India-EU Study Centres Programme (IESCP) final conference in Delhi

On 22 November 2011, the India-EU Study Centres Programme (IESCP) will have a final conference in New Delhi, where outcomes and achievements gained during its 43 months of existence will be presented. IESCP was set up by the European Commission in 2008 as an integral part of the India-EU Joint Action Plan adopted in 2005. Its aim was to promote a better understanding of the EU in India and vice versa through academic and other forms of collaboration, and its chief objective both to strengthen existing study centres and establish new ones focusing on EU studies in India as well as on contemporary Indian studies in Europe. More information about IESCP.

The current Centres on EU Studies are found at the following Indian universities:

– SP Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai
– Pondicherry University
– Symbiosis International, Pune
– University of Delhi
– Mangalore University
– Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), Chennai
– Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli
– University of Rajasthan
– Manipal University
– Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi

The current Centres on Contemporary India Studies are found at the following European universities:

– Aarhus University, Denmark
– Leiden University, The Netherlands
– Hochschule Bremen University of Applied Sciences, Germany
– University of Milan, Italy
– University of Warsaw, Poland

At the New Delhi conference will also be discussed how networking could be continued among the universities involved once the IESCP programme is over. See the tentative conference programme.