International Talkies

Fradreck Jockonia Mujuru, an alumnus of the Department of International Studies and History, is currently a Junior Assistant Operations Officer with the Zimbabwe Special Economic Zones Authority (SEZ) under the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. The main focus of his work is to restore the economy’s capacity to produce goods and services competitively, to create economies of scale good enough for the locator of the proposed SEZs to be internationally competitive, to ensure inclusive growth emanating from the spread of growth nodes and diversified provincial offerings, to maximize the economic benefits of a given geographical location and its stakeholders and to attract more investment from the International world. Much of the activities and benchmarks are guided by the Policy Document Vision 2030, to see Zimbabwe attaining a middle-upper income class. Therefore, the overarching goal is to build, sustainably, wealth and friendship base for Zimbabwe to attain the status ...

GUEST LECTURE BY NORWEGIAN STUDENTS VENUE: Central Block, Room No. 612 DATE: 12-02-2019 TIME: 9 AM.-10 AM Department of International Studies and History, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), organised a Guest Lecture by the students from Norway, currently pursuing their internship at CHRIST, with a focus on the Norwegian culture, history, politics and soft power. The talk-cum-interaction essentially focused on tracing the history of Norway from the era of the Vikings to the politics of today, which is a unitary constitutional monarchy. They shed light on the aspect of the Norwegian culture and lifestyle. A country with a small population and key benefits provided to the citizens, they talked on the lines of the governmental facilities extended to the people in Norway. They then, charted the synergy between Norway and India and how the collaborative efforts from both the countries show the subtle functioning of soft power and Norway’s integrated relationship wit...

 Guest Lecture on  "Canada and Trade: Canada - Mexico - US trade agreement"  by Dr Charlotte Yates from University of Guelph, 2019 VENUE: Central Block, Room No. 911 DATE: 04-02-2019 TIME: 11:30 am-1 pm The Department of International Studies and History, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), organised a Guest Lecture by Dr. Charlotte Yates from University of Guelph, on the topic “Free Trade in an Age of My Country First: Canada in the Global Economy”. The talk essentially focused on the Canadian trade relations wherein the Canada-Mexico-U.S. Trade Agreement became the core issue of discussion. Dr. Yates began her lecture by throwing light on the trade relationship between Canada and U.S. via tracing the historicity of Canada’s international trade itself. She highlighted the key features and impact of free trade with Canada’s intense dependency on the U.S. for exports and imports as well. She also discussed the evolving economic relationship be...