IPRI Workshops/Events

19 February 2024
20 Years of Facebook

Global Politics Young Voices (GPYV) Discussion

Venue: Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore

Organised by
International Peace Research Initiative
National Institute of Advanced Studies


Department of History and Journalism
Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore
&
Department of International Relations, Peace and Public Policy
St Joseph's University, Bangalore


5 December 2023
Climate Change I SDGs I Contemporary Conflicts

IPRI Third Annual Residential Workshop

Organized by

International Peace Research Initiative, NIAS

in collaboration with

India Office, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, New Delhi

Centre for South Asian Studies, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry


6 November 2023
Release at Kristu Jayanti College

Conflict Weekly 200th Issue

Panel Discussion on Why Conflicts Continue

Organized by
National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru
India Office, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), New Delhi
Department of History, Kristu Jayanti College Autonomous, Bengaluru


16 October 2023
Course | Cause | Consequence

Coups in Africa

Date and Venue: 16 October 2023, Kristu Jayanti College

Organized by 
Department of History, 
Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore 

International Peace Research Initiative (IPRI) & NIAS Africa Studies 
National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore 

India-Office of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS)  


4 August 2023
Achieving the SDGs: Experiences from Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu

NIAS IPRI Workshop

Date and Venue: 04 August 2023, Loyola College

Speakers: Hareesh LS | Monicka B | Vijay Daniel | Dr A Stanley Raj | Abdul Khadar | Naresh B | Nivetha SR | Sakthi Devi S | Sivasubramanian K | Nitya Ann Eapen & Meghana S | O Nirmala | KB Sakithyan | Aby Augustine | Angelin Archana | Preethi SJG | Sindhu Radhakrishna | J Murali, M Pradheeps | K Elangovan 

Discussants: R Saritha | S Venkatraman | Mallika Joseph | Mary Jessi Rani | M Gautaman | Peeyush Priya | D Edward Sudhakar 


17 June 2023
Mapping the LGBTQ+ Debate: From East Asia to Latin America

Young Scholar's Workshop

Date and Venue: 17 June 2023, NIAS

Speakers: Femy Francis | Nithyashree RB | Sreeja JS | Jerry Franklin A | Prerana P | Taffy Tonia A | Ryan Marcus | Eddula Varshitha | Melvin George | Lakshmi Parimala H | Anu Maria Joseph | Sneha Surendran | Rishika Yadav

Discussants: Padmashree Anandhan | Manoja Yadavalli | Subiksha S | Harini Madhusudan | Varsha K | Kriti Sharma | Rashmi Ramesh | Immaculine Joy Paul C


8 June 2023
The Road to Peace through the SDGs: Targets, Indicators, Issues & Challenges

NIAS Young Sholars' Workshop

Date and Venue: 8 May 2023, NIAS

Inaugural Session: Prof Shailesh Nayak & HE Hans Jacob Frydenlund

About the Workshop: D Suba Chandran

About the SDGs: Dr Mallika Joseph

Special Lecture: Prof Narendar Pani 

Special Lecture: Dr Seshadri Chari

Speakers: Prerana P | Sreeja J S | Taffy Tonia A | Rishika Yadav | Immaculine Joy Paul C | Nithyashree RB | Subiksha S | Eddula Varshitha | Melvin George | Sruthylacshmi B Bhat | Jerry Franklin A | Ryan Marcus | Varsha K | Padmashree Anandhan | Lakshmi Parimala H | Suraj Palavalsa

Discussants: Anu Maria Joseph | Femy Francis | Harini Madhusudan | Akriti Sharma | Rashmi Ramesh

Resource Persons: Dr Anuradha D | Dr Mallika Joseph | Dr Rudrodip Majumdar | Dr Debosree Banerjee | Prof Sindhu Radhakrishna


