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AGOREU-Student Seminar of International Students


AGOREU


Rendezvous is a Forum of Foreign Students of the Department of International Studies and History, committed to provid assistance to International students in order to develop an understanding on academic, cultural and fraternity building of foreign students representing varied multicultural background from various countries across the world.

The forum aims at facilitating exchange of ideas and information of students across the globe with respect to their country and enhancing knowledge through mutual sharing.
Under this forum, the department conducted Agoreu. It is an academic fest whose objectives are to allow the international students to have an exposure by presenting various topics related to their areas of interests and it seeks to actively involve them in academic researches and make them feel fully a part of different academic fests organized by the Department.

Agoreu was conducted on 17th of August 2019. It was attended by the Department coordinator Dr. Madhumati Deshpande, HOD Dr. Vagishwari S. P., faculty members and students. The theme of Agoreu was “Independence Struggle” as part of Indian Independence week.

The presenters were Edison Muvikwa - national of Congo, Ahmattidjani – national of Chad, Adriana Macamo – national of Mozambique and Bishakha Shrestha – national of Nepal.
Edison’s topic was “the history and post independence period of Congo” where he shared his knowledge on the early history of Congo to the Colonial Rule. He also demonstrated in brief the independence and Congo crisis of 1960-65, the civil wars of Congo and the current conflicts that have devastated the country.

Adriana explained the different phases of Mozambique’s independent struggle through the war of independence from the colonial Portuguese. She also discussed how Mozambique had to face a civil war due to independence from the Portuguese.

Ahmattidjani emphasized on the independence of Chad where he brought out the geography, climate and demographic importance of the country. He gave importance to the different ethnic groups of the country and how they played a role in gaining freedom from France.

Bishakha gave a brief analysis on soft power contestation between India and China in Nepal. She shared her ideas as to how both India and China are developing their strategies to influence Nepal due to its strategic and geo political importance.





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