Deadline: 30 May 2015
The North-Eastern Hill University’s (NEHU) Department of Economics Shillong, in collaboration with the Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata, is currently seeking applications from the eligible individuals for the national Seminar on ‘Poverty, Inequality and Health in North-East India’ in Shillong in the month of October. The duration of the seminar will be of two days.
It is necessary to address the issues like hunger, malnutrition and starvation death and in order to arrive at a consensus to each of these problems there is a need to go beyond the Millennium Development Goals. Thus, the seminar will be interdisciplinary in nature, focussing on the following themes-
The other relevant themes can also be included.
Date and Venue
The seminar will be held between 8-10 October, 2015 in Shillong, Meghalaya.
Eligibility Criteria
The applicants can be students, researchers and scholars from India.
How to Apply?
The applicants must submit their applications in a prescribed format via email.
For more information, please visit NEHU. : http://www.nehu.ac.in/Schools/Economics%20&%20Management/Economics/EcoSeminar2015_030315.pdf
The North-Eastern Hill University’s (NEHU) Department of Economics Shillong, in collaboration with the Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata, is currently seeking applications from the eligible individuals for the national Seminar on ‘Poverty, Inequality and Health in North-East India’ in Shillong in the month of October. The duration of the seminar will be of two days.
It is necessary to address the issues like hunger, malnutrition and starvation death and in order to arrive at a consensus to each of these problems there is a need to go beyond the Millennium Development Goals. Thus, the seminar will be interdisciplinary in nature, focussing on the following themes-
- The rural and urban poverty and its different dimensions
- Income inequality, Gender inequality and other dimensions of inequality
- Health, health care services and development
- Empowerment of women
- Growth and sustainable development
- Agriculture and environmental sustainability
- Entrepreneurship, employment and development
- International Institutions, initiatives and poverty eradication mechanism
- Social and political factors behind poverty, inequality and other issues
The other relevant themes can also be included.
Date and Venue
The seminar will be held between 8-10 October, 2015 in Shillong, Meghalaya.
Eligibility Criteria
The applicants can be students, researchers and scholars from India.
How to Apply?
The applicants must submit their applications in a prescribed format via email.
For more information, please visit NEHU. : http://www.nehu.ac.in/Schools/Economics%20&%20Management/Economics/EcoSeminar2015_030315.pdf
