Contributors

 

 

Gardner, Hall

 

Hall Gardner is professor and chair of the Department of International Affairs and Politics at the American University of Paris. He completed both his M.A. (1982) and PhD. (1987) at the Johns Hopkins Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He taught at the Johns Hopkins-SAIS-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies (1988-89) and at Johns Hopkins SAIS-Washington (1989-90) before coming to the American University of Paris in 1990.

 

For the past decade he has been writing and working on NATO-related and transatlantic security issues as a member of the Committee on Atlantic Studies. He is on the Advisory Board of the Cicero Foundation (Paris/ Maastricht), which holds conferences on NATO and EU-related issues. His publications include, Dangerous Crossroads: Europe, Russia and the Future of NATO (Westport, CT: Praeger, 1997); Surviving the Millennium: American Global Strategy, the Collapse of the Soviet Empire, and the Question of Peace (Westport, CT: Praeger, 1994). He is editor of, and contributor to, NATO and the European Union: New World, New Europe, New Threats (Ashgate, 2004); The New Transatlantic Agenda: Facing the Challenges of Global Governance (London: Ashgate, September 2001); and Central and Southeastern Europe in Transition: Perspectives on Success and Failure (Westport, CT: Praeger, 2000)

 

He spoke at the NATO 50th Anniversary Academic Conference held in Brussels and Bonn in May 1999 and at the Atlantic Council conference held in Slovenia in October 2001. He organized (and spoke at) the conference NATO and the European Union: New World, New Europe, New Threats held at the French Senate in December 2001. He was invited to speak on the topic “Transcending the New Global Disequilibrium” by Mikhail Gorbachev at the World Political Forum (founded by Mikhail Gorbachev, Bill Clinton and the former president of Brazil, Fernando Henrique Cardoso) held in Torino Italy, in October 2003. Excerpts from his speech appear in The World Political Forum Agenda 2003. He organized the Second Annual Presidential Conference of the American University of Paris, held at UNESCO, May 26, 2004, and spoke on the topic, “From the Egyptian Crisis of 1882 to Iraq of 2003: Alliance Ramification of the British and American Bids for World Hegemony.”

 

His publications include “NATO Enlargement and Geostrategic History: Alliances and the Question of War and Peace,” which appeared in NATO for a New Century, edited by Carl Hodge (Praeger, 2002); "NATO and the UN" published in A History of NATO, ed. Gustav Schmidt (Palgrave, 2001) and “Aligning for the Future” Harvard International Review (Winter 2003).

 

He is also an internationally published poet. Many of his poems have been published in numerous small press publications, such as the Peace or Perish Crisis Anthology.

 

 

 

Dr. Fee-Alexandra HAASE:  The editor of AA has had to accede to Dr. Haase’s expressed wish to be excluded from the contributors’ column.

 

Readers may therefore, if they wish, consult internet sources for information on her academic background.

 

 

ANINDITA   MITRA,

                       née CHATTOPADHYAY

 

c/o Dr. Dipanjan Mitra, NCRA, TIFR,

Pune University Campus, Pune – 411 007.

 

Phone: 020 - 2582- 3206, Mobile: 098509-07664

Mail to: aninditachatterjee@yahoo.com

 

Personal Profile

 

Date of Birth : 30/06/1974

Marital Status : Married

Nationality : Indian

Husband’s Name : Dr. Dipanjan Mitra

 

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS 1992-1995 2000-2002

 

B.Sc. (Hons.)

               Physics Honours from Calcutta University

 

MSW (Specialization in Mental Health and Counselling)

 

Master in Social Work from Vidyasagar University, Kolkata

 

(Dissertation topic: “Psychosocial factors leading to

maladjustment in Adolescents and Young Adults”).

 

 

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS 1995-1997

GNIIT

Diploma in Computer Application, NIIT, Kolkata

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

 

CALCUTTA HEART RESEARCH CENTRE

 

Back Office Executive cum Liaison Officer

EDP Handling, Report Generation

Liaison with existing doctors and clients.

Responsible for office administration

Coordinating activities of different departments

Monitoring activities of marketing executives

Arranging medical seminars, conference, presentation etc.

September 1997 to July 2000.

MIRAVISION

 

Co-ordinator and counselor

. EDP Handling, Report Generation, Writing Project Proposals

. Liaison with existing community resources, doctors and clients.

. Responsible for office administration and PR jobs.

