Madras Christian College

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

QUASQUICENTENNIAL COMMEMORATIVE
NATIONAL CONFERENCE

on

"Narrating the Past to Inspire the Present: The Madras Christin College Experience"

27-28 February 2012

Anderson Hall, Madras Christian College, Tambaram, Chennai

Inaugural – 27 February 2012

9.00 am. : Opening Prayer
 

9.05 am : Welcome Address:  Prof. Maj. D. Julius Rajendran

9.10 am : Presidential Address:  Dr. R.W. Alexander Jesudasan

9.15 am : Introducing the Theme and Chief Guest:  Dr. C. Joseph Barnabas

9.20 am : Inaugural Address:  “The need for New Approach to Historiography” Mr. S. Theodore Baskaran

9.40 am : Vote of Thanks:  Dr. Mrs. Vasanthi Vijayakumar

27 February 2012

FIRST SESSION   09.45 - 10.50 AM

Chair : Dr. Shankari Sundararaman
Associate Professor, South East Asian Studies Division, Centre for South, Central, South East Asian and South West Pacific Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

9.45 - 10.00 am

Dr. Chiranjeevi  J. Nirmal : Department of History: An Overview
Head of the Department of History (Retd.) Madras Christian College and Director, Institute for Indian and International Studies

10.00 - 10.30 am

Dr. A. Chandrasekaran : K.A. Nilakanta Sastri
Professor Emeritus, Department of Indian History, University of Madras, Chennai

TEA BREAK

SECOND SESSION   11.10 - 12.10 PM

Chair : Dr. Manikumar
Professor and Head of the Department of History (Retd.), Manomaniyam  Sundaranar University,Tirunelveli

11.10 - 11.40 am

Dr. Indhirani Sridharan : C.J. Nirmal
Principal, Ethiraj College for Women (Retd.)Academy for Quality and Excellence in Higher Education, Chennai

11.40 - 12.10 pm

Dr. Sarada Nambi Arooran : Nambi Arooran
Professor of Tamil [Retd]

LUNCH BREAK

THIRD SESSION    1.45 - 2.45 PM

Chair:  S. Theodore Baskaran

1.45 - 2.15 pm

Dr. Ambrose Jayasekkaran : Dr. Chandran. D.S. Devanesan
Professor of History (Retd.), Madras Christian College, Chennai

2.15 - 2.45 pm

Prof. Sambandam : Dr. C. Minakshi
Professor and Head of the Department of History (Retd.), Pachiyappa’s college, Chennai

TEA BREAK

FOURTH SESSION  3.00 - 4.00 PM

Chair : Dr. (Mrs) P.Rukmani Sampath Kumar
Professor and Head of the Department of History (Retd.), Madras Christian College, Chennai

3.00 - 3.30 pm

Dr. Manikumar :  Dr. S. Krishnaswamy
Professor and Head of the Department of History (Retd.), Manomaniyam  Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli

3.30  - 4.00 pm

Dr. Jaishankar : Dr. M.G.S. Narayanan
Professor, Sri Vasavi College, Erode

 

28 February 2012

  

FIRST SESSION   9.30 - 10.00 AM

Chair: Dr. Narasinga Naidu
Professor and Head of the Department of History (Retd.), Mysore  University, Karnataka

9.00 - 9.30 am

Dr. A.J. Anandan : S. Theodore Baskaran
DIG (Retd.), Bangalore, Karnataka

9.30 - 10.00 am

Prof. Krishnaswamy : T. K. Venkataraman
Associate Professor in History, Pachaiappas College, Chennai

TEA BREAK

SECOND SESSION   10.15 - 11.15 PM

Chair : Dr.  A.J. Anandan
DIG (Retd.), Bangalore, Karnataka

10.15 - 10.45 pm

Dr. Narasinga Naidu : E. M. Macphail
Professor and Head of the Department of History (Retd), Mysore University, Karnataka

10.45 - 11.15 p.m

Dr. G.J. Sudhakar : Dr. K.V. Raman
Associate  professor of History, Loyola College, Chennai