| GOPIO NEWS SPECIAL BULLETIN January 5, 2012 A Publication of the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) |
| Issue: XI-2 | January 5, 2012 | |
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| GOPIO - GUJARAT UNIVERSITY DIASPORA CONFERENCE, JAN. 12-13, 2012 - DETAILED PROGRAM | | | The impact of Indian Diaspora has motivated its homeland to map its history and factors for migration. Concerns for economic, political, cultural and social engagements of Indian Diaspora have been widely shown in the society. It has also brought sociologists and researchers to look into the process of migration and have found themselves into pondering upon the trends of Indian Diaspora. The considerable presence of the Indian Diaspora in almost all parts of the world and its insistence upon sending success stories back home in spheres inspired homeland India to connect India with her Diaspora with renewed passion. This conference will look into the cultural, social, economic and political spheres of India's relations with its Diaspora and map on Diaspora history and its contribution to India in IT, infrastructure, education, research and technology, finance and banking, remittances, investments and oriental arts and cultures. The Department of Study Abroad Program at the Gujarat University and GOPIO have finalized the Diaspora Conference with the theme, INDIA DIASPORA - Inter Linkage and Synergy to be held at the Gujarat University campus in Ahmedabad on January 12 and 13th, 2012.  The conference organizing chairs are: Dr. Neerja Arun (Study Abroad Program of Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India), Dr. Thomas Abraham (Founder President and Chairman Emeritus, GOPIO International) and Dr. Jagat Motwani (GOPIO Academic Council Chair 2004-2009). DETAILED PROGRAM Venue: Convention centre of Gujarat University (Convention centre is at the Helmet Char Rasta/ GMDC Grounds/ Drive-in Road,Ahmedabad) Thursday, January 12, 2012 08:30 am Registration & Breakfast 9.30 am Inauguration of Conference 11:00 am Tea Break 11:15 am Plenary Session (Indian Diaspora Linkages) 12:15 pm Parallel Session (Indian Diaspora Linkages) 01:15 pm Lunch 02:15 pm Panel Discussion (Here and There Merging Sphere) 03:30 pm Tea Break 03:45 pm Parallel Session (Here and There Merging Sphere) 04:30 pm Guest lecture 07:00 pm Cultural Program 08:30 pm Dinner Friday, January 13, 2012 08:00 am Kite Flying 08:30 am Breakfast 09:45 am Plenary Session (Funders Agenda- Pitching ideas for development) 11:30 am Tea Break 11:45 am Plenary Session (Synergy) 12:30 pm Parallel Session (Synergy) 01:15 pm Lunch 02:15 pm Plenary Session (Virtual and Spiritual places) 02:30 pm Panel Discussion (Transforming Local with Global) 03:30 pm Tea Break 03:45 pm Parallel Session (Transforming Local with Global) 04:30 pm Valedictory Schedule of Plenary sessions | Date | Theme | Sr. No. | Name of participant | Title Of Session | Time | Chairperson | Venue | | 12th January, 2012 | Indian Diaspora Linkages | 1 2 | Dr Thomas Abraham Dr Kavita Sharma | Indian Diaspora Linkages | 11.15-11.45 | Mr Chandubhai Patel, Chairman, NFIA, USA | Hall A | | 12th January, 2012 | Position of Women and Diasporic Influence | 1 | Mrs. Sandhya Sinha | Guest Speaker | 16.30-17.00 | Dr Supriya Agrawal | Hall A | | 13th January 2012 | Funders' Agenda- Pitching Ideas for development | 1 | Dr Prabhakar | SRI Project | 9.45-11.30 | Dr Thomas Abraham | Hall A | | 2 | Mr. Rangan | CGM/ SBI | | 3 | Dr. Chirag Shah | Apollo Hospitals | | 4 | Mr. Nirmal Sinha | GOPIO | | 5 6 | Mr Sunil Nayak Mr. Kenny Desai | GOPIO | | 13th January 2012 | Synergy | 1 | Shri P. Saran | Synergy | 11.45-12.30 | Dr. Chari | Hall B | | 2 | Dr. M. K. Pandey | | 3 | Prof. Bipin Sagankar | | 13th January,2012 | Virtual and Spiritual Places | 1 2 | Dr Sanjeev Sharma Book release | Reshmi Ramdhony's Meri Aankhon Mein basa ek Sheher: Banars Mrs. Anjana Sandheer | 14.15 | Ms. Sandhya Sinha Co Chair: Mrs. Anjana Sandheer | Hall A |
