India's Diaspora Policy: Evolution, Challenges and Prospects
The Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism (GRFDT), organised its irst lecture of ‘Distinguished Lecture Series’ on April 21, 2012 at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. The lecture was delivered by Ambassador J.C. Sharma, former Member Secretary, High Level Committee on Indian Diaspora on the topic ‚India's Diaspora Policy: Evolution, Challenges and Prospects?. Dr. Smita Tiwari, JMI, New Delhi and Kamala Kanta Dash, Research Scholar Monash University, Australia were the discussants of the lecture. The programme started with the welcome address by Kshipra Uke, Joint Secretary of GRFDT followed by an introduction about GRFDT and about Shri J.C. Sharma. Ambassador J.C. Sharma began his lecture with a relevant observation that the academic studies on diaspora have not yet made adequate progress due to lack of multidisciplinary approach to the subject. He said that the Indian diaspora poli