16 May 2023
Contemporary Conflicts: Issues, Actors and Trajectories

Young IPRI Workshop

Date and Venue: 16 May 2023, University of Mysore

Welcome and Introduction: Dr Bharati Hiremath

About the Workshop: Prof D Suba Chandran

Speakers: Anu Maria Joseph | Alvina Almeida | Lakshmi Parimala H | Taffy Tonia A | Harish Raya G | Subiksha S |Nityashree RB | Aleena T Sabu | Rishika Yadav | Femy Francis

Discussants: Rithanya Prathiksha S |Sreeja JS |Subiksha S | Sushma TM |Jerry Franklin | Melvin George | Alaa M H Nassar | Kavya D | Immaculine Joy Paul

Major Takeaways: Dr Sanghamitra Kahlita | Nithyashree RB | Immaculine Joy Paul

Concluding Remarks: Dr Bharati Hiremath


28 March 2023
State of Pakistan 2023 and State of Africa in 2023

NIAS-ICWA Panel Discussion

Date and Venue: 28 March 2023, ICWA, New Delhi


27 March 2023
Launch of Conflict Annual and the report on "Why Conflicts Continue"

NIAS-KAS Launch of Conflict Annual and the report on "Why Conflicts Continue"

Date and Venue: 27 March 2023, KAS-India Office, New Delhi


23 February 2023
Young Scholars' Workshop

State of Peace and Conflict in 2023

Date and Venue: 23 February 2023,  Loyola College, Chennai

Welcome and IntroductionDr Anuradha D,
 
Inaugural AddressRev Dr Thomas A SJ,
 
About the WorkshopProf D Suba Chandran,

Speakers: Mohaimeen Khan | Anu Maria Joseph | Fathima Semeer | SA Krisaanth and Sandra Wilfred | John Michael | Maria Glory Lauren Carvalho | Shafiq Ahmad | DS Murugan Yadav | Femy Francis | Melvin George | Anirudh Krishnan | Alka Bala | Akshaya J | Yasmin Rosammal Daniel | Debaleena Mitra |Nikhil Kumar,

Resource Persons: Dr Bernard D' Sami | Dr Ashik Bonofer | Ms Ramya B | Dr Mallika Joseph | Prof Sindhu Radhakrishna | Dr Mallika Joseph

Initial Remarks : Dr PJ Biju Joseph

Day’s Reporting : Mr Muthu Raman

Concluding Remarks : Prof D Suba Chandran

Vote of Thanks: Apoorva Sudhakar, Prof Ranganathan,


1 January 2023
| The Harambee Factor

Book Discussion:

Programme
1030-1035 hrs: Welcome and Introduction

1035-1105 hrs: Introductory remarks by Amb Gurjit Singh

1105-1130 hrs: Inputs by Apoorva Sudhakar and Dr S Shaji 

1130-1200hrs: Q&A

About the Speaker
Ambassador Gurjit Singh is a former Indian diplomat with 37 years of experience and has been the Ambassador of India to Germany, Indonesia and ASEAN and Ethiopia and the African Union besides having been in in Japan, Sri Lanka, Kenya, and Italy on assignment. He Chairs the CII Business Task Force on Trilateral Cooperation in Africa including the Asia Africa Growth Corridor with Japan. His report on such cooperation in 2019, focused on private sector engagement to make trilaterals successful.


18 November 2022
Conflict Weekly

Release of "150th Issue of Conflict Weekly"

18 November 2022 at De Nobili Hall, Auditorium Block,

Welcome: Dr PE Somaiah

Introduction: "About Conflict Weekly and NIAS-SJU Initiative on Peace Innovation": Prof D Suba Chandran

"Release of 150th issue of Conflict Weekly and the Launch of NIAS-SJU Initiative on Peace Innovation": Fr Dr Victor Lobo SJ

Inputs by young scholars: Apoorva Sudhakar, Abigail Miriam Fernandez, Sourina Bej, and Poulomi Mondol

Vote of Thanks: Dr Karamala Areesh Kumar


3 November 2022
Young-IPRI Workshop

“Why Conflicts Continue”

