A two-day National Seminar titled “Sustaining Peace In Northeast India: Changing Dimensions” is being organized by CDPS in collaboration with the British Deputy High Commission, Kolkata. The seminar will be held at Guwahati, on 13-14 February 2012.

The Seminar will be inaugurated by the Assam Chief Minister Sri Tarun Gogoi. Former Union Home Secretary Mr GK Pillai will deliver the keynote address. Mr Sanjay Wadvani, British Deputy High Commissioner to Eastern India will be the Guest of Honour.

This is indeed a critical juncture for Northeast India: on one hand peace appears to be round the corner in states like Nagaland and parts of Assam with the Centre at an advanced stage of peace negotiations with the Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM), the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), and several other ethnic rebel groups. On the other hand, an entirely new dimension is being added to the insurgency in the Northeast with a Maoist rebellion brewing and taking shape in the region. This is just one aspect of the ‘Changing Dimension’ in the peace and security scenario in the Northeast.

Some of the key speakers at the Seminar would include: Dr Samir Das, Prof. & Chair, Deptt. of Political Science, Calcutta University, Dr Alka Acharya, Professor of Chinese Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, Subir Bhaumik, Author & Journalist, Patricia Mukhim, Editor, The Shillong Times, Dr Monirul Hussain, Head, Dept of Political Science & Sociology, Gauhati University, Dr NG Mahanta, Peace & Conflict Studies Centre, GU, Mr Gaurav Gogoi, Co-founder Youth Forum On Foreign Policy, Dr Rajen Singh, Manipur University, Dr John Sema from Nagaland University, Mr Toki Blah, Development expert and others.