Date: March 17, 2006 Time: 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Place: Newman Conference Center – Baruch College, CUNY
151 East 25th Street, Room 750,
between Lexington & 3rd Avenues, Manhattan
Objective: Bring together scholars and experts who are engaged in the study of South Asian communities in Asia and the United States. To present findings on South Asian communities, especially India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal. Overview will comprise of demographic, social and economic analyses of women’s issues, human rights, business, leadership and the recent tsunami disaster in South Asia.
Conference Videos
Transcripts
Greetings
Keynote
General Session 1
General Session 2
General Session 3
General Session 4
Conference Chairperson
Parmatma Saran
Steering Committee
Manu Bhagavan
Nehru Cherukupalli
Amita Gupta
Rafia Hamid
Niloufar Haque
Sambhavi Lakshminarayanan
Vinit Parmar
Vrunda Prabhu
Manawendra Roy
Rifat Salam
Samina Shahidi
Harendra Sirisena
Zeeshan Suhail
Darrel Sukhdeo
Thomas Tam
Conference Co-sponsor
Asian American Higher
Education Council
ASR International Corporation
Weissman Center for International Business –
Baruch College, CUNY
Hunter College, CUNY:
Office of the President
Office of the Dean of
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Human Rights Program
Conference Coordinator
Shashi Khanna
Conference Manager
Maggie Fung
Technical Assistance
Phillip Li
Lawrence Tse
Luisa Wang
Antony Wong