Date & Venue

3-4 November 2022, Centre for South Asian Studies, Pondicherry University

Welcome: Prof A Subramanyam Raju and Prof D Suba Chandran

Inaugural Address: Prof Tharanikarasu

About the Workshop: Ashish Gupta and Apoorva Sudhakar

Speakers: Madhura Mahesh | Angelin Archana | Bhoomika Sesharaj | Arul Braighta | Sayani Rana | Nabeel P | Medini Hegde | R Mirudula | Manjima | Kalpana Pandey | Poulomi Mondal | BK Bhuvesha | Vijay Anand Panigrahi | Tanay Thakur | Vaighna Raj | Joel Jacob | Shamini V | Anu Maria Joseph | Sruthi Sadhasivam | Rubina Pradhan | Allen Joe Mathew |  Devjyoti Saha | Domini Jyotsna | Aniba Junaid | Amrita Jash | Rekha J | Sethuraman N

Discussants: Apoorva Sudhakar | Abigail Miriam Fernandez | Padmashree Anandhan | Avishka Ashok 

Resource Persons: Dr J Diviyan | Prof Sindhu Radhakrishna


15 July 2022
IPRI-KAS Workshop

Conflicts in Africa & China in Africa

Speakers: Amb Gurjit Singh | Amb AR Ghanashyam | Prof D Suba Chandran | Dr S Shaji | Apoorva Sudhakar | Avishka Ashok | Lakshmi Karlekar | Anu Maria Joseph | Sanjana Santhosh | Eliza Serah Sajan | Poulomi Mondal


14 July 2022
IPRI-KAS-TISS Workshop

Forced Displacement: A review of UNHCR 2022 report

Speakers: Dr Parivelan KM | Apoorva Sudhakar |Aparupa Bhattacherjee | Rishma Banerjee | Angkuran Dey | Prof Narendar Pani | Dr Anshuman Behera | Dr Chetan Choithani


7 April 2022
Conflict Weekly

Launch of the Third Volume of NIAS-IPRI-KAS Conflict Weekly

Speakers: Suba Chandran | Pankaj Madan | Apoorva Sudhakar | Mallika Joseph | S Shaji | Angelin Archana | Anand V | Sourina Bej | Jeshil Samuel J | Joeana Cera Matthews | Chrishari de Alwis Gunasekare | Anu Maria Joseph | Abigail Miriam Fernandez | Elias Marini Schaefer | Padmashree Anandhan

Organized by International Peace Research Initiative (IPRI), Conflict Resolution and Peace Research Programme, NIAS


25 February 2022
Network Meeting

IPRI: Road Map for 2022-23

Programme

Audit of IPRI Activities in 2019-20 and 2020-21 and planning ahead for 2022-23

25 February 2022, Friday

Venue: Conference Hall II, NIAS

Speakers: Dr N Manoharan | Dr PE Somaiah | Ms Aarti Santhanam | Dr Priyanca Mathur | Ms Ramya B | Aparupa Bhattacherjee | Ms Udita Banerjee | Mr Dattaprasad Shirgurkar

Organized by International Peace Research Initiative (IPRI), Conflict Resolution and Peace Research Programme, NIAS


9 December 2021
Release of 100th issue of NIAS Conflict Weekly

State of Peace and Conflict in 2021

Speakers: Dr Anand V I Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra I Dr Bibhu Prasad Routray I Dr Anshuman Behera I Dr Athar Zafar I Mr Stanly Johny I Prof Ummu Salma Bava I Dr Aparaajita Pandey I Dr Shreya Upadhyay I Dr S Shaji I Prof Narendar Pani

Discussants: Ms Avishka Ashok I Dr Angelin Archana I Dr Ramya PS I Ms Aparupa Bhattacherjee I Ms Abigail Miriam Fernandez I Ms Swetha Madhu I Dr Mathew Sinu Simon I Ms Apoorva Sudhakar I Ms Joeana Cera Matthews I Dr Bibhu Prasad Routray I Prof Ummu Salma Bava I Dr S Shaji

Organized by International Peace Research Initiative (IPRI), Conflict Resolution and Peace Research Programme, NIAS


7 December 2021
NIAS-KJC Europe lectures

Europe: The Migration Crisis

Speaker: Mr Achim Burkart 

Mr Achim Burkart is currently the German Consul General in Bengaluru. Previously, he has been serving in different posts in Zambia, France, Vietnam and Egypt. He has studied law in Bonn, Germany.   

