WHAT WE KNOW? (Open to All)
About the event: Did you know that
Concept: This is an ice breaking session wherein the teams get to speak about the country assigned to them for 3 minutes. This can be done through song, acting, poetry or dance.
LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR (No of Participants - 2)
South Asian Country Quiz
About the event: Let’s pick up those text books and lap up all the possible knowledge that you believe you have. It’s time to find out just how much you love your neighbours. We are taking you back to school as you are going to be quizzed on the geography, history, art, literature, culture, economics, politics etc... but ONLY of the South Asian Countries. So start preparing – NOW!!
Concept: Teams will be required to answer questions on topics related to culture, cinema, sports, cuisine, current affairs, prevailing in the South Asian countries. There will be different rounds and the team with the maximum score wins.
DANCE A PEACE (No of Participants – 4 to 8.)
Choreography competition
About the event: Expressions speak more than words can. Music says more than words can. Bring them both together to give dance a chance to express what peace would mean to you. Go contemporary and express yourself!
Concept: Teams need to present a choreographed dance or act conveying a message pertinent to the theme of youth + peace. Teams can choose a track without lyrics or have a medley of music, provided they abide by the timeline.
SAY JAM (Just a Minute)
About the event: Think you have the gift of gab or are you quick witted? Quick thinking, good oratory skills, correct grammar and appropriate use of words make the perfect mantra to succeed where the South Asian Youths say it all in Just a Minute.
Concept: The game has rounds that last for a minute of speaking time in which participants (panel of 6) are given a topic to banter on. The idea is to interrupt a speaker whenever he/she makes a grammatical, syntactical or usage error. For any wrong interruptions a point is deducted from the person who interrupted and the speaker is allowed to continue.
SCAVENGER HUNT (No of Participants - 3)
About the event: The traditional game comes to our backyard as we ask you to snoop around SIMC collecting things that maybe valuable to you ;-) and long the way some points too. Hurry before somebody else does!
AMAZING RACE ( No of Participants - 2)
About the event: Here’s a clue, run to find the next but before you do you have to pass the little obstacle we place in front of you. Checkpoint to checkpoint one gets eliminated so don’t leave anything for the last minute. It’s an amazing race!
Concept: This is a series of tasks each team has to complete to qualify for the next rounds. Each task gives them cue to the next stage, the one reaching the last stage is the winner.
COVER PAGE (No of Participants - 3)
About the event: If
Concept: Participants need to create the international cover page or page-1 of a daily with clips provided to them. The event judges how much importance you give to each of the issues.
FACE OFF ( No of Participants - 2)
Face Painting Competition
About the event: Draw expressions; make your partner feel a mood, give him something different to show. It’s time to paint his face!
Concept: One team member needs to paint his/her co-members face according to a theme that will be provided on the spot.
SAY CHEESE (Open to All)
Photography Wall
About the event: Flash your cameras around the SIMC campus and tell us a story of your experience at the SAYPM 2009. Click your thoughts and smack it on our wall. These pictures will definitely speak more than a thousand words.
Concept: Participants are to put up on a wall, photographs of any size conveying their experience or the specified theme. The photographs can be complimented with appropriate captions.
v ‘PEACE’ OF MIND (Open to All)
The Graffiti Wall
About the event: Give your piece of mind on this wall, especially for those who think out of the box. If you think Obama will bring about peace say it and if you think the tree in your backyard is the tree of peace, draw it! No restrictions, no holds, no bars! Draw, write doodle, scribble, colour -It’s your space and your mind.
Concept: It is an open to all canvas wherein participants of the meet can write anything about what you feel - using paints, spray paints or crayons etc.
Day 1 – Communal Harmony and Peace
Topic: The beginning of ‘Terrorism’ and its roots in
Progressive, philosophical and theological in his approach, Asghar Ali Engineer is one of the most courageous and enlightened commentators on communal affairs in the country. Internationally he is known for his work on liberation theology in Islam, the leader of the Progressive Dawoodi Bohra movement, and his work on communalism and communal and ethnic violence in
Ms. Subhashini Ali
Topic: Gender bane: Women in Communal Conflicts & civilians as agents of peace
Currently a member of the Central Committee of the CPI (M), Ms Subhasini Ali is also the President of the All India Democratic Women's Association. She has been an influential political figure, particularly in
Ms Ali is thedaughter of illustrious freedom fighters, Colonel Prem Sehgal and Captain Lakshmi Sehgal, who were a part of the Indian National Army.
Mr. Romesh Bhandari
Topic: Role of the government in checking and resolving communal conflicts
A Bureaucrat from the lndian Foreign Service, Mr Romesh Bhandari has a long and illustrious career to his credit. He was first posted as Vice Consul of India at the India Consulate in
He was appointed as Minister in the Indian Embassy at
Mr Bhandari was appointed Foreign Secretary in February 1985. Mr Bhandari made noteworthy contribution in the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi vision of a non-violent world, and the guidelines of
He has represented
Mr Bhandari was appointed Governor of Tripura in 1993 and Governor of Goa in 1995. Following these, he took over as Governor of Uttar Pradesh in 1996.
