INVITATION
For
Participation and paper presentation at the
ELEVENTH Annual NEST Conference will be held in Chorao, Goa from 10 am 26th
November 2007 to 5.00pm 27th November 2007.
Theme: TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS, PEOPLE AND THE STATE
Possible areas of deliberations for the conference are as follows:
1. TNCs, Land Snatchers; Special Economic Zones, Free Port, Coastal
Invasions, Tourism, Industry and Agriculture.
2. TNCs and the Environment: Air, Water, Solid Waste Hazards, e-waste and
climate.
3. TNCs: Workers and Womens Issues.
4. TNCs: Health, Medicine and Education.
5. TNCs: Art, Culture, Language, Aesthetics and Sports.
6. TNCs, Science and Technology: Information technology Energy, Defense
and Security Apparatus.
7. TNCs and the International Scenario: Africa, Asia and Latin America.
8. Crisis and Internal Contradictions of TNCs.
9. Peoples Movements against the TNCs: Jal, Jungle, Jameen, Dams and
Rehabilitation, Mines, Food and Fishery.
10. Any other related issues.
Registration fee for earning: Rs.250/- Non-earning: Rs. 150/- (Inclusive of
boarding and lodging for both the days). Stying arrangements in Chorao will be
from 25th November 2007 onwards .
The venue is Mahale Hall, Pandavadda, Chorao Island, close to Panjim City with
one ferry crossing at Ribander.
Last date to confirm your participation: November 18 2007
Contact NEST email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NOTE ON NEST:
NEST stands for Nature Environment Society and Transformations. Its founder is
Dr. Bikram Dasgupta, Department of Chemistry, Goa University, Goa. Besides its
Annual Conferences, number of small reflective and interactive sessions
participated by Academics, workers, common People, Artists, Intellectuals;
thereby creating an interface between them. The group is also involved in
solidarity meets with different groups of people threatened by development
paradigm.
The following are themes of the past ten years as we take time to look back and
enter XIth year as a voluntary organization:
1. First Annual conference Nature Society and transformations Venue:
Peaceful society, Madkai, Goa.
2. Second Annual conference Development and its Consequences Venue:
Peaceful society, Madkai, Goa
3. Third Annual Conference Development and its Consequences Venue:
Government School, Menkurem, Goa
4. Fourth annual Conference Institutions, Ideologies and Knowledge Systems
Venue: Zantye College, Bicholim
5. Fifth Annual Conference Science and Education in Historical Perspective
Venue: Kamleshwar High School, Korgao, Goa
6. Sixth Annual Conference Dynamics of order and disorder in nature and
society: Chaos, Systems Theory and Chaocomplexology. Venue: New Leed
Trust, Kalyanapuram, Tamilnadu.
7. Seventh Annual Conference People Resources and Resistance Venue: Madras
Christian College, Tambram, Chennai.
8. Eighth Annual Conference Indigenous People Venue: SDC,Ranchi, Jharkhand
9. Ninth Annual Conference Political Economy Venue: Manantwadi, Kerala
10. Tenth Annual Conference Women, Workers and Humanism Venue: Shikshak
Bhavan, Pune
Please convey your confirmations to any of the co-ordinators below or to the
NEST email id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] by November 18 2007
John Cardozo
(Co-ordinator)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(m): 09822143223
Kishore Chattaria
(Co-ordinator)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(m): 09822386325
Ulhas Gaonkar
(Co-ordinator)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(m): 09923765741
269, Hilltop Residence, Pandavaddo, Chorao Islands Goa 403 102. [EMAIL
PROTECTED]
ph. No. 0832-2239968
