Lectures to be delivered by Prof. B. Ramesh Babu during February 22, 2012 to March 2, 2012.

News Puducherry, India - 22nd February 2012

UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of South Asian Regional Cooperation (UMISARC) Southern Asia Studies Programme Pondicherry University

Cordially invites you to a series of lectures on the following topics

Non-Alignment to Multi-Alignment: Realignments in Search of a Grand Strategy
22.2.12 - 11.30a.m.-1.00 p.m.
India-US Nuclear Deal: A Study in Foreign Policy Making
23.2.12 - 11.30a.m.-1.00 p.m.
Globalization, Glocalization and World Peace: Towards A Philosophy of Globalization
24.2.12 - 11.30a.m.-1.00 p.m.
Liberal Capitalist West: The Global State
27.2.12 - 11.30a.m.-1.00 p.m
Research and Research Writings
28.2.12 - 11.30a.m.-1.00 p.m
Peaceful Coexistence in Hindu Scriptures: A Conceptual Exploration
29.2.12 - 11.30a.m.-1.00 p.m
Approaches to the Study of International Relations
1.3.12 - 11.30a.m.-1.00 p.m
Friends Not Allies: India-US Relations in the 21st Century
2.3.12 - 10.30 am-11.00 am

By Prof. B. Ramesh Babu

About the Speaker: Dr. B.RAMESH BABU is a specialist in International Relations and American Politics & Public Affairs. He was a Visiting Professor at the Institute of Public Enterprise, Osmania University, Hyderabad, 2009-2011. Dr. Babu was an Adjunct Professor, School of Public Policy, The ICFAI University, Hyderabad, 2004-2009. He was the UGC Emeritus Fellow at the University of Hyderabad, 2000-2002. Dr. Babu was the Research Director at the Foundation for Democratic Reforms, Hyderabad, 1999 -2000. He was the Senior Academic Fellow in International Relations at the American Studies Research Centre, Hyderabad, 1994 -1997. Dr. Babu taught, did research and guided research scholars at the University of Bombay for 28 years. He was the Sir Pherozeshah Mehta Professor of Politics, 1980-1994 and Head of the Department of Civics & Politics, 1985-1994 at the University of Bombay. Dr. Babu won the Senior Fulbright Fellowship twice.

Dr. Babu published ten monographs and books and over 70 articles in learned journals and periodicals. The recent ones include: Globalisation to Global Governance: Hegemony to Legitimacy? in Global Governance, Conflict Resolution and Sustainable Development (Delhi: Macmillan Publishers, 2012). Sovereignty and Welfare of the People in the Era of Globalization: Decline and Way Forward in Towards an Inclusive India (New Delhi: Manak Publications, 2011). Convergence and Divergence in India-US Relations: an Enduring Challenge for India in US and India-Pakistan Equation since 26/11 (Mumbai: VPM’s Centre for International Studies, 2010). Globalisation, “Glocalisation” and World Peace: Towards a Philosophy of Gloalism, the Dasturazada Doctor Jal Pavry Memorial Lecture, 23 September 2009. (Mumbai: University of Mumbai 2009). His books include: “Glocalization” and the Indian Nation State: Jurisdictions and Loyalties in Flux (2004). Globalization and the South Asian State (1998). Changing Global Political/Ideological Context and Afro-Asia: Strategies for Development (1996).

Professor Babu did research at Princeton University (1957-58); University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (1963-66); and George Washington University (1971 and 2008); taught at Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa (1974-75); did research at the Brookings Institution, Washington D.C. (1984 and 2008); and taught at the University of Texas, Austin (1988); and was a Resident Fellow, International Centre for Jefferson Studies, University of Virginia (November 1998). As an expert on American politics and foreign policy, Dr. Babu was invited by the USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow for a brief study trip (1985). He gave lectures and participated in International Conferences in USA, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Egypt, USSR, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Australia, Mauritius and Austria.

Dr. Babu was the President of the Hyderabad Chapter of the Indian Liberal Group, 2003- 2005. He was educated at the Andhra University [B.A. (Hons) and (M.A)], and at the Indian School of International Studies, New Delhi, and University of Delhi (Ph.D.).

Venue: UMISARC Auditorium Silver Jubilee Campus Pondicherry University

Prof. N.K. Jha
Director, UMISARC & Dean, School of Social Sciences & International Studies