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The 34th NIAS Senior Executive Course Brochure, 6-11 January 2020
Get PDFThe Theme: The promise of India: Achieving the potential to be a global leade
China-Pakistan Economic Cooperation (CPEC) Project: Satellite Imagery Analysis of Port Development at Makran Coast (NIAS/CSS/ISSSP/U/RR/14/2020)
Get PDFThe study looks at the port development in the Makran coastal region, and how the CPEC is transforming naval port development along the Makran Coast. The study uses open source satellite images to analyse the development of Gwadar Port and PNS Akram (Gwadar), Jinnah Naval Base (JNB) and PNS Ahsan (Ormara), PNS Makran (Pasni), PNS Siddiq (Turbat) and the naval station, Jiwani Peninsula. The objectives include carrying out various interpretation methods to
verify the claimed rapid development of the Makran Coast
Ashram Schools: Challenges and Future Directions (NIAS/SSc/EDU/U/PB/24/2020)
Get PDFResidential schools have been part of our education system
for a long time. Going back to the 19th century as formal
educational institutions developed, residential schools
performed three primary functions: an extension of the homebound learning practices; an alternative to formal schools;
and a place to educate the wealthy. While the history of
boarding schools tells us the story of travel and educational
access, history of residential schools for the disadvantaged
is more complex. For the Adivasi communities, separated by
distance and social marginalisation, residential schools hold
tremendous importance and promise
Philosophical analysis of wave-particle duality of photons
Get PDFThis thesis is a study about the insights and challenges provided by the concept of wave-
particle duality for the understanding of physical entities. I specifically analyse the duality
claim of photons and the related interference phenomena. To begin, I explore several
notions of duality found in mathematics and various branches of science and present the
similarities and differences amidst them. After this, with regard to wave-particle duality of
radiation, I highlight the plurality associated with this concept based on a few important
interpretations of duality. I then focus on the wave-particle duality claim about photons
articulated in the context of two experiments: the anti-correlation experiment and photons’
behaviour in the Mach-Zehnder interferometer experiment. I argue that this claim can
neither be substantiated through the complementarity principle nor by claiming that
photons behave analogously to classical waves and particles. This detailed examination
of the experiments brings to the forefront yet another confusion about photons that
I subsequently evaluate. I discuss the controversy concerning the interpretation of the
interference phenomenon of photons and identify the sources of this confusion. Through
these arguments and conclusions drawn in this thesis, I demonstrate how philosophical
analysis is crucial for the understanding of scientific entities
Differentiation of femininities in contemporary Kerala: Evidence from left-behind families of women transmigrant workers
No full textThis article explores a largely understudied aspect of women’s transnational labour migration: how localised frameworks of feminine ideals and subjectivities interact with women’s migration. It is based on a mixed-methods field research conducted in 2016 in a village in Central Kerala with a long history of women’s labour migration. Analyses revealed the emergence of five local categories of feminine subjectivities: the dutiful daughters, young educated and typically unmarried women who are considered as assets rather than burdens by their families; the responsible mothers, who are responsible for the social reproduction of dutiful daughters; the flying grandmas, commonly older mothers who engage in temporary migration to support the transmigrant women with their domestic responsibilities; the defiant wives, mostly married women whose autonomous migration is perceived as a transgression of the conjugal family ideals even though these families survive on their earnings; and the substitute women, typically older women who take over the role of caregivers when married women migrate leaving behind their husbands and children. The paper concludes by demonstrating how globalising processes like women’s international labour migration interact with localised gender, caste and class structures to produce new and unequal categories of femininities
Problem Elephant or Elephantine Problem
Get PDFIn mid-November 2019, environmental news sections in many leading newspapers in India reported, the capture of an alleged “rogue” elephant named Bin Laden in the northeastern state of Assam, and its subsequent death in captivity. This was not the first incident of its kind, where an animal that was seen or assumed as problematic, was named after a dreaded terrorist. In two earlier cases in December 2006 and May 2008, elephants had allegedly killed numerous people, which prompted pressure from the public on the local forest authorities to kill them. Debate ensued about the authenticity of the allegations against the elephants, while others have pondered on whether the right animal was caught or not. What I question, instead, is the assignment of the title “problem animal” to a creature of a species known for its gentleness. This labelling of animals as “rogues” and “marauders,” sometimes even by members of the scientific fraternity, has done them a great disservice. It has contributed to a gradual decline in the cultural respect and tolerance the species once enjoyed. Increasingly, the overarching argument is that animals must remain within protected areas, and their existence in human-use landscapes is problematic. It is this difference, between where people perceive an animal should be, and where it actually is, that explains the context and relevance of human-elephant conflict and coexistence
Terrorism, Communal Politics and Ethnic Demography: Is there a Causal Connection? - Empirical Analysis of Terrorist Incidents in Maharashtra (NIAS/CSS/ISSSP/U/RR/08/2020)
Get PDFIs there a causal link between ethnic demography, communal violence, local politics and terrorism? What factors might prompt a terrorist to choose a target place? Why the states like Maharashtra and Mumbai in particular witnessed more terrorist attacks in India? It is a question which arises on observing the trend and pattern of terrorism in India, particularly when one state, say Maharashtra witnessed more number of terrorist attacks than other states. While the underlying reason for Mumbai—and generally Maharashtra, being targeted due to its well established economic profile could be true, it would also be worthwhile to examine other factors to gain more clarity on the subject