Interdisciplinary Institute of Human Security & Governance (IIHSG), Delhi, India in collaboration with Amity Institute of Liberal Arts, Amity University Mumbai; Centre for Conflict Studies, Middlebury Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA, USA; SecurityWomen, United Kingdom; Department of International Relations; Central University of Jharkhand, India; Department of Defence & Strategic Studies, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India and Department of International Relations, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh is going to organise a three-day international Conference on Human Security and Governance between 23-25 February, 2022 [10.00 am – 8.00 pm IST]. Media partners are Global Tribune, Conference Alerts and Asiana times.
Human security means protecting the fundamental freedoms of people. It integrates three freedoms that are- freedom from fear, freedom from want and freedom from indignity. Human security can be considered as a integration of security and development. As Amartya Sen argues ‘development can be seen as a process of expanding the real freedoms that people enjoy’. Thus, the concept of human security provided a new direction to the thinking of development.
In today’s time where there is a mass violation of human rights, millions of people across the globe are under poverty etc, Human Security plays a very important role. It emphasises on the root causes of vulnerabilities, focuses on emerging risks and prompts early action. It provides an impetus to all the countries to review their current security, economic, social and development policies in order to ensure people’s safety and livelihood.
The three-day International Conference on Human Security & Governance will try to analyse the role and functioning of nation-states as well as different External actors [like international organisations, multinational organisations, lobbies, think tanks, political parties, non-government organisations, community, media] in securing human security goals [viz. health, education & income].
Furthermore, this conference aims to create a network and support the international community of academicians, researchers, scholars, and students, to know and discuss about latest trends, developments, and challenges in the field through panels, presentations and publications of the latest research from around the world.
Distinguished Speakers of this Conference are Honourable Prof. Dr. Shireen Akhtar, Vice Chancellor, University of Chittagong; Honourable Professor Sikander Kumar, Vice Chancellor, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India; Honourable Professor Owunari Abraham Georgewill, Vice Chancellor, University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Rivers State, Nigeria; Dr. Juliet Colman, Director and founder of SecuirtyWomen; Dr. Pushpa Iyer, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Policy and Management, Middle-buryInstitute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS); Prof. Dr. Elaine C. Kamarck, Director, Centre for Effective Public Management, Brookings Institution; Prof. Dr. Sanjay. K. Bhardwaj, Director, Energy Studies Programme, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Prof. Dr. Pam Rajput, Founder and Director of the Centre for Women’s Studies & Development and Head of the Department of Political Science at Panjab University; Prof. Dr. Ram Puniyani, President of the Executive Council of the Centre for Study of Society and Secularism (CSSS); Prof. Dr. Alka Parikh, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication, Gujarat; Prof. Dr. Raja Gopal Dhar Chakrabarti, Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, Calcutta University, Kolkata, India; Prof. Dr. Aurora Martin, Vice-president of the International Institute for Human Security, headquartered in Chicago, Vice-dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literature, “Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University and President of “Challenge” Zonta Club Bucharest; Professor Benu Kumar Dey, Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh; Fr. Cedric Prakash, Founder-Director, Prashant, Ahmedabad; Barbara Cleary, Chair, SecurityWomen, UK; Professor Dr. Rajpal Budania, Professor, Political Science department, Allahabad university; Dr. Tiina Seppälä, senior researcher of International Relations, University of Lapland, Finland; Andrea Carlà, Senior Researcher, Institute for Minority Rights of Eurac Research, Italy; Sharad Chandra Neupane, executive director, Asian Academy for Peace, Research and Development, Kathmandu, Nepal; Rev. Dr Wadinagala Pannaloka, Director, Department of Buddhist thought of the Postgraduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka; Prof. Dr. Ngboawaji Daniel Nte, HoD, Intelligence and Security Studies, Novena University, Nigeria; Dr. Gilbert. P. Moralista, Gender and Development Office, Pangasinan State University, Pangasinan, Philippines; Prof. Dr. Harish Kumar Thakur, Chairman, Department of Defence & Strategic Studies, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India; Dr. Alok Kumar Gupta, Associate Professor and HoD, Department of International Relations, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, in Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi; Dr. Raymon Kwun-Sun Lau, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science & Sociology, North South University, Bangladesh; Prof. Dr. Raj Kumar Kothari, Department of Political Science, Diamond Harbour Women’s University, West Bengal, India; Dr. Sheila Rai, President, Indian Society of Gandhian Studies, Rajasthan & Ex-Principal, St. Xavier’s College, Jaipur; Prof. Dr. Md. Kamal Uddin, International Relations, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh; Prof. Dr. Muhammad Faridul Alam, International Relations, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh; Prof. Dr. Gouri Sankar Nag, HoD, Political Science and Co-ordinator of the Atish Dipankar Srijnan Centre of South Asian Studies, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia, West Bengal; Dr. Bibhuti Biswas, Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, India; Dr. Biswajit Mohapatra, Associate Professor, Politics and International Relations, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya & Co-ordinator, ASEAN Study Centre; Dr. Beryl Anand, Assistant Professor, Central University of Gujarat, India; Md. Matiul Hoque Masud, Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh; Dr. Ashok Kumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Defence and Strategic Studies, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India; Binesh Bhatia, Assistant Professor, Department of Defence and Strategic Studies, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India; Dr. Kanchan Chandan, Faculty, Punjab University, Chandigarh, India and many more.
More than 400 academicians, policy practitioner and social activists have registered for this conference from all parts of the world. More than 150 papers will be presented in this Conference in different panels like Different Dimensions of Human Security; Human Security, Health and Governance; Human Security, Education and Governance; Human Rights and Governance, Human Security and Sustainable Development; Women in Governance and Human Security; Human Security and Non-state Actors; Child Security and Governance; Human Security and Pandemic; Human Security and Law.
There will be five special sessions on ‘Human Rights and Governance’, ‘Women in Security’, ‘Governance, State, Politics and Human Security’, ‘Food Security and Governance’ and ‘Défense, Strategy and Human Security’.
The Convenor of the Conference is Dr. Nandini Basistha, Executive Director (Honorary), Interdisciplinary Institute of Human Security & Governance & Assistant Professor, Amity Institute of Liberal Arts, Amity University Mumbai, India. Organising Secretory of the Conference is Dr. Sujit Datta, Chairman & Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
