The Institute of South Asian Studies is organising its Fifth International Conference on South Asia at Grand Hyatt, Singapore, on 4 November 2008, from 9.30 am - 5.35 pm.

Mr K. Shanmugam, Minister for Law, Singapore, will deliver the keynote address for the conference on "South Asia: Beyond the Global Economic Recession". The conference will see a number of plenary sessions discussing socio-economic and political issues in South Asia, including the role of the financial institutions; South Asia's economic integration; South Asia and extra-regional economies; governance; education; environmental challenges; and conflicts, extremism and terrorism in South Asia.

Topics

South Asia Outlook

Socio-economic Developments in South Asia: Issues and Outlook

Political Developments in South Asia: Issues and Outlook

Reviving Economic Growth in South Asia

Role of Financial Institutions in South Asia

South Asia Economic Integration: Challenges and Prospects

South Asia and Extra-regional Economies: Cooperation versus Competition

Meeting South Asia's Social and Developmental Needs

Achieving Global Standards of Governance in South Asia

Education Policies in South Asia: Needs and Responses

Dealing with Environmental Challenges in South Asia

Tackling Conflicts in South Asia

Prospects for Conflict Resolutions in South Asia

Extremism and Terrorism: Challenges for South Asia

The Major Powers and Conflicts in South Asia

Speakers

Eminent speakers include international scholars, political leaders and policy makers.

Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar
Former Union Cabinet Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, India

Mr Sartaj Aziz
Vice-Chancellor, Beaconhouse National
University, Lahore; and Former Federal Minister for Finance, Planning and Economic Affairs, and
Foreign Affairs, Pakistan

Professor Dilip M. Nachane
Director, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development
Research, India

Dr Nagesh Kumar
Chief Economist and Director, Macroeconomic
Policy and Development Division, United Nations
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and
the Pacific, Thailand

Dr Amitendu Palit
Visiting Research Fellow
Institute of South Asian Studies, Singapore

Mr Padamvir Singh
Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, India

Mr Pawan Agarwal
External Consultant, Indian Council for Research
on International Economic Relations, India

Dr Atiq Rahman
Executive Director, Bangladesh Centre for
Advanced Studies

Dr Dayan Jayatilleka
Former Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Sri Lanka

Professor Rasul Bakhsh Rais
Professor of Political Science, Department of
Humanities and Social Sciences, School of
Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Lahore
University of Management Sciences, Pakistan

Professor T. V. Paul
James McGill Professor of International Relations,
Department of Political Science, McGill University,
Canada

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To register, please complete and send the above registration form to:

Ms Angeline Pereira
Programme Officer
Institute of South Asian Studies
469A Bukit Timah Road
#07-01 Tower Block
Singapore 259770
Fax:(65) 6776 7505 / (65) 6314 5447
Email: isaspam@nus.edu.sg

Registration closes Thursday, 29 October 2009

For enquiries, please contact Angeline at (65) 6516 4239 or email at isaspam@nus.edu.sg.