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International Workshop on “Sustainable water resource management: Perspectives from Europe and South Asia” (Poster) (28.-29.09.2015, German House for Research and Innovation, DWIH, Delhi). The workshop is organised by HCSA and SAI in cooperation with FU Berlin, Kashmir University and TERI University, partners: BayIND, GIZ, Göttingen University, Friedrich Naumann Foundation and TUM. The workshop aims at bringing together top-notch scholars, experts and practitioners from Germany and India, from both public and private sector, covering various aspects of water resource management (e.g., ground water management and regulation, transboundary water resources cooperation, etc.). In a working, knowledge transfer-oriented environment that bridges science, policy and practice, the participants will present their work, initiatives and ideas, exchange their views and approaches, and jointly seek for commonalities and innovative solutions to secure a sustainable and efficient water resource management.
· Symposium “Indo-German Dialogue on Excellence in Research and Education” (Delhi 14.10, German Embassy in Delhi, TBC) organized by DAAD, in cooperation with HCSA, FU Berlin, University of Cologne, TUM as well as JNU, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi University, University of Hyderabad. The symposium aims at bringing together Indian and German decision makers and leading experts in education sector, to jointly and comprehensively discuss the multifaceted and all-encompassing aspect of excellence in teaching and research, to exchange ideas and experiences with regard to the challenges and opportunities it requires, to identify areas of mutual interest and effort. Starting in Delhi, the symposium will take place in different Indian cities (‘clusters of excellence’). It is conceptualized as a series of talks, followed by a panel discussion on relevant topics, such as internationalization, partnership with industry and business, funding, innovative institutional strategies, graduate schools and so on. The final aim of the organizers is to institutionalize this framework (i.e., 2-3 symposia per year, which will conclude with a strategy paper) for a comprehensive exchange and cooperation between Indian and German universities.
· International conference on “Scientification and Scientism in the Humanities in South Asia and Europe” (25.11.2015, JNU, New Delhi), organized by FU Berlin (Professor Christoph Wulf and Heidelberg University (Professor Axel Michaels) from Heidelberg University. The topic of the conference is of central importance in the heated discussion in 'India if Sanskrit Knowledge can be considered as an early form of scientific knowledge. In politics, quite a few people assume that Sanskrit knowledge is a preform of scientific knowledge and use the label "scientific" to postulate continuity between Indian cultural traditions and modern sciences. The conference participants will discuss theses discourses and will analyze to what degree the notion of science is used or misused to reinforce and legitimize existing cultural and societal traditions.
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