Mr. Bhandari is deeply interested in Art and Culture and is a keen Golfer.
Ms. Nandini Sardesai
Topic: Role of Media in fostering peace and harmony in society
A sociologist, writer, Nandini Sardesai is and a social activist. A member of the Indian Censor Board she is also visiting faculty at
Dr. Nawal K Paswan
Topic: Overview of the South Asian Region (PESTEL)
Dr. Nawal Paswan joined Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) in
Dr Paswan has done his M.A. in Economics and International Relations and Ph.D. from JNU. During 1996-2004, he has worked in various capacities at the Centre for Policy Research. He specializes in development economics and the economies of South and
Dr. Paswan has also worked as Consultant Economist.
Day 2 – Youth Affairs and Politics
Ms. Teesta Setalvad
Topic: Youth as a catalyst for change: an Overview
In 2007, she was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India for her role in "Public Affairs in Maharashatra".
Teesta heads the Mumbai based NGO Citizens for Peace and Justice(CPJ). Ms Setalvad is also the founder of the Women and Media Committee, which seeks to bring together working women journalists to raise job-related concerns and awareness of gender-sensitivity in writing and reporting on issues concerning women.She is also the founder of Journalists Against Communalism.
Apart from the journalistic tasks Ms Setalvad leads the project “Khoj: Education for A pluralistic
She is also the member of the Pakistan India People's Forum for Peace and Democracy. Ms Setalvad is also the co-editor of Communalism Combat magazine, along with husband Javed Anand.
Mr. Vijay Pamarathi
Topic: Post-campaign analysis of Jaago Re; how did it impact the youth and take-aways from it
Mr Vijay Pamarthi is one of the driving forces behind the Bengaluru based NGO “Janaagraha” which seeks at empowering the youth with activities related to them.
The Jaago re campaign : a target of one billion votes, is one of his most acclaimed campaigns which had made a deep mark in the minds of the youth and spread awareness about voting like no other effort has.
Mr. Santosh Shah
Topic: Youth and New Media with special reference to Social Networking Sites
Mr Santosh Shah is the anchor & director of POWER TALKS on Image Channel & SCOLA TV. He is also the President, Today's Youth Asia (TYA) and a panelist at the United Nations Youth Advisory Panel (UNYAP). He is also the recipient of the title ‘Youth Ambassador for Peace’.
Mr. Dushyant Singh
Topic: Tourism in
Mr Dushyant Singh was recently re-elected to the 15th Lok Sabha on a BJP ticket from Rajasthan. Previously, Mr Singh was a member of parliament in the 14th Lok Sabha as well.
Son of politician Vasundhra Raje, he wants to help
Mr Singh is an alumnus of St. Stephen`s College, Delhi and Johnson and Wales University, USA. He has also studies at IHTTI School of Management in
Mr. Sudheen Kulkarni
Topic: Media as a platform for the youth to voice their opinion; the phenomenon of Citizen Journalist and how the youth can make use of it
A close aide of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L K Advani for almost 13 years, Mr Sudheendra Kulkarni quit the BJP recently over ‘ideological differences. He began his political activism as a Communist, worked in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) during Vajpayee's time and served as his speech writer, media adviser and political aide.
Mr Kulkarni, an IIT graduate and a columnist was national secretary of BJP when Advani was the party president. However, he resigned in 2005 in the wake the controversial statement made by Advani in
Ms. Priyanka Khanna
Topic: Youth to realize Millennium Development Goals(MDG); how to mobilize the youth for the same
National Information Officer at the UNDP.
Day 3: Environment Sustainability & Energy Efficiency
Mr. Chintamani Mahapatra
Topic: US-South
Currently Mr Chintamani Mahapatra is the Chairman of the Centre for
A Fulbright Scholar at the
He frequently lectures at Society for International Law and Diplomacy,
Mr Mahapatra has made several academic publications in
Dr. Mahendra Lama
Topic: Energy crisis in
Dr Mahendra Lama is the first Vice Chancellor of the newly established Central University of Sikkim in
Previously, he was a Professor of South Asian Economies and the Chairman of the Centre for South, Central, South East Asia and South West Pacific Studies at
Central to his intellectual pursuits is development and cooperation in South and
Besides authoring and editing 15 books, he has extensively worked on the issues of human security, migration, refugees, trade, investment and energy cooperation in
He was the prestigious Asia Leadership Fellow in
Mr Lama wrote the first Human Development Report of Sikkim in 2001 and first Economic Survey of Sikkim in 2007.
He regularly writes for prominent national dailies in
Mr. Rachit Malhotra
Topic: Alternative Energy Sources for
Mr Malhotra is from Bureau of Energy Efficiency(BEE).