. Arranging medical seminars, workshops, events and presentations.

. Interactive role in therapeutic intervention of Clients which include

taking client’s psychosocial history, diagnosis and determination of

treatment procedure including therapy and counseling.

. Marital counseling, family counseling, attending in-patient clients,

home visits, follow up, career counseling as part of rehabilitation

etc.

.Assessment of learning disabilities in children and organize learning

program for those children and took active participation in it.

. Organized and participated in stress related workshops for both

adolescents and adults.

. Geriatric counseling is another important profile of my job

responsibility.

May 2001 to August 2003

CINI – ASHA Urban Unit of Child In Need Institution

 

Co-ordinator cum Counselor (Program Associate)

 Regular interaction with field supervisors and field level worker

 Monitoring activities of field workers to ensure project activities

are completed in time and evaluation of achieved targets

 Visits to clinics and fields to interact and understand the

requirements of the community

 Reporting, communication and co-ordination with various

stakeholders

 

Arrangement and participate in various training programs,

workshops and sensitization and awareness camps.

 Reporting, meeting and regular contact with donor agency.

 Other organizational activities as assigned to me from time to

time e.g. liaison with various stakeholders like Child welfare

committee, police stations etc.

 Writing project proposal, documentation, concept paper etc.

 Handling project individually, responsible for two shelter homes..

September 2003 to November 2004

 

SPAN, During MSW - field training

Six Months twice a week

 Worked as a field-level worker and done a socio-economic

survey in a remote village in Barasat district of north 24

parganas, West Bengal.

 Worked as a field level worker in an urban slum of Kamarhati,

Kolkata in a project on education, health and sanitation where I

had direct interaction with community, monitor the activities

and sensitize and educate community and its influencer.

 

NIOH , During MSW - field training

Six Months twice a week

9 I worked in National Institute for the Orthopaedically

Handicapped (NIOH) under ministry of S.J & E, Govt. of India.

There I worked as both a community based rehabilitative worker

and a counselor. I participated in community based

immunization program, different outreach and mobile health

camps organized by NIOH and Govt. of India (both on campus

and community based), worked as a rehabilitative counselor in

the out patient department of NIOH and worked with different

types of orthopaedically handicapped patients and their family

for their socio-economic rehabilitation, vocational rehab, social

rehab, placement and employment guidance, referral etc. I also

worked with the indoor patients. My responsibility also included

filling up of Disability assessment forms after an interview

session with the patients and their family in the out patient

department and made weekly, bimonthly and monthly reports

from those forms to reports to the higher authority for their

analysis as per their requirement.

 

Sukanya Home for Juvenile Girls, During MSW - field training

Six Months once a week

Here I worked as a counselor. This Govt. Home made for non-delinquent

juvenile girls. There I did liaisoning work with the Home and

the missing person squad of Kolkata in collaboration with other NGOs

working in the field of juvenile girls and child prostitution for their

rescue and rehabilitation. This responsibility also included home visits;

interview session with the rescued girls brought here both by policemen

and social worker, helping in Juvenile Board’s work etc. Other than this

liaisoning work with the various department of the Home like with

school unit, vocational unit, health unit etc.

 

 

.Special Qualities

 

. Team building skills, analytical strength, good negotiation skill,

sound communication skills, result oriented with interpersonal skill

and enjoy working in a team & capacity in maintaining quality

standards.

 

LANGUAGES KNOWN

 

. Bengali

. English

. Hindi

. French

 

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

 

Freelance Photography

Writing Articles

Yoga and athletics

 

HOBBIES . Listening to Music, Reading Books, Travelling, Trekking,

 

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

 

Social Projects for various organizations like NIOH, UNICEF etc.

Health Awareness Campaign for Slum Dwellers and Rural people.

 

REFERENCES

Place: Dated:

 

1. Dr. Rajaram Nityananda, Director - NCRA

National Centre For Radio Astrophysics

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,

Pune University Campus, Pune - 700 007.

Phone: 020 – 2569 – 7107.

 

2. Dr. Yashwant Gupta, Professor - NCRA

National Centre For Radio Astrophysics

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,

Pune University Campus, Pune - 700 007.

Phone: 020 – 2569 – 7107.

Pune

 

(Anindita Chattopadhyay Mitra)

 

S I G N A T U R E.

