International Talkies

The Department of International Studies, Political Science and History, CHRIST(Deemed To Be University), organised the inaugural ceremony of Lyceum 2021(the postgraduate students’ association) on 19th August 2021. The inaugural ceremony started with a welcome note by Ms. Hanspreet Kaur and Ms. Judith Blessy, the emcees for the event. It was followed by an auspicious prayer song by Ms. Vibha Venugopal, a 2nd-year student of MAIS. Dr. Madhumati Deshpande, the HOD of the Department of International Studies, Political Science and History, was then requested to welcome the gathering formally. She spoke about the proper handing over of responsibilities to the new MAIS batch by the senior batch. She also stressed the need to utilise all available resources in the best way possible without compromise. The warm welcome address was followed by a stunning group dance performance by 1st-year students of MAIS. After the dance performance, Dr. Fr. Jose CC, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University and D...

The Department of International Studies, Political Science and History organized a skill development session on "Academic Writing" for the students of 3MAIS on 31st July 2021. The session conducted by the speaker Samiksha Bajpai, Senior Mentor, CAPS, aimed towards emphasizing the importance of Academic writing was indeed fruitful, especially for the students of International Studies, who at one or the other point of time in their studies and career will need to undertake Academic writing as an inherent part of their academia. The session began with a welcome address by the class representative, Jeshil Samuel. The speaker began with highlighting the learning objectives of the session, which chiefly entailed the do's and don'ts of journal writing, techniques of journal writing, and ethics of writing an article. The session started with context setting as the speaker talked about the need for planning before writing, she underlined the importance of determining the sco...

A lecture was organised by the Department of International Studies,Political Science and History in collaboration with NIAS.The lecture series opened with Dr Suba Chandran, Professor and Dean at School of Conflict and Security Studies welcoming all the guest luminaries as well as the participants. Dr Suba Chandran appreciated the recent significant growth in networking in the world of academia leading to ample interaction among many reputed Indian universities. He introduced Ambassador P S Raghavan who is the Convener of India's National Security Advisory Board. He is also the former Indian Ambassador to Russia, Ireland, and the Czech Republic. Ambassador Raghavan started the lecture by explaining the post-cold war mix where he mentioned of USA as a reluctant superpower. While discussing the expanding economic cloud of China, he categorized it as the nouveau riche emerging power. He explained how the aspirations of the small and medium countries are not accommodated in the cacophon...

The skill development committee of 3 MAIS conducted a session on skill development session on careers in the area of NGOs & INGOs on 14 August,2021. The session was attended by the students of 3 MAIS along with students of final students of undergraduate courses as well. The session was addressed by Mr Joe Christopher. Mr Christopher works in the US consulate in Hyderabad as an assistant for cultural affairs. Before his current tenure in the US consulate, he worked in various fields. He finished a PhD from English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad. Mr Christopher was introduced by Soorya Srinivasan of 3 MAIS. Mr Christopher presented various stories and personal experiences from his life to highlight the skills needed for careers. He highlighted the need for communication skills and research skills for development of projects. He talked extensively on the trend of anti-corruption bills and farm laws. He highlighted his work and his experience working with NGOs highligh...