| Date | Theme | Sr. No. | Name of participant Title Of Session | Time | Chairperson | Venue | | 12th January,2012 | Here and There Merging Sphere | 1 2 3 4 | Dr Kavita Shama Mr. P. Saran Shri Nirmal Sinha Dr Neerja Arun | 14.15-15.15 | Mr. J. C. Sharma, Ex Sec. MEA, GOI, Co Chair: Mr. Neil Patel | Hall A | | 13th January, 2012 | Transforming Local with Global | 1 2 3 4 | Dr M. K. Gautam Ms. Sandhya Sinha Mr. Radhakrishnan Dr Z. N. Patil | 14.30-15.30 | Shri Ashok Motwani, Co Chair: Mr. Sunil Nayak | Hall "A" |
Schedule of parallel sessions | Date | Theme | Sr. No. | Name of participant | Title Of Paper | Time | Chairperson | Venue | | 12th January, 2012 | Indian Diaspora Linkages | 1 | Issar G Totlani | Concern Of NRI Parents Association Towards Indian Diaspora | 12:15-13.15 | Prof. Bipin Sagankar Co Chair: Mr. S. L. Wickrama | Hall "A" | | 2 | Jagat K. Motwani (To be read out) | Education And Diaspora Tagore: Hindu Concept Of Education | | 3 | Mukesh Bagoria | India's Linkages With Its Diaspora: A Case Study Of Indian Diaspora In USA | | 4 | Ravjeet | | | 1 | Mohan Gautam | Europe Experience of Education | 12:15-13.15 | Shri Nirmal Sinha Co Chair : Mrs. Rupam Saran | Hall "B" | | 2 | Sahil / Aarif | | | 3 4 | Pretti Kumar | Indian Diaspora Towards Re-worlding | | Suman kapoor | Education in New Zealand: Realities beyond Dreams | | 12th January, 2012 | Here and There Merging Spheres | 1 | Vijyalaxmi Chari & Nirali Pandit | Diaspora And Business Linkages | 15:30-16.30 | Dr Sanjeev Sharma Co Chair: Mrs. Lalita Joshi | Hall "A "Hall "B" | | 2 | Shailendra Kumar | Indian Cinema: Window Of Nostalgia And Adaptation For Diaspora | | 3 | Neerja Arun | Connecting spiritually | | 4 | Vivek Bhapkar | "Transforming Higher Education Services - Local Initiatives And Global Stakes - Some Indo-U.K. Viewpoints" | | 1 | Rajeev Ranjan | Extension Of Homeland Civilization And Flow Of Indian Traditions Towards Transnational Locations: Emerging Sacred Spheres In Mauritius Indian Diaspora | 15:30-16.30 | Mrs. Sudha Parikh Co Chair: Mr. Issar Totlani | | 2 | Khyati Joshi | Role Of Religion In Indian Diaspora | | 3 | Arundhati Bhattacharya | Marriages With Non Resident Indians And Its Repercussions | | 4 | Shailendra Kumar | Indian Cinema; windows of Nostalgia and adaptation for Diaspora. | | 5 | Hiral Jani Shah | Indians : Here And There...Merging Culture |
| 13th January, 2012 | Synergy | 1 | Nisheeth Rai | Conceptualizing And Developing Diasporaism | 11.45-12:30 | Chair: Dr Indira Nityanandam Co Chair: Dr Piyush Agrawal | Hall "A" Hall "B" | | 2 | Sevak Project: Read by Shree Thakore Patel | PREVALENCE OF DIABETES IN THE INDIAN DIASPORA: SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY-BASED PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS IN INDIA | | 3 | Swati Kapadia | Indian Diaspora and Indian Classical Music | | 4 | Bhavesh | | | 1 | Z. N. Patil | Legitimating New varieties of English | 11.45-12:30 | Mr. Niranjan Patel, FIA, Columbus USA Co Chair: Mrs. Vaishali Padhiar, DO, Gujarat University | | 2 | Rupam Saran | "Catching Up" and Making It With Synergistic Forces of Cultural and Social Capital: Social Mobility of The Second Generation Asian Indians in New York | | 3 | Dr. Sanjiv Sharma | | | 4 | Hiral Ravia | | | 13th January, 2012 | Transforming Local with Global | 1 2 3 4 | Vaishali Padhiar Vidya Rao Supriya Agarwal Naresh Kumar | Networking for Global promotion of Handicrafts of Gujarat Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani! Mobility, Connectivity and Imagination in a Multicultural World Migration - Development interface; Policy intervention and role of Indian Diaspora Association in North America | 15:45-16-30 | Dr E V Ramakrishnan, Central University of Gujarat Co Chair: Dr Rajiv Ranjan Rai | Hall "B" | | 1 | Lalita Joshi | Media and Diaspora | Dr Pretti Kumar Co Chair: Mrs. Anjana