International Talkies

The India-Pakistan Soldiers' initiative (IPSI) for Peace, in collaboration with the Department of International Studies and History, Christ University, hosted a seminar on “Dynamics of Pursuing Peace with Pakistan in the current Geo-Political Environment in the Subcontinent, on July 6. The IPSI veterans and other members meet periodically to discuss issues confronting the two countries and debate options to take forward steps to ameliorate the condition of poor people on both sides, especially in J&K.

The Department of International Studies and History in collaboration with India Pakistan  Soldiers ' Initiative hosted a Play "Hatya Ek Aakar ki" directed by Mr. M. K. Raina on Friday July 5, 2019 .The play was portrayed around a group of men who conspire to assassinate a great man for many political and social reasons. They felt that he had sacrificed the interests of the majority and was to be blamed for the partition of India. They decide to hold a mock trial of the man and create a court scene where a lawyer and a historian representing the Prosecution make pointed accusations. A young man posing as the Defendant replies stating his strong belief in his principles.  The historical events surround Independence now come to the fore. The Prosecutors in the mock trial try threats and bribery, but fail. The play was well received by the audience.

The Department of International Studies and History, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), organised a Guest Lecture on ‘Reconceptualizing the Global South’ by Mr. Thomas Krippner, University of Tuebingen on July 26,2019. The lecture began on an interesting note with Mr. Krippner demonstrating an upside down world map, to question the dynamics of the terms ‘Global North’ and ‘Global South’. At the same time, it brought into perspective the excessive importance imparted to the West. He raised a number of important questions throughout the lecture, which questioned the importance and relevance of understanding Global South in the contemporary times. The lecture highlighted the incorrect practice of employing geographical dimensions for explaining other attributes of the region, such as North being labelled as the developed region, and South being the developing or undeveloped region. Thus, making the usage of the terms, not merely geographical in nature, but extending it to social and...

Being part of a campus that takes pride in its culturally diverse student body, interactions with students from different parts of the world is a regular thing in Christ. While working on my Indian Foreign Policy assignment, I decided to interact with somebody from a country which has always been my area of interest-Afghanistan. I was introduced to Sadam Kamal by a friend of mine. He is studying Bachelors in Computer Application in Christ. Ethnically, a Pashtun, Sadam’s family originally hails from a district in Central Afghanistan called Maidan Wardak. However, once the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan, repeated harassments by the Talibs on his family members, led the family to shift to Kabul where the conditions were comparatively better. Hence, it can be said that Sadam was almost completely brought up in the beautiful and lively city of Kabul. Sadam has been to India eight times previously and has visited places like Delhi, Goa, Gokarna, etc. He chose to study in India...

In a globalized world, cultural and education exchanges plays an important role, especially in the academic hemisphere. The students of Masters of International Studies had an interaction with the students of exchange programme from the United States. These students were from vibrant educational backgrounds, from different parts of the United States, and were pursuing graduation from recognised universities within US. The programme was coordinated by the Department of International Studies and History and was truly an informative session. At the initial stage of the programme a 15 minutes presentation was being conducted by the students from the US, on explaining how the Education system in the United States functions, providing us with a basic understanding to further compare it with the Indian education system of India, which we are familiar with.   The personnel conversation that was carried out between the students provided with an overall understanding and helped the stud...

The Department of International Studies and History celebrated World Youth Skills Day on July 15 by organising a whole day training session for the various classes of HEP and EPS course. Conducted by the senior batch of MAIS, the talks mostly addressed soft and academic skill development. The purpose of conducting such events is to give opportunities to students to familiarise themselves with the field of teaching as well as promote development of certain skills necessary for future endeavours of the learners. The first session was on enhancement of debating skills by Lesley Simeon and Sreetama Chakraborty. This was followed by a talk on the art of formal writing by Aishwarya Sanas and Kritika Shukla. The third session was about the intricacies of academic writing conducted by Meghna Jaswal and Nishant Sharma. The day ended with a skill training session on performing at interviews by Akanksha Jaimini, Manisha Mahalingam and Palak Arora.

"Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results." – Andrew Carnegie The first year Masters of Arts in International studies students headed towards its first camp scheduled on 28 th June 2019. The camp was conducted in Kengeri campus of CHRIST (Deemed to be University) under the instruction of Jayakumar sir. A team of about 47 students headed to kengeri on 28 th June by 7.30 am, under the guidance of Dr Stefy Joseph. Nature is one of biggest gifts that man has ever received, it has the power to boost the soul of an individual. Kengeri campus, with its sprinted environment was definitely one of those energy booster for all the students. Students were completely engaged throughout the camp, through various activities which were aimed at team building and leadership initiatives. Students were divi...

The Department of International Studies and History held the inaugural ceremony of two of their co-curricular verticals - Lyceum and Rendezvous - last week on June 26. While Lyceum is the Postgraduate Association of the Department, Rendezvous is the Foreign Student Cell. The ceremony was held in Room no. 911 of the Central Block of the Hosur Road campus of Christ (Deemed to be University). The programme was organised by the second year students of Master's in International Studies since the function also doubled up as a welcome ceremony hosted by the batch for the Fresher batch of the postgraduate programme. The event, which was hosted by Palak Arora, a second year MAIS student, began with the lighting of the lamp, accompanied by an invocation song performed by second year MAIS students.  Dr. Madhumati Deshpande, Coordinator, Department of International Studies and History, addressed the gathering with a welcome note followed by the inaugural address by Fr. Jose C.C., Pro...