Behala College Estd: August 1963. Affiliated to , NAAC accredited with ‘A’ grade grade In collaboration with ICSSR-ERC Is Organizing A Three-Day National Webinar on “ Sino-Indian Conflict: Escalation & Troubled transition- Perspectives, Issues and Strategies”

DATE: 25TH, 26TH & 27TH SEPTEMBER 2020 Jointly Organized by Department of , Journalism & Mass Communication and Geography Participation Details Registration Details Last date for online registration for participant: 20/9/20 Last date for submission of abstract: 10/9/20 E-certificate will be provided to all those who Notification for abstract acceptance: 17/9/20 will attend the entire session & also fill up the Last date of full paper submission: 22/9/20 feedback form. Contact Details: Meeting link will be provided one day prior to 8910922934 (Philosophy) the webinar accordingly in the registered email- 9831538494 (Journalism & Mass Communication) ids of the participants. 9123332339 (Geography) email: [email protected] Feedback link will be shared with the registered participants on the last day of the webinar in Registration Link: their respective email-ids. https://behalacollege.in/webinar/webinar_philo_journalism

Meeting Platform: Youtube Live & Webex Theme of the webinar

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From the philosophical point of view, the discussion will focus on some far-reaching socio-ethical implications. From the geographical perspective, application of the principle of watershed areas can resolve the Sino-Indian border dispute. Besides, border conflict context enables discussion regarding “the art and of human communication”, as media plays a significant role in transforming society.

Organizing Committee Members

 Dr. Madhumita Datta, Associate Prof., Department of Philosophy, Behala College, Convenor.  Dr. Shreya Mitra, Assistant Prof., Department of Philosophy, Behala College.  Smt. Debjani Rakshit, SACT, Department of Philosophy, Behala College.  Smt. Abanti Routh, Former Associate Prof., Bijoy Krishna Girls College, Visiting Faculty, Department of Geography, Behala College.  Smt. Anumita Mondal, SACT, Department of Geography, Behala College.  Smt. Debrupa Chakraborty, SACT, Department of Geography, Behala College.  Smt. Pinki Nath Ghosh, SACT, Department of Geography, Behala College.  Smt. Supriti Bhattacharyya, SACT, Department of Geography, Behala College.  Sri. Dhrubajyoti Ghosh, SACT, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Behala College.  Sri. Arnab Mondal, SACT, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Behala College.

 Technical Assistance: Right Brains Technology

Webinar Schedule Day-1 25 September, 2020(Friday) : – 11am to 01:30pm

11:00 am - 11:15 am Inaugural address – Dr. Sharmila Mitra, Principal, Behala College 11:15 am - 11:20 am Introduction to the theme and speaker. 11:20 am - 11:50 am Speaker- Professor Indrani Sanyal , Former Professor, Department of Philosophy, Jadavpur University 11:50 am - 12:05 pm Question and Answer Session. 12:05 pm - 01:10 pm Paper Presentation Session. Chairperson: Dr. Shilpita Mitra, Associate Professor, University of Calcutta. 01:10 pm – 01:30 pm Presentation related Question-Answer and Conclusion.

Day-2

26 September, 2020 (Saturday) : – 11am to 01:30pm 11:00 am - 11:05 am Introduction to the speaker. 11:05 am - 11:35 am Session-I Speaker- Dr. Sourav Gupta, Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Central University of Odisha. 11:35 am - 12:05 pm Session-II Speaker - Divyanshu Dutta Roy, Deputy News Editor, NDTV 12:05 pm - 12:20 pm Question and Answer Session. 12:20 pm - 01:20 pm Paper Presentation Session. Chairperson: Professor Subir Ghosh, Former Principal, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan‟s Ashutosh College of Communication and management. 01:20 pm - 01:30 pm Presentation related Question-Answer and Conclusion.

Day-3 27 September 2020(Sunday) : – 04:00 pm to 06:30 pm 04:00pm-04:05pm Introduction to the speaker. 04:05pm-04:35 pm Speaker- Professor Saroj Kumar Pal, Emeritus Professor in Physical Geography, Delhi University. 04:35pm-04:55pm Question and Answer Session. 04:55pm-06:00pm Paper Presentation Session. Chairperson: Dr. Ajit Kumar Sil, Associate Professor & head of the dept. Bhairab Ganguly College. 06:00pm-06:15pm Presentation related Question-Answer and Conclusion. 06:15pm-06:30pm Valedictory Speech and Vote of thanks – Dr. Madhumita Datta (Convenor).

Call for Paper:

Participants willing to present papers at the Webinar are requested to register themselves through registration link. The details of the web platform will be notified at a later date. The allotted time for each presenter will strictly be 5 minutes, to be followed by discussion at the end.

Subthemes for Presentation: Abstracts are invited from willing participants on the following subthemes-

Philosophy:1)How ethics comes to play a role in warfare? 2)Psychological warfare- a tool to breakdown opponent's morale. 3) Buddhism and violence 4)Conflict or cooperation- what is sustainable overtime? Journalism and Mass Communication: 5)Border Conflict and activity of Media. 6) Paradigm of Development and Conflict 7)Communication- Culturalism and performativity. 8) Polarization and Media. Geography: 9) Geographical perspectives on border issues and conflicts. 10) Geopolitical issues between India-China border dispute. 11) Present scenario of India-China relations and it‟s future strategies. 12) India‟s border disputes- Causes, Effects and Solutions. 13) Challenges of high altitude border area in view of India-China scenario. Registration & Participation:

• Registration is mandatory to participate and present papers. However, there is no registration fee for the same.

•E-certificate will be issued to all paper presenters and participants.

Post Publication: All outstanding papers will be published. Details of the same will be communicated individually.

Guidelines for Submission:

1) Paper presenters should clearly mention the title, central theme, methodology and conclusion. Abstracts must not exceed 300 words with 3 to 5 keywords at the end of the abstract.

2) Co-authorship of two persons is allowed.

3) Abstracts should also be submitted through registration link & after selection full papers have to be submitted to [email protected].

4) Full Paper must not exceed 4000 words. The abstract and paper both should be typed only in English, „Times New Roman‟ font, title size-14, text size-12, line and paragraph spacing 1.5 and should be sent in MS Word attachment.

Important Dates:

• Last date for Submission of abstract: 10/09/2020 • Final paper Submission: 22/09/2020

 All abstracts received will be blind peer reviewed for selection. The organizers encourage power point presentation rather than reading out of papers.