19.04.2021

The monthly student research workshop was held at Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH)

Hindi students of the Faculty of International Relations and Area Studies discussed migration, ethnic and social conflicts, issues of political identity in the northeastern states of India. For many years, the migration processes have remained a significant problem in these states. The political identity of the indigenous tribal communities and the electorate composition have radically changed in the region due to the new Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 and COVID-19 pandemic.

Speakers:

• Prof. Kandarpa Das, Vice Chancellor, Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University (Gauhati, Assam, India) talked about the situation in the state of Assam during the 2020-2021 pandemic and regional adaptation of the Indian society in the context of a pandemic. 
• Prof. Alexander Stolyarov focused on the topic of the tribes’ migrating process. 
• Dr. Indira Gazieva highlighted the upcoming contacts with representatives of different ethnic groups studying at the University of Gauhati (Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University and its branch in Jorhat), Dibrugarh and Tezpur Universities. 
• Dr. Lyudmila Pechishcheva explained the plan of systematization of data and information for reference and publication.

RSUH 2nd year BA students Sofia Kiseleva, Amina Mukhametkhanova, Maria Skorobogatova made presentations about infrastructural development of the state of Assam: modernization of the transport system, social, market- and innovation- related infrastructure.
Arina Novikova, 1st year MA student, spoke about the demographic situation in the region for the period of 2015-2021.