Organized by the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) and Kristu Jayanti College (KJC), Bengaluru

 


20 November 2021
NIAS-IPRI two-days workshop for young scholars

Global Protest Movement

Speakers: Joeana Cera Matthews I Vaishnavi Iyer I  Aarya Rajjive I Mubithaa S I Padmashree Anandhan I A Nithya I Porkkodi GaneshpandianI Jaya Goklani I Mohamad Aseel Ummer I Jagritee Senapati I Anju C Joseph I Ankit Singh I Keerthana Nambiar.

Organized by 
National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Kristu Jayanti College (Autonomous), Bengaluru, and, Konrad Adenauer-Stiftung, (KAS)  India Office
 


19 November 2021
IPRI Lectures on Contemporary Conflicts

Peace Process in Northeast and Myanmar

Speaker: Dr Bibhu Prasad Routray

Dr Routray is the Director of a think tank called Mantraya. He was previously a Deputy Director in India's National Security Council Secretariat. He received his doctoral degree from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.


2 October 2021
IPRI Lectures on Contemporary Conflicts

Rise and Fall of Insurgencies/Militancies

Speaker: Dr Rajat Kumar Kujur

Dr Kujur is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science & Public Administration, Sambalpur University, Odisha. His areas of interest are international politics, political violence, policy studies.

Organized by
NIAS-IPRI Course on Contemporary Peace Processes, Thinkers and Theories


24 September 2021
NIAS Africa Lectures

European colonial policies in Africa

Speaker: Prof Purnima Roy

Prof Roy teaches Global Politics in Miranda House, Delhi University. Her area of specialisation is International Political Economy, particularly African Political Economy. She has been awarded Commonwealth Scholarship and also the Distinguished Teachers Award in 2009. She has completed her PhD from Delhi University. 


14 August 2021
IPRI Expert Lectures

Gandhi's concept of truth in his search for peace

Speaker: Prof Narendar Pani

Professor Narendar Pani is dean of the School of Social Sciences, National Institute of Advanced Studies. He completed his PhD in Economics from the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore. 

Organized by
NIAS-IPRI Course on Contemporary Peace Processes, Thinkers and Theories


9 July 2021
IPRI Discussions on Contemporary Conflicts

Ethiopia, Tigray and Africa: Between a Civil War, Famine and a Regional Crisis

Ethiopia's Tigray problem
Africa's Ethiopia problem
Everyone's problem in Ethiopia: The impending famine in Tigray
Too little, too late: Ethiopia's international problem

Speakers:  Apoorva Sudhakar, Dr Sankalp Gurjar, Abigail Miriam Fernandez, and Anu Maria Joseph


7 June 2021
Myanmar: General Hlaing is not falling down

Global Politics, Young Voices

by Aparupa Bhattacherjee,
PhD Scholar, NIAS

COVID-19 and turmoil in South America
by Vishnu Prasad,
Student, Department of History and International Relations, CHRIST (Deemed to be University)

The journey to carbon neutrality
by Keerthana Nambiar,
Student, Department of International Relations, University of Mysore


13 May 2021
IPRI LECTURES ON CONTEMPORARY CONFLICTS

Jerusalem: Violence, Actors and Issues

Speaker: Dr Stanly Johny


Stanly Johny is the International Affairs Editor at The Hindu. He has a  PhD in international relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Organized by
NIAS-IPRI Course on Contemporary Peace Processes, Thinkers and Theories


Source: BBC
21 April 2021

Contemporary Sri Lanka: Two years after the Easter Sunday attacks; 50 years of the JVP

Panel: Prof Ajay Darshan Behera, Mr N Sathiyamoorthi, Dr Nanda Kishor, and Dr LaToya Waha

