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31. Prof. Sandeep Shastri, National Coordinator, Lokniti Network spoke on ―2014 Lok Sabha
Elections-the Political Context‖
32. Vice Admiral R.N.Ganesh, Indian Nuclear Submarine Program , spoke on ―Defending
India: Past and Present‖
33. Interaction:Mr. Sunimal Fernando, Advisor to President of Sri Lanka, interacted with
students on ―Indo-Sri Lanka Relations in the 21st Century‖
34. Workshop:Brigadier. Arun Ananthnarayan conducted a workshop on ―Building Opinion
Leaders‖
35. Panel Discussion:By Dr. Suba Chandran, Dr. Chengappa Bidanda and Mr. Anand K. Arni
on ―Contemporary Issues and Challenges in Pakistan‖
36. 2014-15Colloquium:―The State of the Economics Discipline Conformities , Heretics and
Alternatives‖by Dr Ananth Kamat , Faculty Azim Premji University.
37. Lecture and book review of ―The Politics and Economics of Regionalism‖ by
Ambassador (Rtd) and former foreign Secretary government of India, Mr Eric Gonsalves
38. A lecture and discussion on Higher Education opportunities in USA, by the United States
Consulate
39. Field Visit: A study trip to Navadarshanam an Eco Wilderness and organic farm in
Krishnagiri district
40. Round Table: Understanding conflict and crisis in West Asia, with participation from
other colleges, Panelists Ambassador (Retd) Muthukumar, Dr MJ Vinod,Bangalore
University, Dr BM Chengappa, Christ University and Brig Satyendra Kumar (Rtd)
41. Lecture Series:Ambassador B. R. Muthu Kumar, IFS (Retired) spoke on ‗Peace Process
in Afghanistan and India- Afghanistan Relations‘.
42. Mr. Ashraf Haidari, Deputy of Chief Missions, Afghanistan, spoke on the ―Indo- Afghan
relations in a Changing World: The Way Forward‖,.
43. Prof. Cheriyan Alexander, HOD, Department of English, St. Joseph‘s College spoke on
‗Satire and Allegory as Modes of Cultural and Political Resistance‖.
44. Post-Graduate Department of Political Science organized an inaugural debate on ‗Failure
at Reinventions has Reduced the Salability of Higher Education in Humanities‘. Panelists
were Prof. Sandeep Shastri; Pro V C Jain University; Prof. Micheal Rajamathi, Chemistry
Department, St. Joseph‘s College; Prof. Subhasini Muthukrishnan, Economics
Department, St. Joseph‘s College; and Prof. Elizabeth, National Law School, Bangalore.
45. Ambassador T.P. Srinivasan, IFS (Retired) spoke on ‗India‘s Nuclear Policy‘
46. Panel Discussion on ―Trends on Center-State Relations 58th Theme Paper for Annual
Members Conference of IIPA‖, 2014 by Veerappa Moily, Former Union Minister and
Former Chief Minister of Karnataka, S. Ramanathan, Chairman, IIPA, Karnataka
Regional Branch, Jeevan Kumar Prof. and Dean, Dept. of Political Science, Bengaluru
University and Fr. Sunith Prabhu. This was organised by IIPA at St. Joseph‘s College,
Bengaluru.
47. Guest Lecture:Prof. A.K. Shiva Kumar, Member of National Advisory Council on
―Reflections on the Indian Economy during the UPA years‖.
48. Dr. M.J. Vinod, Chairperson, Department of Political Science, Bangalore University on
―Relevance of Research and Identifying Area of Interest‖.
49. Ambassador Eric Gonsalves on ―India and China: Roles and Relations in the coming
Asian Century‖.
50. Shailesh Rai and Divya Iyer, Amnesty International India, discussed on ―Debating Death
Penalty in India‖.
51. Mr. Ashraf Haidari, Deputy of Chief Missions, Afghanistan, spoke on the ―Indo- Afghan
relations in a Changing World: The Way Forward‖
52. Prof. Cheriyan Alexander, HOD, Department of English, St. Joseph‘s College spoke on
‗Satire and Allegory as Modes of Cultural and Political Resistance‖.
53. Student Seminar:The First Post-Graduate Student Seminar was on ―The State of the
Indian Republic 2015‖. The inaugural event was a debate on ―Failure at Reinvention has
Reduced the Saleability of Higher Education in Humanities‖. Panelists were Prof.
Sandeep Shastri; Pro V C Jain University; Prof. Micheal Rajamathi, Chemistry

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