Institute
on Politics 2016 (May 2-6, 2016)
The programme department of Ecumenical
Christian Centre (ECC), Bangalore and Inter-Church Service Association (ICSA),
Chennai jointly organized Institute on Politics, 2016 during May, 2-6, 2016, with the theme “Analysis of the Contemporary
Political Challenges in India.” About 44 participants from different
parts of the country participated the Institute. A brief introduction about the
Institute on Politics was given by Dr. Reji Samuel, Dean of ISET, ECC, followed
by the key note address by Very Rev. Dr. Cherian Thomas, the Director of ECC.
Dr.
A. J. Anandan, IPS (Rtd.) took the first session, Analysis of Contemporary Political Challenges in India. He stressed
on the political challenges that India is now facing. The next session was on Understanding Politics by Dr. Moses P.
Manohar, the Executive Director of ICSA. Dr. Moses dealt with the very basic
question, “what is Politics and its importance and need in our society.” Shri.
N. B. Bhat, IPS (Rtd.) took a session on
RTI & Fixing Accountability. Bhat
threw light on various aspects of RTI, why it was enacted, its features and
relevance. Dr. Moses P. Manohar took another session on Introduction to constitution of India. He briefed the history and
development of the Indian constitution and its principles. Dr. Moses continued
his talk in the next session on the need of the state and the ideas of the Welfare State. Another eminent scholar Dr.
Sapna Mohan took two sessions, Women and
Law and Recent Legislations in
Central and State/budget allocation. Dr. Sapna discussed elaborately on the
laws and legislation in India that dealt particularly with the rights and
protection of women. Great personalities like Justice Santhosh Hedge, the
former Supreme Court Judge also took a session on Lokpal Bill/Lokayuktha. He discussed in details about the role of
Lokayuktha and challenged the young people to bring change in the society by
keeping themselves aloof from the Greed and to promote the values of Humanism.
Mr. Tarak Goradia, an IIT graduate and a worker of AAP also took an interesting
session on New Political Experimenting, where
he discussed the primary objectives of AAP and its function, and their aim of
establishing a new kind of democratic structure and principles. The session was
followed by Human Rights Issues by
Mr. Mathew Philip. He alleged that Human Rights is the integral part of
Politics and protection of the Human Rights is the primary objective of
politics. The final session was on Spirituality
and Politics by Very Rev. Dr. Cherian Thomas, the Director of ECC. Dr.
Cherian gave a wider meaning of spirituality and invited the delegates to
protect and preserve the human rights which are sacred. He strongly urged the
delegates to be a part of nation building which is the true sign of
spirituality. The session ended with the brief report of the program.
Thangminlun Vaiphei
Programme Executive, ECC.
Programme Executive, ECC.