[asiacouncil] Fw: Conference: MODERN INDIA: INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES/ THEMES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

[David L Starling]

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From: Dorothee Mertz-Weigel <dorothee.mertz-weigel at armstrong.edu>
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To: Teresa Winterhalter; Cynthia Bolton; Yassaman Saadatmand; Becky daCruz; Daniel Skidmore-Hess; Nancy Remler; Nalanda Roy; David L Starling
Subject: Conference: MODERN INDIA: INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES/ THEMES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

Dear Colleagues,

Please forward this information to faculty members in your department(s) who may be interested in this conference.
Thank you!
Dorothee


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MODERN INDIA: INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES/ THEMES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

Friday,  March 2, 2018 - 8:30 A. M. - 4:00 p. m.

Harrry S. Down Center for Continuing Education - Rooms 203, Clayton State University, Morrow, Georgia.

ABOUT:  The main objective of the workshop is to help American professors overcome stereotypical images of India so that they can increase the knowledge, understanding and awareness of students about Modern India. This program will also explore key issues and emerging trends in modern India and will be anchored around the themes of history, culture, politics, resources, infrastructure, challenges and multi-media resources.

A team of high-profile panelists and a professor and a resident expert on India from the Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, will share insights on the above topics.  Participants will be able to leverage knowledge gained to improve the curriculum and incorporate more cutting-edge information on India into various general education, business and other courses.

Messner:

Wolfgang Messner (PhD, MBA, MSc, BSc) is Clinical Associate Professor at the Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina. Starting with his first visit to India in 1997, he has spent eight years on the Subcontinent as a Professor of International Management at MYRA School of Business in (Mysore) and as a Visiting Faculty Member at the Indian Institute of Management - IIM (Bangalore, Indore and Khozikode).  On the corporate side, he has worked as a Program Manager for Deutsche Bank, as Offshore Delivery Director for Capgemini (leader in global consulting) and as an entrepreneur providing consultative services to a variety of Indian multinational companies.  Wolfgang is the author of Working with India (Springer 2009) and eight other books.


8:30 a. m.        Welcome and Greetings

8:40                 Program Overview

                        Raj Sashti, Director, Nine University and College International Studies Consortium of Georgia, Middle Georgia State University, Macon, Georgia

 9:00                Overview of India: Reflection on History, Educational System, and Economic Development

                        Professor Messner

10:00               Question and Answer - Participants

10:15              Refreshment Break

10:30              Panel discussion:  India's Role and the World Stage and Opportunities and Challenges Facing the Country

Honorable Consul General of India in Atlanta Nagesh Singh; President Emeritus Dr. Beheruz N. Sethna (Regents’ Professor, University of West Georgia); Dr. John McIntyre (Professor of Management and Founding Director Georgia Tech CIBER) and Dr. Wolfgang Messner (Clinical Associate Professor, Dr. Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina).

Profiles of Panelists:

Singh:  http://www.indianconsulateatlanta.org/page/amb-profile/

Sethna: https://www.westga.edu/academics/business/marketing-real-estate/profile.php?emp_id=1140

McIntyre: https://www.scheller.gatech.edu/directory/faculty/mcintyre/index.html

11:30               Question and Answer - Participants

11:45               Lunch - Student Center

  1:15               Influence of Indian cultural Traditions on the Modern Business World

                        Professor Messner

  2:00               Product innovation for (and from) India

                        Professor Messner

  2:45               Question and Answer - Participants

  3:00               Refreshment Break

  3:15               Using multi-media resources for teaching and learning about India

                        Professor Messner

  3:45               Closing Remarks

  4:00               Adjournment

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Why should American Students and Citizens Learn About Modern India

In terms of overview, India is widely recognized as a new global powerhouse. It has become one of the world's emerging powers, rivaling China in terms of global influence. Yet American students and citizens still know relatively little about the economic, social, political, and cultural changes unfolding in the country.

During the last decade, India, with the fastest economic growth rates, has become an increasingly  important country to the world and what it does or does not do in such areas as technology, global warming, energy,  terrorism etc., will have a major impact on the rest of the world.

This conference will look at the exciting world of change; breakneck speed of growth  in contemporary India; and  help to overcome stereotypical images by provide a compelling account of the recent history of the nation.  It will also investigate contradictions surround the nation and the manner in which people, especially the youth are actively remaking the country in the 21st century.  Discussions and exchange of ideas with experts will deal with: the  extent to which people are benefitting from the economic boom, the caste system ,  and how India's cultural industry  is responding to change technological change.

Additional Background Information on India:

*  Einstein once noted that "we owe a lot to the Indians who taught us to count without which science could not have developed as it h as."

*After all, it was an Indian, Aryabatta, who invented the digit zero.

*  The country is home to some of the world' s most ancient surviving civilizations going back to 4,000 year and the Indian subcontinent stretching from the Himalayas in the North to Cape Comorin in the south is both vast and diverse in terms of its people, language and cultural traditions.

*It is also a country of immense physical, social, political and cultural contrasts tackling major challenges in human development.

Population 1.28 billion, 6th in Global GDP, One of the fastest growing economies with an annual growth rate of about 7%.

*Young India, with a literacy rate of 73%, has replaced China as the growth engine of Asia. Will drive the Third Great Wave of Asia's growth.

*  Mobile phone use No. 1 in the world out of 222.

*  India has excelled in many fields and has acquired a great reputation in science and technology.  For example, the Indian software industry has grown by 10 fold during the last two decades

*  India is of vital strategic interest to the U. S. to help counter the growing economic, political and military power of China in the Asia Pacific Region.

*  When it comes to China, U. S. India geostrategic interests align perfectly.

*  Former President Obma has noted that the Indo-U. S. relationship is the defining partnership of the 21st Century. Our two countries have a shared security interest.

*  From a global trade perspective, U. S. is one of India's largest trade and investment partners.

*While U. S. is the world's strongest democracy, India's is the world's largest democracy with an uninterrupted democratic tradition since it attained independence from Great Britain in 1947.

*As a rising economic powerhouse and nuclear-armed state, India has emerged as an important regional power.

*According to UN estimates, India's population is expected to overtake China's in 2028 to become the world's most populous nation.  Therefore, in any aspect, be it energy, environment, balance of power or terrorism what India does or does not do will be of great consequence both to the U. S. and the rest of the world.

Prime Minister: Narendra Modi is a former pro-business chief minister of the economically prosperous state of Gujarat.

U. S. exports to India include aircraft, machinery, medical instruments etc.

Imports include pharmaceuticals, agricultural products and textiles.

Key economic sectors:  Professional, science, technology, manufacturing and finance.

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Dorothée Mertz-Weigel, PhD
Director of International Education
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