Is ethics useless?
Planet in danger: whose fault is it anyway?
Whose nation is it?
Are there limits to tolerance?
Are minorities at all welcome?
Charisma: between seduction and manipulation?
The Cracks within and without G20?
To know what the leading policy makers and intellectuals from India and France have to say on these questions, do not miss the chance of this unprecedented forum hapenning at your doorstep!
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Mapping the Present Building the Future: Global challenges in the 21st Century
18-19 January 2010
OPEN TO ALL
On the occasion of Bonjour India, French and Indian figures will reflect upon theoretical and intellectual concerns born out of the reality of their respective societies. These societal issues show that both countries, notwithstanding their differences, are confronted with similar challenges, and that sharing their respective experiences can help them arrive at workable solutions. This bilateral dialogue will feature leading policy-makers and intellectuals from both countries. At a time when India assumes a leading role in the G-20, and France and India develop an ever closer cooperation in a wide range of areas, this agora will discuss topics related to democracy, environment, national identity, social issues as well as cultural aspects of both countries.
Dates : 18th – 19th January 2010
Venue : Indian International Center – Grand auditorium
Scientific advisors: Catherine Clément, Christophe Jaffrelot, Balveer Arora, Dipankar Gupta
Monday : 18th January 2010
9:00 – 9 :30: Welcome coffee.
9:30 – 11 :00: Opening.
Introduction by Christophe Jaffrelot, Senior Research Fellow at CERI (Centre for International Studies and Research) at Sciences Po / CNRS and Balveer Arora, professor of Political Science and Former Rector, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Followed by
Ethics and Material Progress in the era of Globalization
Sam Pitroda, Adviser to PM on Information Infrastructure and Innovations
Catherine Clément, Philosopher and writer.
Moderator: Gurcharan Das, Former CEO, Procter and Gamble India and author of The Difficulty of Being Good: On the subtle art of dharma (Penguin 2009)
Q&A with audience.
11:00 – 12:30: India and France in the face of environmental challenges.
Paul Watkinson, OECD Round Table on Sustainable Development, Paris
R.K. Pachauri, Director General of TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute)
Moderator: André Lewin, graduate of elite ENA (Ecole Nationale d’Administration), former Ambassador of France to various countries including India. Doctorate in History and Law.
Q&A with audience.
12:30 – 14:00: Lunch
14:00 – 15:30: National identity and people’s diversity.
Patrick Weil, Senior Research Fellow at CNRS, Centre for Social History of the 20th Century, University of Paris 1.
Dipankar Gupta, Social Analyst
Moderator: Christophe Jaffrelot, Senior Research Fellow at CERI (Centre for International Studies and Research) at Sciences Po / CNRS.
Q&A with audience.
15:30 – 17:00: Social exclusion, inclusive policies.
Sukhdeo Thorat, Chairman of the University Grants Commission, Government of India. Also Director of the Indian Institute of Dalit Studies and Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University
Christophe Jaffrelot, Senior Research Fellow at CERI (Centre for International Studies and Research) at Sciences Po / CNRS.
Moderator: Balveer Arora, Professor of Political Science and Former Rector, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Q&A with audience.
Tuesday 19th January 2010
9:00 – 9:30 Welcome coffee.
9:30 – 11:00: “Laïcité” and “Secularism”, convergences and divergences of Republican models.
Louis Schweitzer, Chairman of the High Authority for the Fight Against Discrimination and for Equality (HALDE)
Rajeev Bhargava, Director of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies
Moderator: Dipankar Gupta, Social Analyst
Q&A with audience.
11:00 – 12:30 : Muslim minorities in India and Europe.
Catherine de Wenden, Senior Research Fellow CNRS, CERI (Centre for International Studies and Research).
Mobashar Jawed Akbar, Editor in Chief and Managing Director of The Sunday Guardian.
Moderator: Dileep Padgaonkar, Eminent media personality and former Editor in Chief of the Times of India
Q&A with audience.
12:30 – 14:00: Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 : What is charisma?
Catherine Clément, Philosopher and writer.
Sudhir Kakar, Indian Psychoanalyst and writer.
Moderator: Balveer Arora, Professor of Political Science and former Rector, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Q&A with audience.
15:30 – 17:00: Official closing
The major poles of the contemporary world, between dialogue and confrontation.
Jean-David Levitte, Diplomatic Advisor to the French President
Kanwal Sibal, Former Foreign Secretary of India.
Moderator: Christophe Jaffrelot, Senior Research Fellow at CERI (Centre for International Studies and Research) at Sciences Po / CNRS.
Q&A with audience.
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