PLEASE NOTE THAT PROGRAMS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
| MONDAY 31 JAN Seminar Room B, Coombs Bldg (40) | |
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| 8:00-9:00 | Registration |
| 9:00-10:00 | Opening Address Fiona Buffinton CEO of Australian Education International |
| 10:15-11:45 | Adress by Keynote Speaker: Dr Mahesh Rangarjan |
| 11:45-12:30 | Discussion on Keynote Address |
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30-2:30 | Public Lecture: Keynote Address by Dr Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt, RSPAS, ANU, Topic: Mining Gender or Gendered Mining: Women in the Mines of South Asia |
| 2:30-3:30 | Atika Farooqui, Uni. Of Melbourne: Risks to Maternal and Infant Health of Maternal Tobacco Use in Karnataka, India |
| 3:30-4:00 | Afternoon Tea |
| 4:00-5:00 | Deborah Schlichting, Uni of Sydney: Household Food Security in Northern Pakistan |
| 5:00-6:30 | Reception with Vice Chancellor Ian Chubb AO, University House Courtyard |
| 6:00-7:30 | Basham Lecture Dr Mahesh Rangarajan: 'Polity in Transition: India after the 2004 general elections' (Seminar Room Coombs Building Extension) |
| TUESDAY 1 FEB Seminar Room B, Coombs Bldg (40) |
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| 9:00-10:30 | Public Lecture: Keynote Address: Mr Aldyian Manickam, Deputy High Commissioner of India and Dr Peter Howarth, Director India & South Asia Section, Dept of Foreign Affairs & Trade |
| 10:30-11:30 | Morning Tea |
| 11:30-12:30 | Samantha Muller, Macquarie Uni., Accountability in Environmental Management and Community Development |
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30-2:30 | Madelaine Healey, La Trobe University: Nurses, State, and Society in India |
| 2:30-3:30 | Natasha Maharaj, Uni of Melbourne: The cultural context of motherhood amongst migrant ethnic Indian women in Melbourne |
| 3:30 | Afternoon Tea |
| 4:00-5:00 | Public Lecture: Keynote Address: Prof Amareswar Galla, ANU Cultural Heritage Protection in India |
| WEDNESDAY 2ND FEB McDonald Room, Menzies Library | |
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| 9:00-9:30 | Tea/Coffee |
| 9:30-11:00 | Menzies Library Visit |
| 11:00-12:30 | Perihan Avdi, La Trobe University: Role of Karna in Mahabharata |
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30-2:30 | Priya Chacko, Uni of Adelaide: Indian Foreign Policy |
| 2:30-3:30 | Tureen Afroz: Corporate Disclosure Regime in Bangladesh |
| 3:30-4:00 | Afternoon Tea |
| 4:00-5:00 | Public Lecture: Keynote Address Prof. Prema-chandra Athukorala, RSPAS, ANU |
| THURSDAY 3 FEB McDonald Room, Menzies Library | |
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| 9:00-10:00 | Yashdeep Srivastava, University of Melbourne: Modernising Traditions for Sustainable Habitats |
| 10:00-11:00 | Public Lecture: Keynote Address by Mr Mark Thirlwell, Lowy Institute |
| 11:00-11:30 | Morning Tea |
| 11:30-12:30 | Discussion on Keynote Address |
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30-2:30 | Wasana Karunarathne,National University of Singapore Options for Reforming Sri Lanka's Public Sector Pension Scheme |
| 2:30-3:30 | Serajul Haque, Monash University Trade Liberalization and Poverty in Bangladesh: A computable general equilibrium analysis |
| 3:30-4:00 | Afternoon Tea |
| FRIDAY 4 FEB McDonald Room, Menzies Library | |
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| 9:00-11:00 | National Library of Australia visit (Please arrive outside of Menzies Library by 8:45am) |
| 11:00-11:30 | |
| 11:30-12:30 | Public Lecture: Keynote Address: Prof. Raghbendra Jha, Australia South Asia Research Centre, ANU |
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch |
| 5:00-6:00 | Public Lecture: Keynote Address and Film: Dr Richard Barz, Faculty of Asian Studies (Visions Theatre: National Museum of Australia) |
| 8:00 | Closing Function, University House |
