 Seminar on Security
The Department of International Studies, Stella Maris College is organising a two-day national seminar on 'Comprehensive Security Issues and Challenges: An Indian Perspective' at the Stella Maris College, Chennai, on 6 & 7 January 2005.
The contemporary discourse on security in the 21st century has shifted its templates from the traditional concept of military security to encompass a more comprehensive field of study that includes various non-traditional threats. The global security environment is in a state of flux with emerging milieu of politico, military and diplomatic dimensions. There has been a perceptible change in the approach to security where the individual has become the vortex of so-called human security.
In the wake of the paradigm shift in the conceptualisation of security, there has been a strong need for formulating both a comprehensive national security doctrine and an operational strategy that aims at tackling both internal and external threats.
The key-note address will be delivered by Prof. Abhijit Sen, Member, Planning Commission, Government of India on January 6th, 2005 at 9.30 a.m at the Stella Maris College Auditorium followed by the technical sessions. The panel of speakers is drawn from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru Univ., Delhi; School of International Studies, Mahatma Gandhi Univ., Kottayam; Central University, Hyderabad; National institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore; Bangalore University, Bangalore; University of Madras, Chennai; Loyola College, Chennai; Madras Christian College,
Chennai.
The valedictory sessions will be held on January 7th, 2005 at 4.30 pm. The valedictory address will be delivered by Mr. B. Raman, IPS (Retd.), Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat (Retd.), Govt. of India and Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation.
The seminar is being organised by the School of International Studies, Stella Maris College, to provide its student audience and a larger audience with comprehensive perspectives on issues of traditional and non-traditional security dominating the discourse in the global arena in the 21st century and in particular in the Indian sub-continent.
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