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Seminar/Workshop Organized/ Coordinated:
Coordinator
of to two-day International Seminar ‘India and the Major Powers
in Central and West Asia: Challenges and Opportunities’ from 22
- 23 October 2008. Organized by the Academy in collaboration
with Centre for West Asian Studies, JMI.
Coordinator of to two-day International Seminar on 'India,
Central Asia and Turkey: Understanding Past matrix and Present
Realities' on August 29-30, 2007, organized by the Academy of
Third World Studies (ATWS), Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.
Coordinator two-days workshop on "Central Asia & West Asia:
What They Mean to India Today?" organized by the ‘Indian
Association of Central and West Asian Studies’ & ATWS, at the
University Guest House, (Nehru House) Jamia Millia Islamia, on
17 & 18 March 2005
Co-Coordinator two-day seminar on "Experience of the UN in
Recent Peace Management: Lessons for the Third World." organized
by the Academy of Third World Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia on
22nd & 23rd March 2005.
LECTURE/TALKS
ORGANIZED:
Organized “Contemporary Brazilian Film
Festival” on Nov 19- 22, 2008 at Al Farabi Hall, ATWS, Jamia
Millia Islamia, in-collaboration with Centre for European &
Latin American Studies and Embassy of Brazil, New Delhi.
Organized symposium & Exhibition on ‘East Timur’ on Tuesday,
22 January 2008, at 2:00 pm, at Ho Chi Minh Conference Hall,
ATWS, Jamia Millia Islamia. The symposium and exhibition was co
sponsored by the Instituto Camões- Portuguese Cultural Centre,
New Delhi and Centre for European & Latin American Studies, JMI
Organized a Talk delivered by Nasrine Abou-Bakre Gross on
"The Third Occupation of Afghanistan and Peace Jirga" on
Wednesday 7th November 2007, 11:00 am to 12.30 pm, at
the Ho Chi Minh Seminar Conference Room, Jamia Millia Islamia,
New Delhi110025.
Organized a Panel Discussion on ‘India and the Silk Route:
Exploring Contemporary Possibilities’ on Wednesday 8th
August 2007, 10:30 am to 1.00 pm, at the Conference Room of the
Academy.
An Interview with Diloram Ibrahimova, Senior Producer,
Central Asia and Caucasus, BBC World Service, on Silk Road and
Indian Perspectives, Delhi, March 2007.
Rapporteur of a Panel discussion on Current Developments
in Central Asia, organized by ATWS on 23 March 2006.
Organized a panel discussion on Islam in Central Asia and
its Neighbourhood, under the aegis of Central Asian Unit,
ATWS on 15 February 2006.
Projects:
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Revival of the Silk Route: Problems and Prospects for India’s
Trade with Central Asia ,
sponsored by the Ministry of External Affairs, Initially it was
awarded for two year later extended by one year, ending in the
year 2008. My project deals with historical aspects of the Silk
Route and provides a perspective on how and why it has come to
attract attention in recent years. It also deals with the
importance of the Silk Route for India. It also
deals with India’s relations with the Central Asian states and
the prospect for cooperation for energy security and trade
interaction.
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Grand Trunk Road: Continuity and Changes ,
the aim of my work is to relive the experiences of the old trade
route. What benefits ‘India and Pakistan can get from a better
understanding of this trade route. A partial grant, FTG (Foreign
Travel Grant) given by ICHR (Indian Council of Historical
Research), an autonomous body of Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India
which enabled me to traveled along the G.T. Road in Pakistan in
2007. I don’t have a deadline for this project but I am planning
to bring my findings as a book in 2009.
Publication Details:
Book
Published/Under publication
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Co-edited, India and Central Asia: Past Matrix and Present
Realities (Delhi: Vitasta Publications, forthcoming, 2009).
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Co-edited,
Dynamics of Indo-Turkish Relations (Delhi: New Century
Publications, forthcoming, 2009).
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The History of Sur Architecture under publication with
Manohar publisher, New Delhi
(September
2008).
Articles
Published/Under Publication
‘Post-Soviet Religio-Cultural Scenario of Central Asia’ India
Quarterly, vol.LXI, No.4; October-December, 2005, Indian
Council for World Affairs, New Delhi.
