On 6th march 2018 the members of the JSDP-KAS partner network discussed the upcoming JSDP annual conference

The discussion was moderated (from left to right) by Pankaj Madan, Programme Coordinator of the KAS India Office, Peter Rimmele, Resident Representative to India of KAS, Prof. Dr. Heribert Dieter of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs and Uday Shankar Singh from Vishwa Yuvak Kendra

Despite discussions on serious matters, the participants of the 35th JSDP meeting didn’t lose their light-hearted mood

From left to right: Mayamk Upadhay of the Indian Society for Community Education (ISCE), Subrata Nag Choudhury of the Statesman Print Journalism School (SPJS), Dayanand Tandon of the Centre for Rural Entrepreneurship and Technical Education (CREATE), Devidas Ghodeswar of the Society for Sustainable Development (SSD), Ajit Kumar of Vishwa Yuvak Kendra, Ajit Kumar Pati of the Centre of Economic and Social Research (CESR)and Shilpa Mirashi of the Indian Institute of Youth Welfare (IIYW)

Second from the left: Radhakant Nayak of the National Institute of Social Work and Social Sciences (NISWASS). To the right: C. M. Krishna of the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, R. Vijaykumar of the Madras Management Association (MMA) and Manda Parikh of the Yuvak Vikas Trust (YVT)

Front left: L. S. Ghandi Doss of the Institute of Youth and Development (IYD), front right: Mardi Dominic of the All India Santal Welfare and Cultural Society (AISWACS)

KAS and JSDP Anniversary

Peter Rimmele, Resident Representative of KAS to India, emphasized in his welcome remarks that not only KAS in India can celebrate its 50th anniversary this year, but also that the JSDP can look back on a success story of 35 years. The directors of the partner organizations then introduced themselves and their current project activities. Prof. Dr. Heribert Dieter, Senior Fellow in the Research Unit on Global Issues at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, who is currently evaluating the country project India of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, discussed with the directors the cooperation with KAS and asked for an assessment of the JSDP.

"Reimagining India: Emerging Issues and Challenges"

Moderated by Pankaj Madan, Head Programmes of KAS, Subrata Nag Choudhury of the der Statesman Print Journalism School (SPJS), Radhakant Nayak of the National Institute of Social Work and Social Sciences (NISWASS), Devidas Ghodeswar of the Society for Sustainable Development (SSD), Ajit Kumar Pati of the Centre of Economic and Social Research (CESR), L S Ghandi Doss of the Institute of Youth and Development (IYD), Dayanand Tandon of the Centre for Rural Entrepreneurship and Technical Education (CREATE), R Vijaykumar of the Madras Management Association (MMA), Shilpa Mirashi of the Indian Institute of Youth Welfare (IIYW), Manda Parikh of the Yuvak Vikas Trust (YVT), Mayamk Upadhay of the Indian Society for Community Education (ISCE), Uday Shankar of Vishwa Yuvak Kendra (VYK), Mardi Dominic of the All India Santal Welfare and Cultural Society (AISWACS) and C. M. Krishna of the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry discussed lively possible topics for the upcoming 35th meeting of JSDP.

They agreed that the guiding theme will be "Reimagining India: Emerging Issues and Challenges".

The JSDP-conference will address five subtopics:

1. Indian youth and its role in shaping India’s future
2. Technology and innovation: A way forward for employment
3. Secular ethics for social development
4. Development and distributive justice: Challenges in present and future
5. Human development and distributive justice: Challenges and responses.