Myanmar conference at Jamia

Following the significant visit of Opposition leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi to India, a group of senior political, civil society figures and scholars from Myanmar participated in an international conference on ‘Myanmar: Distant Neighbour’, organized at Jamia Millia Islamia by the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research at Jamia Millia Islamia in association with the Centre for Policy Research, ANFREL, Bangkok, and the Academy of International Studies (JMI). The conference was held at the Rabindranath Tagore Hall in Mir Taki Mir, near the Administrative Building, on Dec 5. The opening session was chaired by eminent writer journalist Sanjoy Hazarika, Director of the Centre at Jamia. The effort was to look at ways of bridging existing gaps in collaboration and understanding and looking at ways to strengthen people to people connectivity. The Myanmar team will have also studied Parliamentary procedure and processes. From the Indian side, R.S. Mooshahary, Governor of Meghalaya, Ambassador Rajiv Bhatia,Director General of the Indian Council of World Affairs, Dr. Sanjaya Baru, former spokesman in the Prime Minister’s Office, Mr KC Sivaramakrishnan Chairman, Centre for Policy Research, Delhi, Former Secretary, Govt. of India, & Senior Advisor, World Bank, Mr T P Khaund Principal Adviser to Govt. of Mizoram and Mr. PD Rai, MP(Sikkim) were among the policy makers, scholars and others who joined the conference. The seminar brought together from Myanmar, under the aegis of ANFREL, prominent media practitioners as well as political activists and representatives of ethnic groups.