Quake of M6.6 – VANUATU
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Preliminary Earthquake Report
| Magnitude | 6.6 |
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| Location | 13.873S 167.202E |
| Depth | 196 km |
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| Location Uncertainty | Horizontal: 0.0 km; Vertical 6.1 km |
| Parameters | Nph = 148; Dmin = 445.2 km; Rmss = 0.68 seconds; Gp = 29° Version = 1 |
| Event ID | us c000lvb5 |
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Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2014
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Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2014
‘Engaging Diaspora: Connecting Across Generations’
7-9 January, 2014: Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, India
Dear Sir,
I am pleased to inform you that the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Government of India is celebrating the 12th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) with the theme “Engaging Diaspora: Connecting Across Generations” from January 7-9, 2014 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, India. The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports is the partner Ministry for PBD 2014 and FICCI is managing and coordinating the event.
As you may be aware, PBD is a unique platform that connects over 2000 overseas Indians across 60 countries. Besides opportunities to connect with different stakeholders from Industry and Government, the PBD 2014 will offer new synergies to Indian Diaspora to network & collaborate across sectors in different States.
The Divas will be formally inaugurated on 8th January, 2014 by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India. On 7th January, a special seminar entitled the ‘Youth PBD’, will be held to focus on youth diaspora. Hon’ble President of India will deliver the Valedictory Address and confer Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards on 9th January 2014.
As on date, we have already received the registration from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Fiji, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait ,Malaysia ,Mauritius ,Mozambique ,Netherlands, New Zealand ,Oman ,Portugal ,Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia ,South Africa, Switzerland ,Tanzania, Thailand ,United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom & United States of America (USA).
In recognition of the evolving significant and multidimensional role of Indian Diaspora, PBD 2014 will address the theme of ‘Engaging Diaspora: Connecting Across Generations’
PBD 2014 will also commemorate the remarkable contributions made by Indian Diaspora in building the growth story of modern India and also accentuates India’s position in the international arena.
Major highlights of the Twelfth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas are as follows:
- Plenary Sessions with Hon’ble Union Ministers
- Concurrent Session on Innovation & Technology, Healthcare, Media & Entertainment etc
- Special session on NRIs in the Gulf
- Explore business opportunities in India and within Diaspora
- New initiatives to engage the youth and second generation of Indian Diaspora
- Focussed seminars to explore Investment Opportunities in States
- Presentation of Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards 2014 by the Hon’ble President of India
- Exhibition
- Cultural Programme
I take this opportunity to invite you to register as an esteemed delegate to the Twelfth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, Jan 7 – 9, 2014 at New Delhi, India.
For more details about the event, you may log to PBD website www.pbd-india.com
For any further query, please feel free to contact my colleagues Mr. Samrat Soo, Deputy Director, FICCI / Ms. Priya Dhawan at pbd2014@ficci.com, samrat.soo@ficci.com Tel: +91-11-23736313 / 23487273, Fax: +91-11-23320714 /23721504.
Look forward to your kind confirmation and with regards
Vinita Sethi
Assistant Secretary General
Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)
New Delhi, India
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Nehru Memorial Museum and Library
Programme Schedule: Tuesday, 7 January, 2014
cordially invites you to a Conference
at 9.00 am on Tuesday-Thursday, 7-9 January, 2014
in the Seminar Room, First Floor, Library Building
on
‘Economy, Reason, Affect:
Anti-colonial sensibility 1860-1950’
in association with
Dr. Baidik Bhattacharya,
Universityof Delhi, Delhi
Dr. Aishwary Kumar,
Stanford University, USA,
Prof. Udaya Kumar,
NMML and
Prof. Rajeswari Sunder Rajan,
New York University, USA.
