International Conference on Indian Diaspora from North East and other parts of the Country: Comparative Journeys, Identity and Challenges of India Connect. It is being jointly organised by NERRRC, Miranda House, University of Delhi & Organisation for Diaspora Initiatives, India (ODI India) on 24-25 October 2024 via dual mode. Offline at India International Centre (IIC), New Delhi and Online Via Zoom Platform.
Conference Announcements
•International Conference on �India and its Diaspora Engagement: Comparative Global Practices� organized by Organisation for Diaspora Initiatives, (ODI) New Delhi in Collaboration with Dias
•INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on "New Indian Migrants' and 'Indentured Diaspora': Emerging opportunity for Indian Foreign Policy" 3-4 November, 2016 Venue: Rabindra Bharti Unversity, Kolkata
•International Conference on DIASPORA AND INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION IN DEVELOPMENT: COMPARATIVE GLOBAL EXPERIENCES 10-11 January 2016, New Delhi
•Interactive Lecture on "India and Indian Diaspora in East Africa: Past Experiences and Future Challenges by Dr. Gijsbert Oonk, Erasmus University, Holland 2 December 2015 at Conf. Hall 2 at IIC
•International Conference organized by ODI on Indian Diaspora in Development of Home and Host Countries: A Comparative Perspective at Kadi University, Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat, 10th-11th January, 2015
•OD Conference at Columbia University on A Foot in Each World: South Asian Diaspora Communities in the United States and their Interactions with their Homeland October 17, 2014, 2.00–5.00pm Altschul Auditorium, International Affairs Building (SIPA)
•International Conference on "Women in the Indian Diaspora" organised by ODI in collaboration with IIC and CAS-Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi on 10-11 January 2014, at India International Centre, New Delhi
•Conference on "Diaspora in India's Foreign Policy and National Security:A Comparative Perspective" on 6-7 November 2013 at New Delhi
•International Conference on “India and its Diaspora: A Comparative Perspective” on 29-30 March 2013 at IIC
Books on Diaspora by ODI & its Members
Published in Collaboration with ODI
International conferences of ODI on Diasporas
Organised in India
Interaction and Talks organised by ODI
Collaborations with Academic Institutions

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Advisory Board 

President 
Prof. Ajay Dubey, Former Rector (Pro- Vice Chancellor) and Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. 
Chairperson
1.Prof. Kavita Sharma, Former President, South Asian University, Delhi
2. Amb. Virendra Gupta, (International Collaboration), Retired IFS
Secretary 
Dr. (Ms.) Aarshi Dua, Diaspora Researcher & Assistant Editor, Africa Review Journal, Brill Publications.
Members
Prof Srikant Kondapali, School of International Studies, JNU
Dr BK Pratihari, Professor,  JMI, Delhi
Amb. (Rtd.) Ms Manju Seth, Delhi
Amb.  (Rtd.) R. Dayakar, Former Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, Delhi, 
Dr. Markande Rai, (Retd) UN Diplomat.
Prof Chandrasekhar Bhatt, (Retd) Hyderabad Central University, Hyderabad
Dr Jamal Moosa,Professor. ,JNU, Delhi
Prof Sanjay Chaturvedi, Department of Political Science, South Asian University, New Delhi
Prof Sanjay Lodha, Deptt of Political Science, MLS University, Udaipur
Prof.  Vijay Lakshmi Singh, Department of History, Delhi University
Prof Darvesh Gopal, (Rtd) Department of Political Science, Indira Gandhi National Open University, Delhi
Dr Hemant Tahiliani (Rtd), Directorate of Education, NCR, Delhi
Dr. Sheetal Sharma, Faculty Member, European Studies, JNU
Dr. Paokholal Haokip, Faculty Member, Department of History, University of Pondicherry, Pondicherry, 
Dr. Jyoti Tyagi, Associate Editor, Diaspora Studies journal, Brill, Netherlands;  and  Deputy Director, Migration and Diaspora Institute (MDI), New Delhi, India
Dr. Amit Singh, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 
Dr Sushmita Rajwar, Associate Prof., Jawaharlal Nehru University .
Dr Sarita Nandmehar, Former Researcher on Diaspora , JNU; and Deputy Director, Migration and Diaspora Institute (MDI), New Delhi, India
Dr. Debjani Naskar, Former researcher, JNU
Dr Gautam Jha, Asstt. Prof. School of Languages, JNU
Ms Priti Trivedi, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, Delhi
Ms Aarshi Dua, Dr. (Ms.) Aarshi Dua, Diaspora Researcher & Assistant Editor, Africa Review Journal, Brill Publications.
Dr Ruchi Verma,Hindu College, Delhi University
Dr Rajnish Gupta, Associate Prof., Jawaharlal Nehru University .
Dr Neha Sinha, Asst Prof, Ambedkar University
Dr Nidhi Jain, Udaipur
Dr Chandani Tiwari, Assistant Professor of International Relations at Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU), Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
Dr Aditya Anshu, Asstt Prof. Abu Dhabi University
Dr. Gautam Jha, Asstt. Prof. School of Languages, JNU.
Prof. Bashabi Gupta, Miranda House College, Delhi University
 
 
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