Facets of the Indian Diaspora:

Panel Discussion and

Book Launch

Date: Monday, 13 October 2008
Time: 6.30pm-8pm
Location: LT9, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, NUS
Guest-of-Honour: Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Mr S Iswaran

Organized by FASS Migration Cluster, in conjunction with the Department of Social Work and the South Asian Studies Programme.

Synopsis

As the Indian Diaspora continues to grow in number and global significance, a large body of research has been generated on the subject.

Facets of the Indian Diaspora: A Panel Discussion and Book Launch is part of a larger effort to bring together current existing research on the Diaspora in an interdisciplinary dialogue on the broader issues facing its members, as well as the overseas Indian community’s relations with the homeland and their chosen place of residence.

The panel speakers were:

• A/P Chitra Sankaran, Department of English Language and Literature, FASS, NUS;

• Professor Anjali Roy, Asia Research Institute, NUS; and

• Dr T T Sreekumar, Communications and New Media Programme, FASS, NUS.

Programme

You can download a copy of the event's programme here.

Ministerial speech

For a transcript of the address by Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Mr S Iswaran, made on 13 October 2008 at the event, click here.