Date 20-Mar-2021 to 21-Mar-2021 |
Location India International Centre |
Format National |
On March 20 and 21, 2021, the Forum for India’s Development Cooperation (FIDC) brought together civil society, academia and policymakers to deliberate, share and disseminate experiences of India’s development cooperation internationally. The First Annual FIDC Symposium being called ‘Development Cooperation Dialogue (DCD) facilitated sharing of ideas and experiences among development practitioners, policymakers, academia, PhD and M.Phil. students engaged in research across the Indian universities. As Chair of the FIDC, PRIA's Founder-President Dr. Rajesh Tandon
The main objectives were to provide space for highlighting innovative programmes of India’s development cooperation carried out by the government, business and civil society. Facilitate public visibility to FIDC, thereby inviting more inclusive participation of civil society, business, and academia and government agencies and; inform young scholars, students and practitioners about modalities, perspectives and trends in India’s development cooperation.
Session 5: Young Scholars Forum
The session was chaired by Professor V. K. Malhotra (member Secretary ICSSR) & moderated by Dr. Jayanta Choudhury (Associate Professor, NIRDPR-NERC, Guwahati)
The panellists were:
Final remarks and the summarised points made by young researchers were presented by Professor Jyoti Chandiramani (Director, Symbiosis School of Economics, Symbiosis International University).
The session focussed on research ideas in development cooperation emanating from Indian university systems – contributions from PhD and M.Phil. students. In addition, it focussed on South-South academic cooperation in light of SDGs.
The young scholars focussed on the following points:
Finally, it is equally important to bring young minds into South-South cooperation and promoting research from young scholars.
The session was chaired by Mr. Prabodh Saxena, Additional Chief Secretary, and Government of Himachal Pradesh and co-chaired by Dr. K. Seeta Prabhu, Professor, TISS.
The panellists were:
In this session, the values, principles, models and methods of assessing impacts of India’s development cooperation, through a unique south-south perspective were deliberated.
The important points which came up in the deliberations are as follows:
This session was chaired by Mr Seshadri Chari, Chairman, China Study Centre, MAHE, Manipal, Karnataka.
The panellists were:
This session discussed the world-views of the local community and tribal leaders who are committed to a shared and cooperative vision of being and living in harmony with natural and human environs. Also how these ideas can become the beacon for humanity, through the ideals of “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam”.
The focal points of the discussion are as follows:
India should not be considered as an emerging donor, as often referred to in the global development cooperation lexicon. However, development cooperation is not new for us and it started before our independence. India was a leading partner in the Afro-Asian conference in 1946.
Aid Fatigue in developed countries has resulted in relooking the process of global development aid. Therefore, people are now looking towards India and Brazil. It can also be said that they are not emerging donors but should be understood as the emergence of the new development programme.
Update prepared by Amit Bhatt, Program Manager, PRIA. Image Credits: Sachin Chaturvedi; Rajesh Tandon; FIDC.