Co-curricular Activities

All other activities of the department are organised by XPSA, an elected body of Political Science students from Undergraduate classes.

The following activities are organised every year by the XPSA:

• Ghoolam Vahanvati Annual Memorial Lecture

• Parimal J. Shroff National Essay Writing Competition

• Youth Parliament (Inter-College)

• Department Social Involvement Programme (SIP)

• Annual National and International Seminar

• Talks by eminent speakers/subject experts

Talks by External Experts:

• Zia Modi, Senior Counsel and Managing Partner, AZB & Partners

• Mr Kishore Mandhyan, Former Dy Director in the cabinet of UN Secretary General, United Nations: An Insider’s Perspective

• Interactive session, with Lieutenant Commander Mr. Harinder Sikka, author of “Calling Semat”, which was adapted for the famous Hindi movie Razzi

• Ms Aishwarya Dongre, IPS trainee on How to prepare for Civil Service Exams

• Lectures by Prof Anwar Alam from Turkey on The Relations between Turkey and its immediate neighbours, Role of Turkey in the Middle East and the friendly relations of India and Turkey.

• Talk by Ms Namrata Gandhi, IAS - Preparing for the Civil Service Exams

• Lecture by Prof Jia Haitao from China, on Indo-Chinese Relations.

• Dr. Arvind Kumar, the Head of the Geopolitics and International Relations Department, Manipal University on India’s Nuclear Policy

• Dr. Sanjay Chaturvedi, Professor, Punjab University on Global Warming and Climate Change

• Dr. Ashok Gupta of the Reconstructive Surgery Foundation and Lalita Bansi, a survivor of acid attack, treated by Dr. Gupta, on Crime against women and role of the civil society

• Research Paper writing workshop by Kanamma Raman

• Prof. Irfan Nooruddin from Georgetown University, Washington, on European Union and their economy, with special reference to Greece Crisis in 2015

• Adv. Prakash Ambedkar talk on Views of Ambedkar and Civil Society, to commemorate the 125^th anniversary of Dr. Ambedkar, 2016

• Talk by Anuj Dhar of his book India’s Biggest Cover Up in association with Ministry of External Affairs, an interactive session with Ms. Petal Gahlot, an alumnus of our dept, an IFS, on ‘Avenues of Diplomacy and Foreign Policy’.

• Talk by Jon Wilson from King’s College, U.K. on his book India Conquered

• Lecture by Mr. Alejandro Zothner Meyer, the Acting Consul General of Argentina, on The issues of the Malvinas Islands or the Falkland Islands

• Story-Reading Session by Dr. Asha Naitthani-Dayama from her new book – Sach Toh Yahi Hai. Containing stories about the victims of Article 35 - A from different sections of society in Jammu Kashmir.