Organised by NIAS-IPRI, Department of Geopolitics and International Relations (Manipal Academy of Higher Education) and Department of International Relations (Mysore University)


21 April 2021

Book Discussion: Sri Lanka's geopolitical challenges: Conundrum of an Island

Panel: Prof Asanga Abeyagoonasekara, Dr N Manoharan, Dr Anand V and Ms Aparupa Bhattacherjee

Organised by NIAS-IPRI, Department of Geopolitics and International Relations (Manipal Academy of Higher Education) and Department of International Relations (Mysore University)


15 April 2021
IPRI LECTURES ON CONTEMPORARY CONFLICTS

Afghanistan: a disrupted state in limbo

Speaker: Prof Amin Saikal 

Amin Saikal, AM, FASSA is Adjunct Professor of Social Sciences, University of Western Australia, and former Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (the Middle East and Central Asia) at the Australian National University. 


13 April 2021
IPRI LECTURES ON CONTEMPORARY CONFLICTS

State of Maoist Insurgency

Speaker: Dr Srinivasan Ramani

Dr Srinivasan Ramani is the Associate Editor at The Hindu. He has a  PhD in comparative politics and political theory from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. 

Organized by
NIAS-IPRI Course on Contemporary Peace Processes, Thinkers and Theories


8 April 2021
LAUNCH OF A NEW SERIES

Conflict Weekly: An initiative by NIAS-IPRI & KAS-India Office

Welcome & Introduction by Prof D Suba Chandran and Mr Pankaj Madan

Launch of the new NIAS-IPRI-KAS Conflict Weekly series by Prof Shailesh Nayak and Mr Peter Rimmele
Remarks by Dr Mallika Joseph, Dr Sankalp Gurjar, Dr Teshu Singh, Ms Sourina Bej, Ms Poornima Balasubramaniam and Ms Lakshmi V Menon

Vote of Thanks by Simran Dhingra & Apoorva Sudhakar 


3 April 2021
IPRI LECTURES ON CONTEMPORARY CONFLICTS

Sri Lanka: After UNHRC resolution 2021

Speaker: Dr N Manoharan

Dr N Manoharan is an Associate Professor at the Department of International Studies and History, CHRIST (Deemed to be University). He specialises in Sri Lanka; some of his works include the following: Counterterrorism Legislation in Sri Lanka: Evaluating Efficacy; Democratic Dilemma: Ethnic Violence and Human Rights in Sri Lanka; and India-Sri Lanka Fishermen Issue: Seeking Solutions.

Organized by
NIAS-IPRI Course on Contemporary Peace Processes, Thinkers and Theories
 


31 March 2021
IPRI LECTURES ON CONTEMPORARY CONFLICTS

Ten years of civil war in Syria

Lecture by Dr Stanly Johny


Stanly Johny is the International Affairs Editor at The Hindu. He has a  PhD in international relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. 


27 March 2021

Fukushima: Ten Years Later

Young Scholars' Debate on Fukushima disaster

"Fukushima and the nuclear dream: Descension or interregnum?" by Lokendra Sharma (PhD Scholar, NIAS)

"Is nuclear energy a clean energy? The Gordian Knot of nuclear energy and disasters" by Urmila Narzary (Christ Deemed to be University)

"A decade after Fukushima Daiichi, what Japan has to offer?" by Chetna Vinay Bhora (Madras University, Chennai)

"Mobilizing Mothers and Feminist movement: The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Catastrophe and Environmental Activism" by Tamanna Khosla (Independent Scholar, New Delhi)

 


27 March 2021

Fukushima: Ten Years Later (Panel Discussion)

Experts' Panel on Nuclear Energy and Security

"The idea of Nuclear Energy" by Prof VS Ramamurthy
"The question of Nuclear Safety" by Dr LV Krishnan
"The future of Nuclear Energy" by Prof R Srikanth

