Special New Year OFFER for CCS Graduates
Dear Graduates of CCS,
I have the privilege to invite you as a guest to the 2011 Mont Pelerin Society (MPS) Asia Regional Meeting in India, 10-13 February in Leela Kempinski, Gurgaon. www.mps2011.in
Centre for Civil Society (CCS) is offering a discounted registration fee to twenty CCS graduates. While the normal registration fee for guests is INR 31,000, CCS graduates can avail of two packages at a reduced price:
- INR 15,000: (Complete Conference: All sessions including all lunches and dinners)
- INR 10,000: (11 Feb 9am to 13 Feb 5pm: All sessions excluding opening and closing dinner)
Those interested, please email your choice of offer with your CV for nomination by 20 January 2011 to mpsindia@ccs.in. Your nomination will be sent for approval to the MPS Board Executive Committee.
The Mont Pelerin Society (www.montpelerin.org), which was founded right after World War II by Friedrich A Hayek and other scholars, is a classical liberal society and consists of members who include Nobel prize recipients, journalists, economic and financial experts, government officials, and legal scholars from all over the world who come together regularly to present the most current analysis of ideas, trends and events.
The theme of the regional meeting this year is ‘India as a Global Power: Practicing Liberal Values at Home and Abroad’. India is widely seen as an emerging global power—its economy has proven to be robust during the recent global downturn, the nuclear deal has given it a special global status and the US has come to see it as a friend in Asia (though not yet in the world), the EU desires a larger role for it, and people around the world respect it as an ancient civilization with great cultural and religious diversity, based on non-violence, tolerance, and spirituality. The MPS Asia Regional Meeting addresses three broad issues on the theme of India’s potential emergence as a global power and the practice of liberal values. Though the questions are presented in reference to India, they have international dimension and relevance.
- What are the internal challenges India still confronts in realising her dream of being a super power?
- How should India engage regionally and internationally?
- Would India bring a different approach to the working of the international system and the role of a global power?
You can contact us at mpsindia@ccs.in for more details or call Manoj Mathew, Director-Programs at 9899307456.
Wish you a very Prosperous and Happy New Year.
In liberty,
Parth J Shah
Chairman of Organising Committee of MPS India
President, Centre for Civil Society