Girijananda Chowdhury University conducted the first day of the International Conference on The Past, Present and Future of Central, South and South-East Asia at its Guwahati campus on Tuesday, marking 75 years of Indo-Russian diplomatic relations. Dr. Vera Zabotkina, Vice Rector for International Cooperation, Russian State University for Humanities, Moscow, co-hosted the event while Dr. Anisha Bordoloi from GCU acted as convenor.
The event started with Shri Jasoda Ranjan Das, President of SSA Society, Chancellor Jayanta Deka and Vice-Chancellor Kandarpa Das addressing the audience.
The guests of honour included Dr. Arupjyoti Choudhury, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor of Madhabdev University and Dr. Siddharth Shankar, Vice Chancellor, Indira Gandhi Technological and Medical Sciences University, Arunachal Pradesh. Padma Shri awardee Dr. Tatiana Shaumyan, Head of the Centre for Indian Studies, Moscow, delivered the keynote speech.
Speakers from other parts of Asia included Dr. Soulikha Allayarova, Pro-Rector of Dinov Institute, Uzbekistan, Prof. Alexander Stolyarov from Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow, Ms. Varvara Stolyarova from Israel, Prof. Nivedita Das Kundu, noted foreign policy analyst based in Tashkent, Dr. Muthana Hameed Khalaf from Kut, Iraq, and Dr. Andrei Konkov from Sirius University, Sochi, Russia. From India, Prof. V. Krishna Ananth of Sikkim University presented his insights on democracy at the plenary session.
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