The Network Event 1 will be focused on Research Design, Ethics, Gender sensitivity, India’s Global Role – debates from the literature. It will be held in IBEI, Barcelona, Spain, 21-23 February 2018.

The content of the event is as follows:

• Presentation of draft research proposals to the network. Structured feedback from Indian experts. Feedback
  from EU universities from disciplines beyond home dept. Feedback from non-university practitioners
• Inputs on EU Ethics requirements
•  Bringing a Gender perspective to research
• Introduce Internship Opportunities
• Introduce Indian host universities
•  Literature debates on India’s Global Role

The Second Network Meeting will be held in King’s College London, 23-25 April 2018. The event will focus on the following:

• Advanced Methods: presents on methodologies
• Engaging in multi-disciplinary research
• Ethics in fieldwork
• Key debates on Indian Democracy

The third Network Meeting will be held in Warsaw, 10-12 October 2018.

The fourth meeting will be held in Leuven 10-13 March 2019.

The fifth meeting will be held in Delhi 13-15 November 2019.

Two public events will take place:

Thursday 14 November 2019

10-13.00 – Public event in JNU on “India-EU relations”, Prof. Gulshan Sachdeva (JNU), Prof. Uttara Sahasrabuddhe (University of Mumbai) –  Room No 344 ( School of International Studies [new building], JNU

Location: Jawaharlal Nehru University

18.00-20.30 – Public event on “EU Approach to Conflict Prevention” with Prof. Tasneem Meenai (JMI),  Prof. Anjoo Sharan (BHU), and Prof. Priyankar Upadhyaya (BHU)

Location: Jamia Millia Islamia

Please join us for the inaugural launch of the 7th Global India Meeting, November 19, 2020, 9:00-11:00 hrs (CET); 13:30-15:30 hrs (IST). The Welcome address will be done by Rahul Mukherji, Professor and Head, Department of Political Science and Executive Director, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University at 09:00 am (CET). The Inaugural Remarks will be made by Aurel Croissant, Professor of Political Science, and Dean, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Heidelberg University.

A talk on The Reinvention of Citizenship in the New India will be addressed by Niraja Gopal Jayal, Professor, Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. Amrita Narlikar, President, German Institute for Global and Area Studies, and Professor of Political Science and International Relations, University of Hamburg will discuss India’s Foreign Economic Policies under Narendra Modi. It will be followed by a Q&A (10:30-11:00 am).

FRIDAY 20 NOVEMBER

A Panel Discussion on Changing Contours of Indian Democracy, Challenges and Pitfalls, will be held November 20, 2020 (Friday), 15:00-17:00hrs (CET), 19.30-21.30 hrs (IST). Our speakers will be chaired by John Harriss, Emeritus Professor, Simon Fraser University. The Speakers are Aruna Roy Founder, Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) and Ramon Magsaysay Award winner; Prashant Bhushan Senior advocate and public interest lawyer, New Delhi; Suhas Palshikar Former Professor of Political Science, Savitribai Phule Pune University and Chief Editor, Studies in Indian Politics; Rahul Mukherji Professor and Head, Department of Political Science, and Executive Director, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University.

Eileen Connolly, Professor of Law & Government, Dublin City University will be closing the panel discussion.

Details in the posters.

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