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A Seminar on:
India’s National Elections and US Foreign Policy Interests
The Policy Institute for Religion and State, Washington DC
and
Centre for the History of Religious and Political Pluralism
(University of Leicester, UK)
Location: Cannon Caucus Room, Capitol Hill, Washington DC
Date: March 31st, Wednesday
Time:
12 noon – 3:00 PM
India is holding its national general elections in
April / May 2004. An estimated half a billion people will exercise their voting rights to choose a new government. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Indian National Congress Party are forming their own coalitions to face the elections. A panel of experts from the US, UK and India will explore the implications for various political and social policies in India's immediate future and their relevance to US Foreign policy interests.
12:00 Noon: Registration & Lunch and Beverages
Opening Remarks:
- Congressman. Joe Wilson, (R-SC) Member - House Armed Services Committee, Co-Chair-India Caucus
- Cong. Todd Akins (R-MO), Member -House Armed Services Committee, member-House Human Rights Caucus
- Cong. Trent Franks (R-AZ) Member - House Armed Services Committee, Member-House Human Rights Caucus
Panelists:
- Professor Richard Bonney: Director, The Centre for History of
Religious and Political Pluralism, University of Leicester, UK.
- Dr. Ram Puniyani: Author and Professor , Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
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Professor Kamal Aaron Mitra Chenoy: Indian Jewish Author. Chair, Group of Comparative Politics & Political Theory,
School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
- Dr, Maya Chadda
: Professor William Paterson Univ. NJ
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Professor Howard Spodek: Department of History, Temple University, PA, USA
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Mr. John Prabhudoss: Executive Director, Policy Institute for Religion and State
- Dr Amarjit Singh,
Columnist, Washington DC
Question and Answer
Concluding Session:
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