Notifications

Calls for Papers 

1. The Centre for Labour Studies, a Delhi based resource centre,  is coming out with two new journals, Labour Notes in English and Shram Samvad in Hindi. Articles are invited on themes of labour, economic globalisation, emerging markets and labour vulnerability, new economy, opportunities and disjointed integration in Third World countries by October 15 for the November issue and November 15 for the December issue. The theme for the December issue will be Labour Migration. Articles and queries should be sent to Parthasarathi Jena, Executive Director-Centre for Labour Studies(CLS) &, Editor-in-Chief Labour Notes and Sharam Samvad, BlockA,20A- Second Floor, Lajpatngar Nagar, New Delhi-110024, Cell: ++91- 9811871868, Phone/Fax: ++91-11-46678487 , Email:  clsindia1@gmail.com, clsindia1@yahoo.in

2.  The School of Economics at the Devi Ahilya University of Indore is organising a two day National Seminar on 19-20 November 2010 on Natural Resources and Economic Development. Papers may be sent in to kanhaiya.ahuja@gmail.com by October 31 2010. For details please visit: http://www.dauniv.ac.in/ 

3. The Jindal Global Law Review invites submissions for its next issue on "The Changing Role of Law in Asia: Revolution or Devolution?". The issue will explore the effect of the evolution of laws and regulations in Asia with particular attention to the contemporary social, political and economic landscape of Asia. Abstracts are due by September 15th. For more details, visit: http://www.scribd.com/doc/36884049/JGLR-Call-for-Papers-March-2011 

 Conferences, Seminars and Consultations

1. Women in Cities International and Jagori are organising a conference on Womens' Safety: Building Inclusive Cities from November 22-24 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Registration should be completed by Sep 15 2010. For details please visit: https://www.qvc.qc.ca/womens-safety/Welcome.htm 

2. The Department of Social Work, University of Lucknow is organising a conference on Inclusive Development In India: Past Experience, Present Challenges and Future Development on December 20-21, 2010. An expression of interest should be mailed in after which the organisers may choose to invite you to write a paper. For details visit: http://vkunj.com/lusocialwork/index.html

3. The Institute for Dialogue With Cultures and Religions, Chennai is organising a National Level Consultation on 'The Role of Caste in Politics and Governance in India' from 21-23 Oct 2010. For details and registration, please visit: http://www.idcrdialogue.com/

4. The International Conference on Social Science and Humanity will be held in Singapore from 26-28 Feb 2011. Paper proposals/abstracts are due on October 30 2010. For details please visit 

http://www.icssh.org/ 

Courses

1. Ranga Shankara will be conducting a theatre appreciation course, facilitated by Sadanand Menon, from Oct 22-24 and Oct 30-Nov 1. For applications email rstheatre@gmail.com 

Events (Plays, Concerts)

1. India Foundation for the Arts, is bringing a Dastangoi performance to Bangalore. Dastangoi, the traditional art of storytelling, involves the performance of ancient epics in Hindi or Urdu. This performance will be by Danish Husain (noted poet) and Mahmood Farooqi (Rhodes scholar and co-director of Peepli Live) on September 25th, 2010. Details are available at www.indianstage.in

Competitions

1. Seagate and Kunzum are conducting four world-wide photography competitions, starting September 9 and ending November 7, 2010. Details are available here: http://kunzum.com/seagate-photo-contest/

2. Nandini Voice for the Deprived, a Chennai NGO invites entries for an essay competition, on the topic "Has Gandhian Philosophy Been Lost in Present Day India?". Entries should be max 1500 words, in English, Hindi or Tamil and should be sent to nsvenkatchennai@gmail.com by September 20 2010. For more details visit: http://www.nandinivoice.org/

General Interest/News

1. The Draft Rules for Implementation of the Right to Education Act, India, are now available in English and Kannada at http://www.schooleducation.kar.nic.in/ssa/pdfdocs/rtedraftrules.pdf. The Ministry has asked for comments and responses to the same, by September 30th, 2010. 

2. The Whistleblowers Bill 2010 has been uploaded for comments and feedback at http://persmin.nic.in/EmployeesCorner/Acts_Rules/DisclosureBill/DisclosureBill_2010_Eng.pdf. Last date is September 30 2010. 

3. Jaanagraha, a Bangalore-based NGO is looking for part time teachers to work with local schools on an education programme.  They estimate a requirement of about 15 hours a week. For details please visit: http://www.janaagraha.org