Seminars & Conferences

• Seminar on ‘Reservation in Higher Education’ was organized on 29^th June, 2006, wherein speakers were Dr. Parthasarthy, Mr. Samar Khadas, Dr. Madhu Paranjape and Mr. Deepak Pawar.

• Dr. Priyavadan Patel, Professor, M.S. University, Baroda had given guest lectures for M.A. Part I & II students on 21^st and 22^nd September, 2006 on Topics “ Psephology as an emerging Discipline ” & “ State and Society in Contemporary Gujarat”.

• Dr. V.T. Padmanabhan had given lecture for M.A. Part I & II students on 21^st to 24^th September, 2006 on the topic “Health Hazard of Nuclear Fuel Change”.

• International Seminar on “Honour Killing : Violence against Women in South Asia” on 9^th and 10^th  October, 2006 was organized by the Department of Civics and Politics , University of Mumbai, Pakistan-India People’s Forum for Peace (PIPFP) and Mahila Sarvangeen Utkarsh Mandal (MASUM) India.

• A National Seminar on “Identity Politics & Citizenship” under the DSA Phase-III Programme of the U.G.C was held on 12^th & 13^th January, 2007.

• Dr. Rajendra Vora, Professor from Pune University inaugurated the M. Phil programme of the Department and delivered a lecture on “Marxist Elitism & Pluralism” on 19^th December, 2006.

• A series of Lectures were delivered by Professor Aijaz Ahmed on 29^th, 30^th and 31^st January, 2007 on (1) “ Latin America in the second half of the 20^th Century: A Survey”, (2) “ Havana to Caracas Paths of revolutionary Politics” and (3) “ Latin America Now: Electoral Balance and the Mass Movement” respectively.

• Professor Clovis Maksoud, Director, Centre for study of Global South, American University, Washington, DC delivered a lecture on the topic “The Relevance of Non -Alignment to the Architecture of an Emerging Multilateral System” on 14^th March, 2007.

• Interactive session with Professor Paulo Gilberto Fagundes Visentini, Professor of International Relations from Brazil was organised on 22^nd March, 2007. Mr. Paulo Antonia Pereira Pinto, Consul General of Brazil presented on that occasion.

• Organised a National Seminar on “Bhagat Singh and Beyond: Rethinking Radicalism in Indian Society, Culture and Politics” organised by the Department of Civics and Politics at its Auditorium at the Pherozeshah Mehta Bhavan on 28^th and 29^th March, 2007.

• The Department has arranged a programme of launching of the book titled “The United Nations in a New Millenium: A Changing Scenario” authored by Dr. B. N. Mehrish, Adjunct Professor of Politics, on Friday, 27^th April, 2007.

• A half day mentoring workshop for prospective Fulbright Applicants was organised by USEFI Mumbai along with the Department was organized at the Pherozshah Mehta Bhavan, Department of  Civics and Politics on 10^th May, 2007

• Half Day workshop on “Right to Information Administrative Practices and the Urban Poor” was organized at the Pherozeshah Mehta Bhavan, Department of Civics and Politics on 28^th May 2007.

• Dr. Jonathan Ping, Assistant Professor International Relations, Bond University, Australia; has given a talk on “Hybridisation Theory of the Middle Power Concept” on 9^th August, 2007.

• Seminar on ‘“Splintering Urbanism in Mumbai : A Split Verdict” was organised on 10^th August, 2007, wherein speaker was Dr. Marie Helene Zerah (Urban Studies Research Fellow, Institute of Research for development and Centre de Sciences Humaines, New Delhi).

• Dr. M. Seth Cohen (MA in Intercultural Communication from the University of New Mexico is a facilitator in interpersonal, non-verbal, and intercultural communication and conflict issues.) has delivered a talk on “An Introduction to Peace building and Reconciliation Models” on 13^th  August, 2007. 

• A Seminar was organised by the Department in which on Friday, 21^st September, 2007, in which presentations on the topic of “Politics of Energy and Water”. Was made by Ms. Tejal Kanitkar. Ms. Kalpana Dixit spoke on the ‘Politics of Energy’ and ‘Politics of Water’. 

• A special oration by the eminent Professor Social Scientist Dr. Kamal Mitra Chenoy of Jawaharlal Nehru University on “Shaheed Bhagat Singh and Lessons for the Future” was organized under the UGC’s ASIHSS Programme at 3.30 p.m. on Thursday 27^th September, 2007.

• A talk by Dr. T. Jayaraman, Professor, Department of Science & Technology Policy, TISS on “Indo-US Nuclear Deal and its Implications” was delivered on Friday, 28^th September, 2007.

•  Dr.Madhu Paranjape, Reader in Statistics in Kirti College had given lecture for M. Phil students on the Topic “Statistical Research Methods” on 25^th October, 2007.

• Half Day seminar on “General Semantics and its Current Relevance”was organized on 26^th, October, 2007. The main speakers were Andrea J. Johnson, President, Board of Trustees, Institute of General Semantics, Fort Worth, Texas, USA. Steve E.  Stockdale, Executive Director, Institute of General Semantics, Fort Worth, Texas, USA in the Auditorium of the Department of Civics and Politics.One Day Seminar on “India in Emerging World Order” was organised by the Department on Tuesday, 18^th December, 2007.

• A Talk on ‘US Foreign Policy Towards West & South Asia’ was delivered by    MR. David Barsamian The Founder & Director of Alternative Radio, USA, And the Author of “Targeting Iran” with Noam Chomsky, Monday, 17^th December, 2007.