Economic Implications of Indian Diaspora Conference

Thursday 19-Friday 20 June

Cultures of communities living outside of their home lands are on the rise and creating a diversity of human settlements of an unprecedented nature. The cultural diversity that one sees in the West and the tensions that it creates at the individual, national, regional and global levels needs specific attention by scholars and researchers. The time is right for a concerted attempt to understand and manage the diversity of the diasporas.

Some of the fundamental questions to be addressed in the Economic Implications of Indian Diaspora Conference include, How are the diasporas different? What role do home and host cultures play in developing relationships in diasporas studies in global environment? Are education and health policies geared towards addressing issues related to diasporas? What type of policies are needed that address issues related to efficiency and effectiveness?

Conference topics

Selected scholars from India and Australia will discuss the following:

Migration and diaspora
Challenges of ageing populations
Home relationships
People, places, products, prices, processes
Organisational changes

The conference will also serve the purpose of a meeting ground for interested parties on the subject of economic implications of Indian diaspora for planning future collaborations between CDU and other Indian universities.

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Venue

Red 3.3.03, Casuarina campus, Charles Darwin University. Download the Casuarina campus map (.pdf, 440KB).

Program

Day 1 - Thursday 19 June

8.30am:	Registration

9.00am:	Inaugural session
	Welcome to Country - Desmond Raymond Welcome - Dr Adrian Walter, Charles Darwin University Vote of Thanks - Jaya Srinivas, Indian Cultural Society

9.45am:	Morning tea

10.00am:	Working session 1
	India’s human resources in the global economy: Situating Indian diaspora in Australia - R. Narayanan, Jawaharlal Nehru University/IGNOU Microeconomic implications of Indian diaspora in Australia - S. Ram Vemuri, Charles Darwin University

11.00am:	Working session 2
	From waves to clouds: The trials and triumphs of the Indian diaspora in Australia - Aruna Manuelrayan, University of Adelaide Indian diaspora: Lessons for Indigenous development - V. Daniels, Charles Darwin University

12.00pm:	Working session 3
	Sending money home to India: Money as a medium of relationship - Supriya Singh, RMIT Psychological effects of diaspora and the implications for rconomics - Vidula Garde, Psychology Consultants

1.00pm:	Lunch

2.00pm:	Working session 4
	Community relations and Indian diaspora in Australia - Anjoo Sharan, Banaras Hindu University Early childhood education of diasporic children in Australia issues and challenges - Jaya Srinivas, Essington School

3.00pm:	Working session 5
	Role of religion in the economic development of India - Dilip Chirmuley Indian diaspora: Challenges and opportunities for marketing - Rajeev Sharma, Charles Darwin University

4.00pm:	Afternoon tea

4.15pm:	Working session 6
	Health and social well-being: An intergenerational perspective - Madhumati Chatterji

4.45pm:	Open forum

Day 2 - Friday 20 June

8.30am:	Registration

9.00am:	Working session 7
	Potentials of doing business in India - Liz Hall Recent arrivals: Economic opportunities and challenges - Renu Sharma, NT Department of Employment, Education and Training

10.00am:	Working session 8
	Challenges of population ageing: Australia and India - G. Dasvarma, Flinders University Aged care issues - Sadhana Mahajani, SCHS

11.00am:	Morning tea

11.15am:	Working session 9
	TBA - V.Mohan Ram, Charles Darwin University Strategic thinking and action of Indian diaspora in Darwin - Megha Raut

12.15pm:	Working session 10
	From feared to favoured: The future Indian diaspora in Australia - Peter Gale, University of South Australia

1.00pm:	Lunch

2.00pm:	Working session 11
	Laughter yoga session - Sumesh Dhir

2.30pm:	Working session 12
	Symposium: Inter-generational issues of Indian diaspora in Australia' Panelists: Asha McLaren C.D. Sharma Rishi Das Gupta Sohan Raut Sumesh Dhir Sunny Sharma Nadia De’souza Deevya Desai

Related events

As Darwin celebrates India@Mindil every year on the first saturday of the school holidays in June, the inaugural conference will also provide an opportunity to discuss prospects for an annual or bi-annual meeting of scholars. Involvement of the Australia-India council, Indian cultural society of the Northern Territory and other Indian universities will also be discussed.

Contact

For further information email emma.davis@cdu.edu.au or phone 08 8946 6120.