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KOLKATA: Has India gained status quo as a superpower nation or is it still an emerging power? What implications will Afghanistan's future hold for India? In order to address these burning issues, students from various colleges in the city gathered on Wednesday to inaugurate the two-day annual International Relations Scholastic Conclave, organized by the students of department of international relations at Jadavpur University.
Head of the international relations department Shibashis Chatterjee delivered the welcome address on the chosen theme - 'India in the 21st Century: An emerging power or status quo?' While many believed that India is one of the superpowers in the world, some concluded that India is better than the other countries and still has some challenges in the energy sector to take care of.
Former Indian foreign secretary Salman Haider said that India has not emerged as a superpower in a day and has been developing and improving everyday. "India is one of the important countries in the world. And today its political and economic sentiments cannot be ignored," said Haider.
The discussion was followed by a presentation and interactive seminar where students from Loreto College, Lady Brabourne College, Jadavpur University and St Xavier's College put forth a presentation on energy security and the third world nations. The participants spoke about the challenges that energy security in the country faces today- be it renewable or non-renewable energy. They also presented their ideas on the combat model to deal with those challenges.
A round-table conference followed the discussion where diplomats and experts discussed Afghanistan's future and if it will hold positive or negative implications for India.
"Though Afghanistan once shared a good history with India, we are sceptical about the change in the strained Indo-Pak relations over Afghanistan once the US withdraws from the country," said Jyotirmoy Banerjee, a former faculty member at department of international relations in Jadavpur University.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...as-superpower-status/articleshow/16761469.cms
Head of the international relations department Shibashis Chatterjee delivered the welcome address on the chosen theme - 'India in the 21st Century: An emerging power or status quo?' While many believed that India is one of the superpowers in the world, some concluded that India is better than the other countries and still has some challenges in the energy sector to take care of.
Former Indian foreign secretary Salman Haider said that India has not emerged as a superpower in a day and has been developing and improving everyday. "India is one of the important countries in the world. And today its political and economic sentiments cannot be ignored," said Haider.
The discussion was followed by a presentation and interactive seminar where students from Loreto College, Lady Brabourne College, Jadavpur University and St Xavier's College put forth a presentation on energy security and the third world nations. The participants spoke about the challenges that energy security in the country faces today- be it renewable or non-renewable energy. They also presented their ideas on the combat model to deal with those challenges.
A round-table conference followed the discussion where diplomats and experts discussed Afghanistan's future and if it will hold positive or negative implications for India.
"Though Afghanistan once shared a good history with India, we are sceptical about the change in the strained Indo-Pak relations over Afghanistan once the US withdraws from the country," said Jyotirmoy Banerjee, a former faculty member at department of international relations in Jadavpur University.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...as-superpower-status/articleshow/16761469.cms
