Min. Jason Kenney at Canada India Centre for Excellence
Nov. 27, 2012: Visit and Address By Hon. Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism on the occasion of the presentation of the India Abroad special issue on the Canada-India Centre for Excellence.
Dhahan Annual Lecture
Lecture by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam at Carleton University
Inaugural Bugh Singh and Kashmir Kaur Dhahan Lecture
“Birth of Enlightened Society”
By H.E. Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, 11th President of India and distinguished scientist
Hosted by the Canada-India Centre for Excellence in Science, Technology, Trade and Policy
Carleton University | Ottawa, ON, Canada | October 3, 2012
About the Speaker:
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam became the 11th president of India on July 25, 2002. He resigned from office after five eventful years. His goal is the transformation of India into a developed nation by 2020 by focusing on the constructive networking and excellent human resources needed for an economically developed, prosperous and peaceful society. For more info: http://www.abdulkalam.com
About the Canada-India Centre for Excellence:
Canada and India share a strong commitment to education, the environment, health and science. Both view technology as a means to solve problems and to advance economic development. Celebrating these common goals and the mutual desire to build trade partnerships and scientific and cultural links, Carleton University has established, in collaboration with the India High Commission and community members, the Canada-India Centre for Excellence in Science, Technology, Trade and Policy.
The Centre, located in the university’s new River Building, is bringing together key members of the academic, business and public policy communities in bothcountries to provide cutting-edge research, analysis, training and exchanges. Details about the Centre are available at: http://www.carleton.ca/india. For more info: india@carleton.ca
Can India end poverty in a generation?
Prof. Vivek Dehejia in conversation with Dr. Shekhar Shah
India, despite its recent doldrums, remains one of two fastest growing economies globally. It also has the largest concentration of poor people in the world. This creates an unprecedented opportunity to end poverty in a generation. What will it take? How can India leverage the political space that growth has created for much-needed policy and institutional reforms to accelerate and sustain growth and tackle long-standing problems of social exclusion, illiteracy, ill-health, and governance? How can it take advantage of its demographic dividend to propel India on a different development trajectory that can indeed end poverty in a generation?
This conversation between Prof. Vivek Dehejia and Dr. Shekhar Shah was recorded on June 11, 2012 following a public lecture and roundtable on the same subject hosted by the Canada-India Centre for Excellence and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), at IDRC headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario.