This should be very interesting. This is encourging, but it all depends upon how it is structured. Whether the course emphasizes on conflict resolution techniques or not will be the key. Hopefully, the course will focus on the situation in Assam as a starting point, and try and find soultions that will help Assam.
--Ram http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=oct1007\City3 *New GU PG course on Peace & Conflict Studies *By A Staff Reporter GUWAHATI, Oct 9 – A UGC-sponsored two-year Post-Graduate (PG) course on Peace and Conflict Studies will be launched by the Gauhati University (GU) Political Science Department from November next. In the meantime, selection of candidates for the course has started and syllabus has also been prepared, said Prof Sandhya Goswami, the Head of the Political Science Department, in a statement here. The course is expected to foster research activities on the prevailing situation in the NE region, besides opening up new avenues for employment by creating experts on the subject. Dr Nanigopal Mahanta, a Reader of the department, who received higher education in the area in the Barkley University, USA, will act as the coordinator of the course. It needs mention here that peace studies could secure recognition as an academic activity in 1959 even though scholars like Imanual Kant and Frederick Nitze advocated the relevance of the academic importance of peace much before. At present peace studies has acquired an important place in the academic activities of the universities of many countries for its link with the day-to-day life of the people. The first semester course of the GU programme will introduce students to peace and conflict studies, provide the theory and practice of non-violence and also of violence. The second semester course will include lessons on peace and conflict management, political economy and sustainability of development in South Asia. The third semester course will include lessons on globalisation and democracy in India, on issues of governance and human security, on South and South-East Asia and on issues concerning women, peace and security. The fourth semester course of the programme has been designed to enlighten the students on research methodology and filed exposure, said Prof Goswami, adding several experts in the field have already been invited to take part in the programme.
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