Source: dw.com
27 February 2021
IPRI YOUNG SCHOLARS WORKSHOP

Causes, Courses and Consequences of Coup

By Jeshil Samuel on Iran
By Dincy Adlakha on Egypt
By Aishwariya Arakal on Sudan
By Mohammad Aseel Umer on Burkina Faso
By Poornima Balasubramanian on Mali
By Chetna Vinay Bhora on Venezuela
By Avishka Ashok on Bolivia
By Anju C Joseph on the Philippines

Organized by
NIAS-IPRI Course on Contemporary Peace Processes, Thinkers and Theories
 


15 February 2021

The War in Yemen: Domestic Issues, External Actors and Regional Stability

IPRI Young Scholars Workshop

"The War in Yemen and the External Powers"
By Sankalp Gurjar

"The dynamics of domestic politics in Yemen"
By Jeshil Samuel

"Yemen's cascading humanitarian crisis: A countdown to a devastating famine"
By Rashmi BR


Source: bbc.com
8 February 2021

Gender protests against the abortion laws in Honduras, Argentina, Poland and Thailand

IPRI Young Scholars Workshop

By Abigail Fernandez, Avishka Ashok, Harini Madhusudan, and Sukanya Bali 


Source: aljazeera.com
27 June 2020

Black Lives Matter Protests

IPRI Young Scholars Workshop

By Abigail Miriam Fernandez, Rashmi Ramesh, Harini Madhusudan & Sourina Bej
 
Moderated by  
Padmashree A 

Source: bbc.com
6 June 2020

India – China Border Conflict

IPRI Young Scholars Workshop

By Padmashree A, Aarathi Srinivasan, Harini Sha

Moderated by
Sukanya Bali 


Source: nytimes.com
30 May 2020

Hong Kong Protests: Five Factors in Perspective

IPRI Young Scholars Workshop

 By Padmashree A, Harini Sha, Aarathi Srinivasan, Abigail Fernandez, Sukanya Bali. 

Moderated by
Sourina Bej

 

9 May 2020

Sri Lanka: One Year after the Easter Sunday Attacks

Speakers:
Dr G Gladston Xavier, Dr La Toya Waha, Asanga Abeyagoonasekera, Dr Mallika Joseph, Visaka Dharmadasa, Prof D Suba Chandran

Discussants:
Ruwanthi Jayasekara, Natasha Fernando, Aparupa Bhattacherjee, Chavindi Weerawansha, Sanduni Atapattu, Chrishari de Alwis Gunasekare.
 


13 December 2019

Peace Innovation and Peace Start Ups: An interaction with young scholars across South Asia

National Institute of Advanced Studies

December 2019 

Organised by NIAS IPRI in collaboration with Pondicherry Univeristy, Jain(Deemed to be University), Christ(Deemed to be University), Maharaja's College, Mysore University and St. Joseph's College.


30 November 2019

Inauguration of Young IPRI

UMISARC, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry

November 2019

Organised by NIAS IPRI and KAS in collaboration with Centre for Maritime Studies, Pondicherry University. 


30 November 2019

Youth and Peace Start Ups: An Action Plan for Peace: National and Sub-Regional Perspectives

UMISARC, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry

November 2019

Organised by NIAS IPRI and KAS in collaboration with Centre for Maritime Studies, Pondicherry University 


28 November 2019

Armed Conflicts and Peace Processes, Authors Workshop

UMISARC, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry

November 2019

Organised by NIAS IPRI and KAS in collaboration with Centre for Maritime Studies, Pondicherry University.


1 December 2018

Armed Conflicts and Peace Processes, Young Scholars Workshop

Christ Deemed to be University

December 2018

Organised by NIAS IPRI and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung in collaboration with the Department of International Studies, Christ Deemed to be University


2 July 2018

Armed Conflicts and Peace Processes, Authors Workshop

Stella Maris College, Chennai

July 2018

Organised by NIAS IPRI and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung 


1 July 2018

Capacity Building Workshop on Armed Conflicts and Peace Processes

Stella Maris College, Chennai

July 2018

Organised by IPRI NIAS in collaboration with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and Department of International Studies, Stella Maris College