Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs
PBD-2010 to be web-cast firs time on MOIA website 17:46 IST The Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs, Shri Vayalar Ravi in a press conference here today announced that for the first time, the 8th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas-2010 will be web-cast in an interactive mode on the MOIA website (www.moia.gov.in), as well as on the Ministry’s e-magazine ‘Pravasi Bharatiya’ through website (www.overseasindian.in). This will enable overseas Indians from across the world to not only witness the proceedings of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention, session-by-session, but also interact with the Ministry and express their opinion and views. He said that an annual ‘Distinguished Global Indian Oration-series’ is being launched. Professor Jagdish Bhagwati of Columbia Univesity will be delivering the first talk on ‘India: The Role of the Diaspora’ from 1630 hrs to 1730 hrs on 8th January, 2010. Shri Ravi further said that two seminars on ‘Nanotechnology’ and on ‘Property-rated issues of the overseas Indian community’ are also being held as pre-conference events. The nanotechnology seminar will bring together scientists, technologists, policy-makers and entrepreneurs from India and abroad on a common platform. The focus of the seminar will be on applications of nanotechnology in agriculture, energy and health-care. The seminar on ‘Property-rated issues of the overseas Indian community’ will discuss institutional arrangements to safeguard the properties of overseas Indians in India, as well as the modalities for credible investment avenues in real estate sector. The Minister also informed that the 8th PBD Convention will have three plenary sessions. In the first plenary session the delegates will have an opportunity to interact with some key Cabinet Ministers from India, who will expound on Government of India’s policies on subjects like economic recovery, good governance, technology and innovation and infrastructure development. This session will seek to articulate the role that the diaspora can play in India’s race to join the league of developed world. The second plenary session would have a panel of PIO Ministers which will seek to explore how the diaspora could work towards strengthening the symbiotic relationship between India and the diaspora, as also India’s relations with the country of their residence. This session will deliberate on the issues of concern to overseas Indians residing in different regions. The third plenary session would have Chief Ministers from 14 States and one Dy. Chief Minister (Punjab), who will focus the role the diaspora can play in ‘Skill Development’ an area of critical importance, given forecasts that India is likely to be confronted with significant skill-gaps in a couple of decades if we do not act now. The 8th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention will be held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, from 7-9 January 2010, organised by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA), in partnership with the Government of NCT of Delhi and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), this flagship event of MOIA would be returning to New Delhi, after a gap of one year, for the fifth time. The Convention will be inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India on 8th January. President of India will deliver the valedictory address on 9th January. She would also confer Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards-2010 on distinguished PIOs/NRIs. PBD Conventions traditionally provide a platform for exchange of views and networking to the Persons of Indian Origin settled all over the world on matters of common interest and concern to them. Such Conventions have helped the Government of India to better understand and appreciate the expectations of the overseas Indian community from the land of their ancestors and more importantly, acknowledge the important role played by them in India’s efforts to acquire its rightful place in the comity of nations, as also in their adopted countries, whether for the diaspora or national development. Among the decisions taken by the Government of India as a result of the wider consultations held at these Conventions, are the formulation of the Overseas Citizenship of India scheme, establishment of Overseas Indian Facilitation Centre, conceptualisation of PIO/NRI University, formation of Prime Minister’s Global Advisory Council of People of Indian Origin, setting up of the India Development Foundation, enabling professionals who are Overseas Citizens of India to practice in India and the launching of the Global Indian Network of Knowledge (Global-INK). PKM

Ph.D to H.S. Shashidhar

Bangalore, December 23(Karnataka Information): It is hereby notified that the Vice-Chancellor, under the authorisation of the Syndicate and on the recommendation of the Board of Examiners, has accepted the thesis on “Ageing and Aged in India-An integrated socio-economic and Demographic study of the Elderly Destitute in Bangalore” submitted by Sri H.S. Shashidhar under the guidance of Dr. D. Shrijay Devaraj Urs for the award of Ph.D Degree in Development studies. Further itis declared that Sri H. Shashidar is eligible to receive the Ph.D Degree in Development studies at the next Convocation.

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Ph.D to H.S. Shashidhar

Bangalore, December 23(Karnataka Information): It is hereby notified that the Vice-Chancellor, under the authorisation of the Syndicate and on the recommendation of the Board of Examiners, has accepted the thesis on “Ageing and Aged in India-An integrated socio-economic and Demographic study of the Elderly Destitute in Bangalore” submitted by Sri H.S. Shashidhar under the guidance of Dr. D. Shrijay Devaraj Urs for the award of Ph.D Degree in Development studies. Further itis declared that Sri H. Shashidar is eligible to receive the Ph.D Degree in Development studies at the next Convocation.