Programme Schedule: Tuesday, 7 January, 2014
| 9.00 am. – 9.30 am. 9.30 am. – 10.00 am. | Coffee Opening Remarks and Theme Note: Prof. Mahesh Rangarajan, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi Dr. Robert Crews, Stanford University, USA Prof. Rajeswari Sunder Rajan, New York University, USA |
| 10.00 am.- 11.00 am. | Session I |
| Chair: | Prof. Mary E. John, Centre for Women’s Development Studies, New Delhi |
| Speaker: | Prof. Tanika Sarkar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi‘Intimate Violence: Constructing marital rape in colonial Bengal’ |
| 11.00 am.- 11.15 am. | Coffee |
| 11.15 am.– 12.15 pm. | Session II |
| Chair: | Prof. Udaya Kumar, NMML |
| Speaker: | Dr. Sanal Mohan, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam ‘Complexities of Colonialism and the Question of Affect: The problem of caste slavery in Kerala’ |
| 12.15 pm. – 1.15 pm. | Session III |
| Chair: | Prof. MSS Pandian, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi |
| Speaker: | Prof. Bernard Bate, Yale-NUS College, Singapore, ‘Swadeshi Bharati: Protestant Textuality and the Poetics of Tamil Political Modernity’ |
| 1.15 pm – 2.15 pm. | Lunch |
| 2.15 pm. – 4.15 pm. | Session IV |
| Chair: | Prof. Neeladri Bhattacharya, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi |
| Speakers: | Dr. Andrew Sartori, New York University, USA ‘Aspirations to Freedom in Early Twentieth-Century (Anti-) Colonial Bengal’ Dr. Prathama Banerjee, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi ‘Can there be a Pure Action?: Debating the political in colonial Bengal/India’ |
| Wednesday, 8 January, 2014 | |
| 9.00 am. – 9. 30 am. | Coffee |
| 9.30 am. – 11.30 am. | Session V |
| Chair: | Prof. Mahesh Rangarajan, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi |
| Speakers: | Dr. Simona Sawhney, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi ‘Hunger Strike’ |
| Dr. Mohinder Singh, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi ‘Conceptualization of the Social: Reflections on the concept of samaj in 19th century north India’ | |
| 11.30 am. – 11.45 am. | Coffee |
| 11. 45 am. -12.45 am. | Session VI |
| Chair: | Dr. Veena Naregal, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi |
| Speaker: | Prof. Madhava Prasad, The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad ‘Language: The Political Commons’ |
| 12.45 pm. – 1.45 pm. | Lunch |
| 1.45 pm. – 3.45 pm. | Session VII |
| Chair: | Prof. V. Sanil, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi |
| Speakers: | Dr. Aishwary Kumar, Stanford University, USA ‘A Revolutionary Democracy: Ambedkar’s Ucched’ Dr. Milind Wakankar, Ambedkar University, Delhi ‘Law and Bhava: Notes towards a treatise on freedom’ |
| 3.45 pm. – 4.00 pm. | Coffee |
| 4. 00 pm. - 5.00 pm. | Session VIII |
| Chair: Speakers: | Prof. Pradip Kumar Datta, University of Delhi, Delhi Prof. Sudipta Kaviraj, Columbia University, USA ‘Dharma in the Face of Modernity: Bankimchandra’s Dharmatattva’ |
| | Thursday, 9 January, 2014 |
| 9. 30 am. – 12. 30 pm. | Session IX |
| 11. 15 am. – 11.30 pm. | Coffee Break |
| Chair: | Dr. Parna Sengupta, Stanford University, USA |
| Roundtable: | ‘Concetual Histories of the Anti-colonial Movement in the India Sub-continent’ |
Discussion led by: | Prof. Rajeswari Sunder Rajan, New York University, USA and Dr. Baidik Bhattacharya, University of Delhi, Delhi |
12. 30 pm. – 1.00 pm. | Concluding Remarks |
1.00 pm. | Lunch |
Please find the concept note and abstracts of the conference attached.
All are welcome.
Those wishing to have their names added to the email list may please email us at nmmldirector@gmail.com
Web links to programmes for 2014: