The Department of Political Science, Suren Das College, Hajo organised a national webinar on “Constitutional Values & Indian Democracy: Emerging Debates and Concerns” on 22nd June, 2021, via google meet in presence of 77 numbers of participants across the colleges. Professor Akhil Ranjan Dutta of Department of political Science, Gauhati University graced the occasion as the resource person. The webinar was hosted by Dr. Arup Kumar Deka, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Suren Das College, Hajo. Dr. Hiranya Kumar Sarma, Principal, Suren Das College, Hajo gave the welcome speech. The IQAC coordinator of Suren Das College, Dr. Ripima Bujarbaruah talked about the values incorporated in the constitution of India followed by the speech delivered by the resource person of the programme Professor Dutta.
Brief Summary of the Speech of the Resource Person
The speaker first talked about the history of anti-colonial struggle of India and the foundation of Indian nationalism. He talked about how the government took the policy of liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation and lot of populist policies and awards, but at the same time suppressing the voice of people. So, there is always a concern whether these populist schemes can protect the constitutional values or not.