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The Quarterly Newsletter of South Asian University | Volume 4 Issue 2 December 2019

Workshop on Mapping Indian Ocean Studies: Emerging Research Agenda

New Delhi (31.10.2019) SAU DIR News: The Department of International Relations, Faculty of Social
Sciences, organized a one-day workshop on "Mapping Indian Ocean Studies: Emerging Research
Agenda" on 31October 2019. This was the inaugural workshop of the Maritime South Asia & the Indian
Ocean research workshop series. The series seeks to realize SAU's endeavour to develop a "regional
consciousness" that facilitates knowledge
production of "Knowledge without Borders."
Specifically, the workshop series aims to spur the
designing of interdisciplinary courses on maritime
challenges facing South Asia, identifying innovative
research areas, and brainstorming innovative
themes for annual international conferences to be
held in partnership with other institutions in the
region. The 31st October workshop sought to take
stock of the existing scholarship on Maritime South
Asia and the Indian Ocean and identifying potential
thrust areas for research and collaboration.

Dr. Kavita Sharma, former President of SAU delivered the Welcome Address, with Opening Remarks
made by former Vice President of SAU, Prof. Santosh Panda. Professor Sanjay Chaturvedi, the Convenor
of the workshop and the Series, provided an Introduction to the Workshop. The workshop included
keynote presentations by eminent thinkers like Ambassador Yogendra Kumar, Dr. Vijay Sakhuja, Prof. P.V.
Rao, and Prof. SK Mohanty. In addition, papers on diverse themes like maritime order and connectivity,
human security and international economic law were presented by Prof. Subramanyam Raju, Dr. Anasua
Basu Ray Chaudhury, Ms. Ruchita Beri, Mr. Amit Sinha, Ms. Pallavi Arora, and Dr. Prabhash Ranjan. Dr.
Ranjan had also convened the panel discussion on International Economic Law and the Blue Economy.
The concluding roundtable on the future research agenda on Maritime South Asia included presentations
by all the faculty members of the Department of International Relations.

Legally Speaking

New Delhi (13.11.2019) SAU FLS News: Faculty of Legal Studies hosted two professors of Law from the
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh om 13 November 2019. Dr. Muhammad Ekramul Haque, addressed the
students and faculty members at FLS on the ‘Justiciability of Constitutional Principles on Economic and
Social Rights in Bangladesh and India: A
Comparative Analysis’. This was followed by
another interesting talk on ‘Bangladesh’s
Compliance with the WTO TRIPS Agreement::
Lessons from Developing SAARC Countries’ by
Dr. Mohammed Towhidul Islam. His talk
mapped the experiences of the SAARC
countries with regard to their national
responsibilities under the TRIPS Agreement
and how Bangladesh could benefit from such
experiences. The talks were chaired by Dr.
Ravindra Pratap and Dr. Nafees Ahmad, FLS,
SAU.

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