Sandheer, Gujarat Vidyapith | | 2 | 1. Ranjita Misra 2.Thakor G. Patel 3 N Kamalamma 4 Hemant patel 5 Padmini Balagopal 6 Kirtibhai D . Patel,india | Prevalence of Diabetes in the Indian Diaspora; successful community- Based prevention and management programs in India. | | 3 | Sunil Nayak | | | 4 | Pranav Joshipura | Bhopal: the tragedy far from the over. | | 1 | Urmi Satyan | The inside - outside conflict between spiritual hollowness and materialistic wish - fulfillment; an approach to study short story collection by Bharti Mukherjee and Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni | Dr Z N Patil, EFLU, Hyderabad Co Chair: Khyati Joshi | | 2 | Sheryasee Datta | Cultural hybridity; Diaspora and identity in Uma Parameswaran's Sita's Promise and Meera | | | | 3 | Ganesh Jadhav | Diasporic consciousness in Sunetra Gupta's Memories of rain. | | | | | | 4 | Siba Sankar Mohanty | Crossing the Kala Pani - The neo - slaves in the Caribbean. | | |
For a registration ansd accommodaiton, contact the Conference Secretariat. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Dr Neerja Arun. Tel: +91-79-26303153 or +91- 9825012984 Fax: ++91-79-27910213 E-mail: drneerjaarun@yahoo.com. |
| GOPIO TO HOST TRINIDAD & TOBAGO PRIME MINISTER KAMLA PERSAD-BISSESSAR IN KOLKATA | | |  GOPIO International is hosting a special dinner in Kolkata on January 11, 2012 for Trinidad & Tobago's Prime Minister, Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, who is making a historic visit to the Kolkata Memorial on the first anniversary of its unveiling. Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, the first female Prime Minister of the twin-island state will be the chief guest at Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) 2012 to be held in Jaipur on January 7-9, 2012.
The Kolkata Memorial pays tribute to those who left India as indentured Indian laborers from 1834 thru' 1920 and is inscribed with memorial plaques in Hindi and English in "recognition and remembrance of their journeys as Indian indentured laborers taken to far away lands seeking better livelihoods for themselves and their descendants". It was inaugurated on January 11, 2011 at Kidderpore Depot along the Hoogley River in Kolkata by Hon Vayalar Ravi, Minister of India's Overseas Indian Affairs, along with now Chief Minister of West Bengal, Hon Mamta Banerjee. The unveiling was a attended by hundreds from several countries including Guyana, Trinidad, Surname, Guadeloupe, USA, Canada, UK, Netherlands, Switzerland, South Africa, Kenya, Fiji, Mauritius, Re-Union Islands, New Zealand, Australia and other many others countries where Indians and persons of Indian origin reside. A large contingent of PIOs from the Caribbean region will be in attendance as well as many GOPIO members from local and international groups. The event will be one of the highlights of the first official state visit to India by Prime Minister Persad-Bissessar. Attendance to the planned dinner is by invitation only. For seating arrangements, RSVP is requested as soon as possible. For details, contact: Mridul Pathak (Program Coordinating Chairperson) at calonline@gmail.com or Arundhuti Ganguli at arundhuti.ganguli@gmail.com (or tel 91-98-3063-2422) |
| PRAVASI BHARATIYA DIVAS (PBD 2012) SCHEDULED FOR JAN. 7-9, 2012 IN JAIPUR | | | The 10th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) will be held from 7-9 January, 2012 in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Shri Vayalar Ravi, the Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) and Civil Aviation, announced that the Chief Guest of PBD-2012 will be the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Ms. Kamla Persad Bissessar. The theme of PBD-2012 is "Global Indian-Inclusive Growth". It was announced that Rajasthan will be the partner State of the 10th PBD, which would provide the Diaspora an opportunity to understand the vibrant culture and potential of State.
