2017 events
Integration and anxiety in Modi's India
24 November 2017
A seminar by Professor Subrata Mitra of the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), National University of Singapore at Victoria University of Wellington.
Lines of Contention: The Rowmari-Tura Road
12 October 2017
Seminar by Malini Sur of the Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University, at Victoria University of Wellington.
Emergency Contraception: Neo-Malthusianism, Neoliberalism, and India’s Reimagined Family Planning Project
22 September 2017
A seminar by Dr. Nayantara Sheoran Appleton at Victoria University of Wellington.
Partition: Looking Back after Seventy Years
17-18 August 2017
An international conference in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, Indian Museum and Victoria Memorial Hall at Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata.
Polemics and Practicalities: Hindu Book Publishing in Colonial India
7 June 2017
A seminar at Victoria University by Rick Weiss.
Strategic and economic engagement between India and East Asia–Pacific and the impact of major country dynamics
2 May 2017
Lecture by Mr Amitabh Kant at Victoria University of Wellington. Dr Kant is CEO of NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) and a key adviser to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Presented by the New Zealand India Research Institute and the Asia New Zealand Foundation.
Mr Kant discussed India’s “Act East” approach, in the context of the rise of India and its importance in the Asia–Pacific region. He reflected on India’s strategic and economic relations with key regional players, notably China and the United States.
Mr Kant also assessed opportunities for New Zealand with India and how he sees the New Zealand relationship with India developing in the near future. For an audience interested in India, this was a fascinating strategic take from a key influencer in India.
Mr Kant was the recipient of the Prime Minister’s Sir Edmund Hillary Fellowship for 2017.
- Read Mr Kant's official biography.
The Myriad Faces of War: 1917 and its legacy
25-28 April 2017
NZIRI sponsored the visit of Professor Radhika Singha of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Presentation held at at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
Sikhs in Gallipoli
26 April 2017
A public lecture by Professor Peter Stanley, co-organised by the NZIRI and the Sikh Foundation New Zealand and held at Victoria University of Wellington.
Science and Technology in India symposium
19-20 April 2017
An NZIRI-NZSAC collaboration, symposium held at the University of Canterbury.
Imagining Engagement: What We Could Be Seeing When We See Other People
Friday 31 March
NZIRI Seminar Series presented a seminar by Rajorshi Chakraborti at Victoria University of Wellington.
Global Networks—Indianness Abroad: The New Zealand Story
17-18 February 2017
A NZIRI-AUT Symposium at Auckland University of Technology City Campus, convened by Dr Alison Booth, Dr Vijay Devadas, and Dr Tracy Berno, AUT.
Read an article about the symposium published in the Indian Weekender