Tentative Seminar Program

The 14th ICSSR-NRCT Joint Seminar

“INDIA-THAILAND MOVING FORWARD”
Organized by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), India
In collaboration with National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT), Thailand
25-26 February 2020
Hotel Clarks, Varanasi, UP, India
Monday, 24 February 2020- Arrival of NRCT delegates & paper presenters from Thailand to Varanasi (India)

Welcome Dinner at 7:30PM

Day 1: Tuesday, 25 February 2020

09.30 – 10.00 am Registration
10.00 - 11.00 am Inaugural Session
Opening Remarks
– Prof. Bhushan Patwardhan, Chairman, ICSSR

Welcome Remarks
-- Prof. Virendra Kumar Malhotra, Member-Secretary, ICSSR
-- Prof. Dr. Sirirurg Songsivilai, Secretary General for Executive Director, NRCT

Keynote Address
-- (Thai Side)
11:00 – 11:30 am Tea Break
11:30 – 01:00 pm SESSION – 1 Culture and History
Chair – Asst. Ptof. Dr. Chirapat Prapandvidya, Fellow, Royal Society of Thailand and
Advisor, Sanskrit Studies Centre, Silpakorn University
Dr. Pimmanus Wibulsilp, Dr. Shrutashwinee Gogoi, Moran College,
Chulalongkorn University Moranhat (Assam)
Asst. Prof. Dr. Kangvol Khatshima, Dr. Karmveer Singh, University of
Silpakorn University Rajasthan, Jaipur
01:00 – 02:00 pm Lunch Break
02:00 – 03:30 pm SESSION – 2 Education
Chair – (Indian Side)
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Methinee Wongwanich Prof. Satish Verma, RBI Chair Professor,
Rumpagaporn, Kasetsart University CRRID, Chandigarh
Mr.Taya Techase, Prof. Kavita Rastogi, University of
Nakhon Si Thammarat Rajabhat University Lucknow, Lucknow

03:30 – 04:00 pm Tea break

04:00 – 05:30 pm SESSION – 3 Security Challenge and Relations
Chair – – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kowit Kangsanan,
Senior Fellow on Security Studies, National Research Council of Thailand
Gen. Surasit Thanadtang, Dr. Udai Bhanu Singh, IDSA, New Delhi
Director, Thai – Chinese Strategic Research
Center
 Dr. Samhita Chaudhuri, Bijoy Krishna
Girls College, Howrah (WB)
06:00 – 07.00 pm 15th Joint Advisory Committee (JAC) Meeting

07:30 – 09.00 pm Dinner hosted by Chairman, ICSSR (Hotel Clarks, Varanasi)

Day 2: Wednesday, 26 February 2020

09:30 – 10:00 am Keynote Address – (Indian Side)

10:00 – 11:30 am SESSION – 4 Health

Chair – Prof. Bhushan Patwardhan, Vice-Chairman, UGC and Chairman, ICSSR

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sermkiat Jomjunyong, Dr. Sibnath Deb, Pondicherry University,
Chiang Mai University Pondicherry
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Suraphong Lorsomradee, Dr. G Jayachandran, Madurai Kamaraj
Chiang Mai University University, Madurai
11:30 – 12:00 am Tea Break

12:00 – 01:30 pm SESSION – 5 Tourism

Chair- Asst. Prof. Dr. Isriya Nitithanprapas Bunyasiri,
Faculty of Economics, Kasetsart University
Dr. Pakdeekul Ratana, Dr. Amarjiva Lochan, Shivaji College,
Chiang Mai University University of Delhi, Delhi
Dr. Worrawit Boonthai, Dr. Sanjay Dhir, IIT Delhi, New Delhi
Thammasat University
01:30 – 02:30 pm Lunch Break

02:30 – 04:00 pm SESSION – 6 Governance

Chair – Prof. D K Nauriyal, IIT Roorkee
Asst. Prof. Dr. Prapinwadee Dr. Biswajit Mohapatra, NEHU, Shillong
Sirisupluxana, Kasetsart University
Mrs. Suchittra Pongpisutsopa, Dr. Tosib Alam, Central University of
State Railway of Thailand Kashmir, Srinagar (J&K)
04:00 – 04:30 pm Tea break

04:30 – 05:00 pm Valedictory Address

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kowit Kangsanan, Senior Fellow on Security Studies, NRCT
Prof. Virendra Kumar Malhotra, Member-Secretary, ICSSR
07:00 – 09.00 pm Dinner

Thursday, 27 February 2020-

Site visits
Departure of NRCT & ICSSR delegates from Varanasi