National Seminar on India under Siege: Way Out

National Seminar on India under Siege: What’s the Way Out?
Date: 27th May, 2011
Venue: CONSTITUTION CLUB, Rafi Marg, New Delhi
Organized by: Rashtriya Swabhiman Aandolan

Over six decades since its independence, and two decades since it
embarked upon the epochal economic liberalization, it’s sad and
shocking that this nation has been sinking into an ever deepening
quagmire of corruption and kleptocracy. It now has the dubious
distinction of one of its scams figuring as the second in the list of
scandals and scams in the all-time Top 10 Abuses of Power, only next
to ex-American President Richard Nixon's ''Plumbers'', a secret unit
tasked with digging up dirt on Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg.
The top distinction too may not be far off as the government’s “dirty
tricks department” are in hot pursuit of key investigators in the yet
unfolding Hassan Ali saga. It’s a troubling commentary on the state of
affairs that the Supreme Court has to express its surprise on being
kept in the dark on the issue. This has landed India into debates even
internationally, which raise veritable questions about its health, an
year back:
Is the nation in a coma?
(Source: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/article993024.ece
)

However deep and multi-farious the crises may be, the people of India,
especially its youth will rise to the occasion. That’s the firm belief
which drives this seminar. We have a glimmer of hope that there must
be a light at the end of this tortuous tunnel. We shall explore ways
in which the glimmer of hope can turn into a forceful storm that will
ensure our victory over the monstrous forces of corruption and state
kleptocracy and end the “Cycle of Corruption”.

Unravelling a Simple Truth about Corruption
(Source: http://chandra-vikash.sulekha.com/blog/post/2011/05/unravelling-a-simple-truth-of-corruption-why-there.htm)

We cordially invite you to participate in this day- long seminar and
to create together a vision for India that’s fair and inclusive,
secure and self-respecting and one that we and coming generations can
take pride in.

Programme Schedule

0900hrs-0915hrs: Registration
0915hrs-0930hrs : Seminar Inauguration: Shri TN Chaturvedi, former
Comptroller and Auditor General of India and former Governor of
Karnataka has gracefully agreed to inaugurate the seminar.
0930hrs - 1015hrs: Keynote address: Eminent social activist and
thinker Shri KN Govindacharya
1015hrs-1330hrs: Sessions
1. Reforms- Legal, Bureaucracy, Police, Electoral and Others
2. Field Experiences in the fight against corruption
3. Black money trail
Speakers: Subhash C Kashyap, Vineet Narain, Prakash Singh, Amitabh
Sinha, Chhavi Rajavat, Shiraj Ansari, Akhil Gogoi, Ram Bahadur Rai, Mr
Ravindra Kishore Sinha, BR Lall, Prakash Dubey, Prof Arun Kumar and
Dr. Subramanian Swamy
Moderated by: Surajit Dasgupta and Sudesh Verma
1330hrs-1415hrs: LUNCH
1415hrs-1600hrs : Sessions contd.
1600hrs-1830hrs: Open House session: What’s the way out?
Moderated by: Chandra Vikash
1830hrs-1900hrs: Valedictory address : Shri KN Govindacharya

RSVP
Surendra Bisht: 093231-96743
Rakesh Dubey: 094250-22703
Surajit Dasgupta: 96504-44033
Meena Dabas: 98117-45333
Sudesh Verma: 98734-15077