste] Fwd: seminar on AA [1 Attachment]

<*>[Attachment(s) from Siddhartha Kumar included below]

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From: Aaditya Dar <aadityadar@gmail.com>
Date: 2009/11/7
Subject: seminar on AA


Centre for Political Studies, JNU and the Indian Institute of Dalit Studies
A two day British Academy funded International Seminar
On
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND INEQUALITY IN SOUTH ASIA
on
9th - 10th November, 2009
at Committee Room, SSS-I

Programme attached

--
-Aaditya

Centre for Political Studies, JNU and the Indian Institute of Dalit Studies

A two day British Academy funded conference
On
INEQUALITY AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

(Venue: Committee Room, SSS-1,
9th -10th November)
9th November 2009

Session-1


 10.00am -11.00 am: British Academy Project on Inequality and Affirmative Action
Introduction by:
Dr. Alpa Shah (Anthropology, Goldsmiths, University of London)
Dr. Ajay Gudavarthy (Centre for Political Studies/JNU)
Dr. Mukta Lama (Sociology, Tribhuvan University)
Short Presentations by:
Dr. Sara Sneiderman (St. Catharine's College, Cambridge)
Dr. Rob Higham (Institute of Education, University of London)
Dr. Sanghamitra Misra ( Jamia Millia Islamia)

11.00am-11.15am: Tea Break

Session-2      Chair: Prof. Valerian Rodrigues
11.15am–1.00pm: Theorising Inequality and Affirmative Action

Prof. Neera Chandoke (Political Science, DU): Equality for what?

Prof. Gurpreet Mahajan (Centre for Political Studies, JNU):
Affirmative Action and

                       Historical Injustices

Dr. G. Aloysius (social activist): The Reservation Discourse as viewed
from within its
                                                      Historical and
Ideological Contexts.

1.00pm–2.00pm: Lunch Break

Session-3              Chair: Dr. G. Aloysius ( Social Activist)
2.00pm–3.30pm:  Categorisation and Historical Aspects

               Dr. Kamala Shankaran (Law Faculty, D.U): Constitution,
Reservations and Courts

Prof.Om Gurung (Anthropology, Tribhuvan University): Indigenous
Peoples of Nepal:
                                                        Problems and
Issues of Identification and Classification

   Suvash Dharnal (Dalit rights activist): Dalits and Affirmative
Action in Nepal: Issues and
                                                                Contestations

3.30pm-3.45pm: Tea Break


Session-4           Chair: Prof. G. Haragopal (Political Science,
University of Hyderabad)
3.45pm-5.30pm: OBCs and the Current Debate
Prof. Dipankar Gupta (Sociologist): Reservation or Affirmative Action?
Case of the OBCs

Prof. Satish Despande (Sociology,  DSE): Empirical Injustice,
Practical Politics and

Theoretical Justice

Prof. Ronki Ram (Political Science, Punjab University): Struggles for
Reservation: OBCs in

                   Punjab
Dr. Lucia Michelutti (Oxford): The Politics of Aspiration:
Reservation, Politics and Goonda Raj in
                                                 Uttar Pradesh

10th November 2009

Session – 1                Chair: Prof. Sudha Pai (CPS/JNU)
9.30am – 11.00am: Women and Religious Minorities

Dr. Nivedita Menon (SIS/JNU): Women, Identity and Reservation

Prof. Surinder Jodhka (Indian Institute of Dalit Studies): Affirmative
Action and the

                   Question of religious Minorities

Prof. Zoya Hasan (Centre for Political Studies, JNU):  Politics of
Inclusion: Caste and

              Minorities.


Session-2                  Chair: Prof. Virginius Xaxa (Sociology,DU)
11.00am – 12.30pm: Reservation for Dalits and Indigeneous People

Prof. Gopal Guru (Centre for Political Studies, JNU): A Biography An Argument

Dr. Clarinda Still (South Asia Studies, Oxford): 'They have it in
their stomachs but they can't
                                           Vomit it up': Reservations
and 'caste feeling' in Rural SouthIndia

Prof. Manoranjan Mohanty (Council for Social Development): Reservation and Self

                          Determination

Dr. Anand Teltumbde (Independent Researcher): Reservations within
Reservation : A Case

      Study of Sub-Castes.

12.30pm-12.45am: Tea Break


Session-3            Chair: Prof. Manoranjan Mohanty (Council for
Social Development)
12.45pm-2.00pm: Education and New Dimensions

Prof. B. S. Chimni (JNU): Legal Education :Emerging Dimensions

Prof. G. Haragopal (Political Science, University of Hyderabad): The New Tribal

     Universities and Higher Education in India.

Dr. Amman Madan (Sociology, IIT Kanpur): Three Models of Merit: Some Contrasting

Implications for Pedagogy and Social Stratification.

Dr. S. Srinivasa  Rao ( Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies/JNU): Higher
                                          Education Reform and
Affirmative Action: Dilemmas of Equality.

2.00pm - 2.45pm: Lunch Break


Session – 4       Chair: Prof. Balveer Arora (Centre for Political Studies, JNU)
2.45pm-4.15pm: New Commissions and Alternative Mechanisms

Prof. Madhava Menon (Chairman: Equal Opportunities Committee): Proposed Equal

                      Opportunity Commission.

Prof. M.H. Qureshi (Centre for Study of Regional Development, JNU): Debating JNU

                   Model of Affirmative Action.

Dr. Chaitanya Subba (Advisor to the National Planning Commission and
Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities) and,

Dr. Lynn Bennett (World Bank, Kathmandu): Affirmative Action and
Autonomy: Debate

                within and outside C.A Precinct.

4.15pm – 4.30pm: Tea Break


4.30pm Onwards : Chair: Prof. Nandu Ram (Dean, SSS/JNU)
                           :Valedictory Address by Prof. S. K. Thorat
(Chairperson, UGC)


<*>Attachment(s) from Siddhartha Kumar:


<*> 1 of 1 File(s) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/attachments/folder/1252161146/item/list
<*> Inequality and AA.doc

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