"India’s connection with the Silk Route" India Quarterly,
vol.LXI, No.1; Jan-March, 2005, Indian Council for World
Affairs, New Delhi.
‘Development of Sultanate Architecture in India and its Central
Asian Antecedents’, MIRAS, 4/2004, a journal published by
‘The State of Cultural Heritage of The People of Turkmenistan,
Central Asia and The Orient’, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
"Architecture Under the Timurids in Central Asia", Islam And
The Modern Age, vol. xxxv No.2 May 2004, New Delhi.
"Architecture As A Source of History", Islam And The Modern
Age, New Delhi. (Forthcoming)
Published Papers on Cultural History and Architectural
Conservation in leading newspapers like The Pioneer,
Qaumi Awaz, Rashtriya Sahara and
Nai Duniya.
Regular writer of articles on Indian historical places in the
magazine India Perspectives published by Ministry of
External Affairs, Govt. of India.
International Seminars/workshops attend:
Presented paper on "India along the Silk Route: Problems &
Prospects" in A two-day international Indology Seminar
"Central Asia–India Dialogue: Building a Partnership on the
Foundation of Rich Cultural & Historical Heritage" from on
14-15 March 2008, organized by the Embassy of India,
Tashkent in association with the Tashkent State Institute of
Oriental Studies (TSIOS),
Uzbekistan.
Presented paper on "Some Aspects of Cultural and Society in
Post-Soviet Central Asia" in an International conference
on "Culture of Nomadic Peoples of Central Asia" from 21 to
23, November 2007 organized by International Institute for
Central Asian Studies, (IICAS), Samarkand,
Uzbekistan.
Presenter paper on ‘India along the Silk Route: Problems &
Prospects’ in an international Seminar on "Revival of The
Silk Route: The New Initiatives and Engagements for the 21st
Century" from 8th to 11th February 2007,
organised by Indian Council Of World Affairs, & International
centre, Goa, India.
Architecture of Kunya Urganch and it influences on Turkish
Architecture in India’ in an International Conference on ‘Kunya
Urgench: Resources and Partnerships for Preservation and
Conservation of the World Heritage in the Central Asia’ from
May 22-25, 2006, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, organised by
Secretariat of the Turkmenistan National Commission for
UNESCO.
Attended Summer School "Muslim in the West" organized by
University of Erfurt, Germany, from August 20 to
September 06, 2005. Presented a paper on "Islamic Culture in
Spain."
Presented paper "The Construction of Cultural Heritage in
Contemporary Turkmenistan" an international conference on
‘Sultan Sanjar and His Epoch’ held on November 17-18, 2004 in
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Organized by Ministry of Culture
and Information of Turkmenistan & State institute of cultural
Heritage of Turkmenistan.
Presented paper ‘Turkic Influence on Indian Architecture
(AD1196-1555AD)’ in an international Congress on ‘The Role and
Place of the Turkic Civilization among the World Civilizations’
organized by the Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University, October
4-6, 2004 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Presented paper in an International Scientific Conference, 16-19
October 2002 organized by the State Institute of
Cultural Heritage of the People of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat,
Turkmenistan.
FTG
grant from ICHR, New Delhi, in September 1999 to visit
Uzbekistan while perusing Ph.D.
Papers
Presented at National Seminars
Details of published
Papers
In India
Perspectives:
- ‘Bu’Ali Shah
Qalander in Search of the Beloved’
- ‘Chirag-i- Delhi
worth successor of Nizamm-ud din Auliya’
- ‘Baba Farid The
Ascetic’
- ‘Saikh Nizam-ud
Din Auliya the Enlighten Saint’
- ‘Khaja Kaki"
Sultan of Delhi’
- ‘Shah hamdan
Symbol of Cultural integration’
- ‘Ajmer Sharif
Ultimate Quest of the Pilgrim’
- ‘Quit Rest the
First Mughal Emperor’
- ‘Tuglaqabad fort
Fusion of Architecture’
- ‘Fort of
Rohtasgarh Sentinel of the Past’
- ‘Humayun’s Tomb
Symbol of Love’
- ‘Sher Shah’s Tomb’
- ‘Chunar through
the Age’ in Rastriya Sahara
- ‘History of Rohtas
Fort’ in Pioneer
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