Thursday 23 November 2017

Inauguration of Lifescience Association



The Life Sciences Association inauguration was held on 5th July 2017 in the KE Auditorium, Block IV, Main Campus, Christ University. The event was graced by the presence of Dr Nirupa Bareja, the chief guest of the day, who is the Head of Operations, Vicus Therapeutics, a US based Biotech Company. The inauguration was marked by playing a short video about the Life Sciences Department and the events conducted by the department during the academic year of 2017-2018. It was followed by inviting the dignitaries on stage for lighting of the lamp where Dr Nirupa Bareja, Rev Fr Jobi Xavier, the HOD of Life Sciences and the CFO of Christ University and Dr Suma S, the Coordinator of the Life Sciences Association did the honors. The newly elected association members were introduced by Dr Suma S. The welcome address was delivered by Mr Amritanshu Das, Secretary of the Association, followed by an intellectual talk by the chief guest. The event concluded with the wonderful cultural programmes put up by undergraduate students. The vote of thanks was delivered by Ms Sheenu Wilson, the President of Life Science Association.


Wednesday 15 November 2017

Preparing the Next Decade: Contemporary Challenges in Global Politics



Report of Guest Lecture

Preparing the Next Decade: Contemporary Challenges in Global Politics

by

Prof. D Suba Chandran


The interactive session started with the lighting of the lamp and the choir seeking the blessings of the almighty. This was followed by the introduction of the guest speaker and acknowledging his renowned presence with all of us.  And an opening speech by the head of the cluster Dr. Chaitanya Pradeep,He made us aware about why and what are the issues that we have come together to discuss.
The guest lecture by Prof. D Suba Chandran Dean at the School of Conflict and Security Studies, National institute of Advanced studies(NIAS) titled “Preparing the Next Decade: Contemporary Challenges in Global Politics”was organized by Political Science and Historycluster of the BGR Campus on the 10th of Nov 2017 from 1:30-3:30pm in mini-auditorium. The lecture was an eye opener for the audience regarding the field of International Relations. His highly simplified language and an appreciative amount of interpersonal communication turned out to be a great motivation for the students to pursue the field
                                                              

The session started with the mind mapping of generalized contemporary issues in the global scenario.  Certain areas such as hostility amongst countries and the prominence that the youth associated with technology were few things that turned out to be out of his expert purview. The discussion primarily revolved around speculations of the future global positioning of countries and the relative shift of trends in International Relations to adjust to the changes. The U.S.A and the PRC were the most important subjects discussed in the session. The facts presented clearly provided us with the perspective that economic progress was the key determinant of balance of power in the future.
A logical explanation of why the U.S.A will remain a superpower and will not wither to being just another former superpower in the near foreseeable future was given. The illusion that military power was the primary determinant in assessing a countries power was shattered. The PRC on the other hand has belittled all the former experts in the field by developing in rates that history has witnessed and shows no interest in slowing down their progress. As for disputes relating to PRC, the non-adherence to the ruling provided by the International Court of Justice on South China Sea was given as an example as to how PRC has become a giant that can’t be controlled and how it determines its own terms form negotiations. 

Prof. Suba Chandran, strongly believes that demography and related fields will be a major determinant of influencing the future power owned by countries. The countries that have an extremely large proportion of youth population surprisingly also happen to be the places with utmost instability. The current developed countries will experience an outage of skilled labourand will be dependent on the manpower of the rest of the world for fulfillment of primary needs. An important take away is the unpredictability of trends in International Relations. What might be an impoverished and threatless country today can one day be a global superpower and the current developed countries might one day have to be dependent on these countries for their very existence.

India on the other hand is going to experience gradual growth and is in an extremely unhealthy position of taking steps to manage its massive population. Its laws and reforms have failed to keep up with global development of technology and require immediate attention. Its relations with countries like Afghanistan and other parts and the hope that the young bureaucrats bring with their courageousness will be a key determinant of India’s foreign policy.Diplomatic answers to black and white questions happened to be an inspiring element of the session.

The talk was followed by question and answer session. Students from almost all the batches asked many questions on various themes such as scope of higher education of International relations studies in India, role of India’s soft power, threats of climate change etc.
Vote of thanks was given by Prof. vaishaliraghuvanshi and Dr. Chaitanya pradeep presented the token of appreciation to the guest at the end.


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