Author's talk and book discussion on "Democratisation of Myanmar"
Date - 25 October 2016 at Jindal Global University, NCR of Delhi

Programme

Welcoming Remarks
3:45 pm – 3:50 pm
Professor (Dr.) Sreeram Sundar Chaulia
Dean, Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA)
O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU)

Keynote Address
3:50 pm – 4:00 pm
Professor (Dr.) C. Raj Kumar
Vice Chancellor, O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU)

Author's Talk
4:00 pm – 4:10 pm
Professor (Dr.) Nehginpao Kipgen
Executive Director, Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, JSIA

Panel Discussion on the Book
4:10 pm – 4:55 pm

Discussants
Professor Sudarshan Ramaswamy, Dean; Executive
Director, Centre for Ethics, Law and Political Economy, Jindal School of Government and Public Policy (JSGP), JGU

Dr. (Ms) Sonu Trivedi, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Zakir Husain Delhi College (University of Delhi)

Dr. Khriezo Yhome, Research Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi

Moderator: Professor (Dr.) Sreeram Sundar Chaulia, Dean, JSIA

Q & A Session with the Audience
4:55 pm – 5:10 pm

Vote of Thanks
5:10 pm – 5:15 pm
Dr. Shashank Shekhar Sinha
Publishing Director Routledge India

Professor (Dr.) Nehginpao Kipgen
Executive Director, Centre for Southeast Asian Studies
Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA), JGU


About the Author

Nehginpao Kipgen is Assistant Professor and Executive Director of Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, JindaI School of International Affairs, O.P. Jindal Global University. Dr. Kipgen is a Political Scientist whose concentration is in Comparative Politics and International Relations. His general research interests include democratization, democratic transition, global/world politics, human rights, ethnic conflict, identity politics, and foreign policy. His academic research focuses on South Asia and Southeast Asia, with specialization on Burma/Myanmar.

Since 2013, Kipgen has served as a “country expert” on Myanmar for Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem), a collaborative academic research project of the Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg (Sweden), and the Kellogg Institute, University of Notre Dame (USA). Dr. Kipgen was awarded scholarships by Open Society Institute, New York; Prospect Burma, London; and the U.S. State Department for his Masters and Doctoral programs. Dr. Kipgen is also a recipient of International Writing Award from Earth Community Organization, Canada.

Dr. Kipgen has published single-authored books in Routledge (Taylor & Francis), Oxford University Press, and Ruby Press; peer-reviewed academic articles in Social Research: An International Quarterly, World Affairs, Journal of Asian and African Studies, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, Ethnopolitics, Strategic Analysis, South Asia Research, Indian Journal of Political Science, Economic and Political Weekly, Asian Profile, and Asian Affairs. He has also published over 130 articles in various leading international newspapers and magazines in five continents - Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, and North America.

These include, among others: Foreign Policy Journal, Washington Times, Fair Observer, Huffington Post, The World Post, International Peace Institute/Global Observatory, Nikkei Asian Review, The Diplomat, The Straits Times, The Star, New Straits Times, The Guardian, Epoch Times, Jerusalem Post, The Hindu, Hindustan Times, Asian Age, Deccan Chronicle, The Statesman, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, New Zealand Herald, National Times, Asia Times, China Post, China Daily, Global Times, Japan Today, Korea Times, South China Morning Post, The Indian Express, The Wire, Journal of Turkish Weekly, Al-Jazeerah, The National, The Standard, Bangkok Post, Jakarta Post, Jakarta Globe, Manila Times, Brunei Times, Gulf Times, Gulf Today, Khaleej Times, Arab News, Phnom Penh Post, Global New Light of Myanmar, Myanmar Times, Malaysian Mirror, Bangladesh Today,

The Daily Star, The Island, Asia Sentinel, Asia News Network, Asian Tribune, and The Irrawaddy. Dr. Kipgen has appeared for a Washington, D.C.-based Voice of America television and radio programs, Radio Free Asia, a London-based British Broadcasting Corporation, and a New Delhi-based Lok Sabha TV.

About the Book

This topical book studies the process of democratic transition in Myanmar. It outlines the factors that contributed to the political transition in the country and the circumstances in which the transition from military rule of nearly five decades to democracy took place. The author shows how political groups - especially Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy - and the military that had been hostile to the idea and practice of democracy came to work together, paving the way for the political change after protracted struggle. The volume also examines the role of the civil society, elites, external agencies, and institutions in the process of democratic change. Bringing together a balance of primary ethnographic fieldwork and nuanced analyses, this book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of Asian and Southeast Asian Studies, politics and political processes, democratization process and democratic transitions, international relations, peace and conflict studies, especially those concerned with Myanmar.