Behala College Estd: August 1963. Affiliated to University of Calcutta, 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 Philosophy, 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 science 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.
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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.