12 September 1997 | Lalitpur, Nepal
The Eighth Summer Workshop on Defence, Technology and Cooperative Security in South Asia, organized by the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS) was held in Godavari Resort, Lalitpur, Nepal, from September 10-20, 2000. Participants came from all South Asian counties and from China and were from a diverse professional background including public and private sector institutions, research establishments, media, academia and NGOs.
Faculty included eminent policy makers, renowned university professors and some former military top brass from South Asia and outside. They presented critical, balanced and objective views and various streams of thought on subjects of their lectures. The ten days workshop comprised of lively sessions of interactive lectures, discussions, and debates on a wide variety of subjects in the sphere of Defence, Technology and Cooperative Security.The Key Note address was delivered by Prof Ramesh Thakur, Vice Rector (Peace and Governance), United Nations University, Tokyo, on Security in The New Millennium, extracts of which are included elsewhere in the newsletter.
Defence expenditures in South Asia, foreign policy and security perceptions, nuclear strategies and disarmament Issues, missile defence and cooperative monitoring, regional economic cooperation and international legal questions, were among many subjects discussed in the Workshop.
A list of participants and faculty with full contact details is given below.
CONTINUITY & INTER-WORKSHOP ACTIVITY
The workshop alumni have now become a part of the RCSS network. Participants have already formed a forum to exchange views and news in enhancing their communication and networking through a separate web page. The RCSS will provide all necessary assistance in this endeavour. Selected alumni also volunteered to conduct a post workshop seminar in their respective cities to disseminate the knowledge acquired at the Workshop, for which again the RCSS will provide a modest support.
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
- Ms Bushra Hasina Chowdhury - Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Dhaka.
- Mr Md Obaidul Haque - Lecturer, University of Dhaka.
- Mr Md. Nazrul - Islam Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, Shahjalal University of science and, Technology, Sylhet.
- Mr Sheikh Abu Faisal Md Murad - Research Associate, Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS).
- Mr Sharif Atiqur Rahman - Research Internee, Centre for Alternatives, Dhaka.
- Mr Tenzin Rigden - Journalist, Kuensel Corporation, Thimphu.
- Mr HE Yao - Department of International Politics, Fudan University, Shanghai.
- Ms QU Fei - Shanghai Development Institute, Shanghai.
- Mr SU Dejin - Opinion Department, China Daily, Beijing.
- Ms Tang Lu - Reference News Department, Xinhua News Agency, Beijing.
- Ms Shalini Chawla - Research Assistant , Institute of Defence and Analyses, New Delhi.
- Mr Alok Kumar Gupta - Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
- Ms Sonika Gupta - Research Officer, Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi.
- Mr Prakash C Hota - Journalist, Press Trust of India, New Delhi.
- Ms S Kaur Multani - Lecturer, SGVN Junior and Degree College, Hyderabad.
- Mr R Sridhar - Lecturer, Dept of Political Science, Madras Christian College, Chennai.
- Dr Sashi Upadhyay - Lecturer, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur.
- Dr C Vinodan - Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Political Science, University of Kerala, Trivandrum.
- Ms Aishath Shuweikar - Assistant Director, Department of External Resources, Ministry of Foreign Resources, Male.
- Mr Ram Babu Dhakal - Section Officer/SAARC, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kathmandu.
- Ms Aabira Sher Afgan - Rawalpindi.
- Ms Bushra Asif - Research Assistant, Sustainable Development Institute, Murree
- Mr Farooq Ahmed Dar - Lecturer, Government Gordon College, Rawalpindi.
- Mr Abdul Shakoor Khakwani - Assistant Professor, Dept of Business Administration, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan.
- Mr Adnan Rehmat - Editor, Internews, Islamabad.
- Mr Farhan Hanif Siddiqui - Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Karachi.
- Mr Syed Hussain Shaheed Soherwordi - Lecturer, University of Pehawar.
- Ms Nausheen Wasi - Research Assistant, Ford Foundation/ International Research Dept. University of Karachi.
- Ms Thiloma Nirmala Abeyajeewa - Assistant Director, Legal Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Colombo.
- Mr K S Keerthi Ariyadasa - Lecturer, Dept of History and Political Science, University of Colombo.
- Mr Dhamma Dissanayake - Lecturer, Dept of History and Political Science, University of Colombo.
- Mr Chanaka Harsha Talpahewa - Assistant Director/ South Asia & SAARC Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Colombo.