 

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Mrs. Preetha Subramanian :

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CURRICULUM  VITAE

 

A.        General Information                          

 

            a)  Name                                             :   Prof. Y. YAGAMA  REDDY                                      

            b)  Official Address                             :   Centre for Studies on Indochina &

                              South Pacific (CSIC & SP)                                                                                                

                          Sri Venkateswara University                                                           

                          TIRUPATI – 517 502, India                                                            

                          Ph: 0877 - 2248467            - 2249666 Ext.319

                                      E-mail:yagamareddy_asp@rediffmail.com                                             

                           Fax     : 0877 – 2248499, 2249611

 

            c)  Residential Address                        :   Flat  No.2, Sri Sai Sudarsana Apartments                                                                              (Block-I), Amaravati Nagar

                           TIRUPATI, (A.P.) – 517 502, India                                                    Ph: 0877 – 2240260

 

            d)  Date of Birth                                  :   01-06-1952            

 

            e)  Qualifications                                  :   M.A., Ph.D.                                                                                                                          Diplomas in Statistics & German     

           

B. Experience:    Associated with Area Studies Programme (at CSIC & SP)                                                                                                        

            a)  Teaching Experience                       :   22 Years

 

                        *   Subjects Taught                : i) Regional Geography and Geopolitics of  
                                                                                 Southeast  Asia &   South  Pacific

                                                     :  ii)  Modern European History                                                                            :  iii) Research Methodology in Area Studies

                                                     :  iv)  India-Australia Relations

 

            b)  Research Experience                      :  27 Years                                                                                                    

*    Area of Specialization                       :   Economic  and  Demographic  aspects  of   the

Indochina States; Economic, Geopolitical and Security issues in the India-Australia Relations with multidisciplinary approach

*    Research Guidance (to)         :   M.Phil. and Ph.D. scholars in CSIC & SP

 

c)  Research Publications                     :  5 Books (on Southeast Asia &   South Pacific)

                                                     :  17 Papers    (              - do -              )

                                                                       :   6 Papers     (on Environmental  Issues)                                                                                                    

            d)  Papers Presented at Seminars        : 16 Papers  (on Southeast Asia & South Pacific )                                                                         :    6 Papers (on Environmental Issues)

 

* Participated as Expert Observer:  2 Seminars/ Conferences                              

 

C. Participation in the Corporate Life   

            :  i) Public Relations Officer, S.V. University 3 Years  (1992 –94)      

 

              ii)  Member of the Governing Body of Colleges 
                                                                               affiliated to 
S.V. University

 

             iii)  Member of Board of Studies in CSIC & SP 

                                                                               (1992-2001)

                                  

            iv)Chairman, Board of Studies in CSIC & SP                   
                                                                                (since 2001)

                                                                                 

D. Nomination:

      i) by UGC (as)  Member of the UGC  Standing Advisory                
                                                                                 Committee on Area Studies Programme

 

      ii) by University of Madras                     : (as)  Member of Board of Studies in South and
                                                                                 Southeast Asian Studies

                                                                                                                                            

E. Association with Professional Bodies    :  Life Membership in

        i) Indian Association for the Study of
             
Australia (IASA)

                                                                               ii)  Indian Association for American Studies
                                                                                     (IAAS)        

                                                                               iii) Indian Congress for Asia and Pacific
                                                                                     Studies (ICAPS)

                                                                              iv) International Association of  Asian and
                                                                                     European  Studies (IAAES)

                                                                              v)  South Indian American Studies Network
                                                                                     (SIASN)

 

                                                                             vi)  Member of Indian Association for Asian                                                                                  and Pacific Studies (IAAPS)  

           

F. Other Relevant Information                              

                                               : i)  Paper Setting and Valuation for National                                                                        Level Exams and other University Exams

                                                 ii)  Evaluation of M.Phil/ Ph.D. theses

                                               : iii) Resource Person at the Refresher Course                                                                      in Southeast Asian Studies      

                                               : iv) Revision of Syllabus for P.G. Course on                                                                        Southeast Asian and Pacific Studies and                  
                                                                                 Research Methodology in Area Studies

 

 

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF PROF. Y. YAGAMA REDDY

    

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         Relating to Southeast Asia & South Pacific

 

A) Books

 

1        Cambodia: Its People and Economy, (Tirupati, 1995).

 

2.   Area Studies: The Proposition, Prospects and Problems, (Tirupati, 1998).

 

3.  Vietnam: Economic Targets and Environmental Consequences, (Tirupati, 1999).

 

      4.  Socialist