Shri Ravi said that Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will inaugurate this annual flagship event of the Ministry on January 8, and the President Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil will deliver the valedictory address on January 9 and confer the Pravasi Bhartiya Samman Awards. He also informed that two pre-conference seminars on 'Solar Energy- Investment' and R&D' and 'Social Entrepreneurship-Water' will also be organized during the event.
The Minister said that more than 1500 delegates are expected to participate in PBD-2012 from all over the world. He said that Government is making efforts to make PBD more meaningful and interactive event that would address issues and concerns of the overseas Indian community effectively. He also announced that the event would be webcast online and summary of proceedings put out each day. The interactive website would provide an opportunity for the Diaspora to participate in the conference from any corner of the world. On the occasion, he also launched the PBD website- www.pbdindia.org.
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| GOPIO-AHMEDABAD LAUNCH SCHDULED | | | GOPIO-AHMEDABAD TO BE LAUNCHED ON JANUARY 11TH, 2012 GOPIO plans to launch GOPIO-Ahmedabad in conjunction with the Diaspora Conference organized by Gujarat University's Study Abroad program on Jan. 12thand 13th.GOPIO Founder President and Chairman Emeritus Dr. Thomas Abraham will be the guest speaker. Former NRIs settled in the Ahmedabad area and those interested in to network with NRIs/PIOs (i.e. parents of NRI children and those with business interest) are invited. Special Guest  Dr. Thomas Abraham Founder President, GOPIO International and Executive Trustee, GOPIO International Foundation Program 5:00 pm to 5:30 pm - Networking Reception, Coffee/Tea and Snacks 5.30 pm - 7.00 p.m. GOPIO-Ahmedabad Launch, Talk, and Interactive Session 7.00 p.m. - Dinner (Venue will be announced later) Date and Time: Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 Place: Executive Meeting Room, Main Tower Building, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad Confirm your participation by sending an e-mail to Dr. Neerja Arun 9825012984 or 079-25601314 or 26303153 (O) (e-mail: drneerjaarun@gmail.com) |
| GOPIO LIFE MEMBERSHIP AND CHAPTER FORMATION | | | GOPIO is a non-partisan, non-sectarian global organization with chapters in several countries, actively promoting the interests of people of Indian origin worldwide by monitoring and addressing current critical issues of concern, and by enhancing cooperation and communication between groups of Indians living in various countries. GOPIO Individual Life membership is open to all who believe in the mission of GOPIO. The one- time fee is $5,000 for Platinum Life Membership, $2,500 for Gold Life Membership and $1,500 Silver Life Membership and half the amount for each category for those from developing countries and India. GOPIO is looking forward to opening chapters in all major cities of the world so as to network people of Indian origin all over the world. If you do not have chapter in your city, please visit GOPIO website (www.gopio.net) and get details of chapter initiation (visit http://www.gopio.net/chapter_initiative.htm). Process involves sending a letter of intent to start a chapter by a committee of five people or more. For more information, contact: GOPIO Chairman - Inder Singh, Tarzana, California, USA, Tel: +1-818-708-3885, E-mail: gopio-intl@sbcglobal.net. GOPIO President - Ashook Ramsaran, Fresh Meadows, New York, USA, Tel: 718/939-8194, E-mail: ramsaran@aol.com GOPIO Executive Vice President - Sunny Kulathakal, Bahrain, Tel: +973 39441956 or +91 9845756692, E-mail: Kulathakal@yahoo.com To become a Life member of GOPIO, one can sign up online at http://gopio.net/online_membership.htm or fill up the form and send it with a check to: GOPIO International, PO Box 560117, New York NY 11356, USA. | |
| EDITORIAL BOARD | | | Chief Editor: Dr. Thomas Abraham, Founder President and Chairman Emeritus, GOPIO (Stamford, CT, USA) Editor: Ashook Ramsaran, GOPIO President (New York, USA) Webmasters: Prashant Gupta (Hyderabad, India) and Abu Thomas (New Rochelle, NY, USA) Contributors of this issue: Dr. Neerja Arun (Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Inida) GOPIO NEWS welcomes NRI/PIO related stories from all over the world. Be a volunteer correspondent or reporter. Contact Dr. Thomas Abraham, Tel: 203-329-8010, E-mail: gopio@optonline.net.
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