ICG ANNUAL REPORT 2012-13 GOA Arts & LITERARY FESTIVAL SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES 13th to 17th Dec, 2012 11th – 12th June, 2013 III Goa Arts & Literary Festival 2012 Seminar on Human Development and Good Governance: Inaugurated at the hands of eminent writers Ms. Mridula New Goals, New Horizons Garg and Ms. Eunice DeSouza, in the presence of H.E. Shri. Seminar was inaugurated by Shri. Pratapsingh Rane, Hon. Bharat Vir Wanchoo, Governor of Goa, Hon. Chief Minister Leader of Opposition, Goa Legislative Assembly & President of Jammu & Kashmir Shri. Omar Abdullah and Chairman of – The International Centre Goa Kala Academy Goa, Shri Vishnu Wagh. Sessions of the seminar were as follows: • Quantity v/s Quality of Education in Goa: Does it provide Job Opportunities? ICG LECTURE SERIES ON GOOD GOVERNANCE • Local Self Government: Is it for the people, of the people, by the people? (Corpus Fund for Programmes) • Mining: Needed an eco-sensitive & sustainable Policy “The Board of Trustees of the ICG created a Corpus • Goa Regional Plan 2021: Whose Plan is it anyway? Fund for Programmes to sponsor the ICG Lecture • Open Forum on Issues related to Tourism, Environment, Series on Good Governance in June 2011. As assured Infrastructure and Zero Tolerance to Corruption List of Programmes Life Trustees of the ICG, Mr. Dattaraj Salgaocar, Mr. Co-organised by ICG, MICCI & FES-India Shrinivas Dempo & Mr. Yatin Kakodkar contributed generously to this fund.” 2nd – 3rd July, 2013 The fund was utilised to organize the following Lectures Seminar on Social Media & its role in Democracy cum Interactive Sessions and Book Releases: Inaugural & Keynote Address by Frederick Noronha, Independent Journalist & Co-founder, BytesForAll (South 1st May, 2012 Asian initiative to focus on how IT & the internet can help in Topic: ‘Good Governance: Technology as a Tool’ taking up social development issues) Speaker: Shri. Kiran Karnik, Former President – NASSCOM Sessions of the seminar were as follows: & Member – Prime Minister’s Committee on E-Governance, - Role of Social Media in Strengthening Democracy: Policies Scientific Advisory Council to Prime Minister, National and Strategies Innovation Council, Central Employment Guarantee Council - Should Government Monitor Social Media to Prevent Civil and National Advisory Council for Right to Education Unrest? Chair: Shri Pratapsingh Rane, President, ICG - Can Social Media Change Power Structures? - Case Studies of the use of Social Media Co-organized by ICG, FES-India & MICCI 30th June, 2012 Topic: Making of the President, 2012 12th August, 2013 Speaker: Major General (Retd.) Vinod Saighal Executive Seminar on Implementing Goa 2035: Vision & Roadmap - Director, Eco Monitors Society (a non-governmental The Challenges Ahead organization concerned with demography and ecology) and Keynote Address by: Dr. R A Mashelkar, Chairman - Goa Founder, Movement for Restoration of Good Government Golden Jubilee Development Council Chair: Shri Rajendra Arlekar, Hon. Speaker - Goa Legislative Welcome & Introductory Remarks by Shri Pratapsingh Rane Assembly Hon’ble Leader of Opposition, Goa Legislative Assembly and President, The International Centre Goa rd 23 August, 2012 Organised by ICG Topic: Democracy at Crossroads: Whither Electoral Reforms 31st August, 2013 Speaker: Shri. S Y Quraishi, former Chief Election Commissioner Seminar on Role of Youth in Political Decision Making Chair: Dr. M Modassir (IAS), Goa State Election Commissioner Sessions of the seminar were as follows: • Engaging Youth in Political Process: Do Political Parties 4th Sept, 2012 Exploit Youth for their own Interests? Topic: Challenges of Promoting a Green Economy • What Ails our Democracy? Youth Perception and Speaker: By Dr. Anil Kakodkar - Former Chairman, Atomic Presumption Energy Commission of India & former Director, Bhabha • Youth Converting Electoral Democracy into Participatory Atomic Research Centre Democracy through RTI - The most Potent Weapon Chair: Dr. Satish Shetye, Director, CSIR - National Institute of • Portrayal of Youth in Media: How Real? How Distorted? Oceanography Co-organized by ICG, FES-India & MICCI 1st Dec, 2012 14th – 16th Oct, 2013 Topic: ‘RTI and Good Governance’ IX Annual South Asia Media Summit on Government Speaker: Shri. Shailesh Gandhi, eminent RTI activist and Curbing Media? Regulation and Self Regulation of Media Former Central Information Commissioner of India in South Asia Chair: Ms Nandini Sahai, Director, ICG Organized in association with FES-India & MICCI 5 The International Centre Goa ICG ANNUAL REPORT 2012-13 28th – 29th Oct, 2013 2nd Runner-up – Ms. Hiba Shaikh – Goa College of Seminar on Right to Information: A Potent Weapon against Architecture Corruption Organised in association with ICG Toastmasters International Keynote Speaker: Subhash Chandra Agarwal - The Change Club Maker, RTI Crusader holding the Guinness World Record for The following seven colleges participated writing ‘Letter to the Editors’ (Delhi) 1. St. Xavier’s College, Mapusa Co-organized by ICG, FES-India, MICCI & Goa RTI Forum 2. MES College, Zuarinagar 3. Goa Engineering College, Farmagudi 24th Jan 4. Shidora Caculo College of Commerce and Management Seminar on ‘At Home or Outside: How Safe is my Child?’ Studies, Mapusa Participants deliberated on the following sessions: 5. Goa College of Architecture, Panaji • Gender Sensitisation: Role of Parents, Teachers & 6. V M Salgaocar College of Law, Panaji Counsellors 7. S S Dempo College of Commerce & Economics, Panaji • First Line of Assistance: effectiveness and accountability of Police, help lines & victim assistance units, role of Vishaka Committee, village committees LECTURES CUM INTERACTIVE SESSIONS • Responses for Special Categories: Migrants, Street Children, Incest, Special Children 5th April, 2012 • Sexual Assault on Children: How to make the laws more Topic: Decoding Budget 2012: Centre & State effective? Speakers: Manguirish Pai Raiker, President, GCCI and Sandip • “Roadside Romeos”: How responsible is our media/ TV/ Bhandare, CA and Second Vice President, GCCI films for the increasing crime on children & women? • Recommendation and Suggestions: An Open Forum 19th April, 2012 Co-organized by ICG & Saad Aangan Topic: Widening Electoral Democracy: The Amazing Success Story of Social Media Campaign of the Election Commission th th 13 – 14 March of India Seminar on Women in Media: Need for a Gender Code? Speaker: Mr. Kapil Kaul, Advisor – Social Marketing, Election Organised on the occasion of International Women’s Day Commission of India programme for a Week Co-organised with Department of Political Science - Goa Co-Organised by ICG, Goa Union of Journalists, MICCI & University, Goa University and Office of the Chief Electoral FES-India Officer, Goa Sessions of the seminar were as follows: • Women Journalists: the Glamour & the Reality 9th June, 2012 • Why are there no women in Decision Making Positions in Topic: Fulbright-Nehru opportunities: Sharing past Media? experiences and preparing for future • More Women Journalists: Will it lead to better coverage of Speaker: Sachin Nikarge, Program Coordinator, United States women’s issues? - India Educational Foundation (USIEF) • Women Journalists: the Balancing Act of Home & Office Co-organised by ICG, Srujan - Centre for Natural Resource • Recommendations for a well defined Gender Code in Print & Management and United States – India Education Foundation Electronic Media (USIEF) 11th March 16th June, 2012 International Women’s Day for a Week Exclusive Interactive Session with Mr. Vinod Dua 1st Annual ICG Inter-College Debate Tournament for Journalists and Students of Journalism and Mass The topic of the debate – Is Western Culture Responsible for Communications the Crimes against Women?, was unveiled by the Chief Guest, Mr. Gautam Mukherjea, half an hour before the start of the 29th June, 2012 debate. It was a modified Values Debate (LD Format). Topic: Bird watching in the Andaman islands The Debate Tournament was judged by Mr. Adolf Castellino (Chief Judge), Ms. Nandini Sahai, Ms. Lavina Melvani, Ms. Speaker: Carl D’Silva - wildlife artist Noella Fernandes & Mr. Ayub Zickriya and the Debate was th moderated by Ms. Farida Dias. 17 July, 2012 Best Team Winners: Topic: Clinical Hypnotherapy and Aura Photography 1st Prize – V M Salgaocar College of Law - Gaurang D Facilitators: Leona Fernandes & Supriya Kambli Panandiker and Neha A Shirodkar th 1st Runner-up - Goa College of Architecture – Ms. Hiba Shaikh 28 July, 2012 & Mr. Jason Santos Topic: Leadership in the New Normal 2nd Runner-up – Goa College of Engineering – Ms. Priscill Speaker: Prakash Iyer, Managing Director, Kimberly-Clark Priyadharshini & Mr. Alston D’Mello Lever; Author of The Habit of Winning (Penguin, 2011); Best Speaker Winners: Former MD & CEO, Infomedia India Limited (formerly Tata 1st Prize – Neha A Shirodkar - V M Salgaocar College of Law Infomedia); Former Executive Director, PepsiCo (South India 1st Runner-up – Ms. Priscilla Priyadharshini – Goa College of and Sri Lanka); Former Regional Vice President of PepsiCo, Engineering China The International Centre Goa 6 ICG ANNUAL REPORT 2012-13 9th & 10th August, 2012 16th Feb, 2013 Topic: Landmark Education - Introduction to the Topic: An Introduction to Art Therapy Communication Curriculum & Landmark Forum Speaker: Shirley Burton - Shirley Burton M.A. (Hons,) M.Phil., Led by: Hari Kotian, Seminar Leader / Communication Trainer, M.Sc. from Scotland, member of the British Association of Art Landmark Education India Therapists and the