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ACTIVITIES

NEEA has been holding annual conferences from its very inception on various economic issues concerning the North Eastern region of India. The association is also engaged in conducting talks, workshops and seminars on various current issues relevant to the North East. It is also publishing conference volumes and lectures. Following is the list of activities other than annual conferences organized by the Association:-

  • Symposium on "Institutional Financing of Agricultural and Industrial Development in Assam" (April 1998).
  • Group Discussion with Dr. Arjuna Sengupta, former member, Planning Commission of India (August 1998).
  • Talk on "The Works of Professor Amartya Sen" (January 1999).
  • Panel Discussion on the "Report of the Committee on Fiscal Reforms (COFR)" (February 2002).
  • Talk on "Trade Liberalisation and Industrial Productivity - A Study of Indian Manufacturing" (October 2002).
  • "First Napoleon Hazarika Memorial Lecture" delivered by Sri M.P. Bezbaruah, IAS (Retd.) on Tourism and Economic Development of Assam (December30, 2002).
  • "Second Napoleon Hazarika Memorial Lecture" delivered by Dr. R. B. Barman, Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India on Economic Development of Assam and Governance (December30, 2003).
  • Symposium on "The Tea Industry Of Assam in the Contemporary Socio-Economic Environment" (February 11, 2004)
  • Talk on "Global Networking of Business, Governments and Communities" by Dr. Harry G. Harris, Global Management and Business Consultant, and Varsity Scholar at University of California at Barkley, on April 4, 2004 at IIT Guwahati.
  • "Third Napoleon Hazarika Memorial Lecture" delivered by Prof. Gautam Baruah, Director IIT Guwahati, on Information and Communication Technology (December 30, 2004)
  • Talk on "Using the Doha Round to Advance the Further Reform of the Indian Economy" by Prof. Geza Feketekuti, a distinguished professor at the Monetary Institute of International Studies, USA, on 24th February, 2005 at IIT Guwahati.
  • Collaborated with Economic Study Circle, Rangia College in organising a Seminar (November 2002).
  • Collaborated with Sapatgram College in organising a Seminar on Globalisation and the Indian Economy held on November 1, 2003.
  • Collaborated with Margherita College in organising the International Seminar on Regional Cooperation held in 18-19 January, 2004.
  • Collaborated with OKD Institute of Social Change and Development in organising the first Atul Goswami Memorial Lecture delivered by Prof. Atul Sarma, Vice Chancellor, Arunachal University on "why the Northeastern States Continue to Decelerate" on June 10, 2005 at Guwahati.
  • Organised a workshop on "Problems of Credit Delivery and Absorption in the Rural Areas of the North East" with the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Guwahati on December 3 & 4, 2004 at IIT Guwahati.
  • Collaborated with OKD Institute of Social Change and Development in organising the Atul Goswami Memorial Lecture delivered by Prof.Parth Sen of Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, on "Capital Flows to India: Too Much of a Good Thing on June 27, 2007 at Guwahati.
  • One day seminar on Participatory Development Strategy in North-East India: Current Status, Problems and Prospects” was held on October 12, 2007 by the IQAC, Margherita College in collaboration with NEEA.
  • Collaborated with OKD Institute of Social Change and Development in organising the Atul Goswami Memorial Lecture delivered by Prof. Abhirup Sarkar, Professor of Economics, ISI Kolkata on "Globalization, Inequality and Inflation" on June 4, 2008 at Guwahati.
  • Collaborated with DHSK College, Dibrugarh in organizing a UGC sponsored National Workshop on Service Sector Delivery-A Demand Based Approach during December 01-02, 2011
  • Collaborated with Rangia College, Assam in organizing a UGC sponsored National Workshop on Inclusive Growth in Local Context during January 20-21, 2012
  • Collaborated with B. Borooah College, Guwahati in organizing a UGC sponsored National Seminar on Socio-economic and Institutional Issues in the Utilisation of Water Resources of North East during February 18-19, 2012.
NEEA publishes conference volumes and lectures. The list of its publications is as follows:-
  1. a) Agricultural Transition in the Hill Areas of North-East India (Proceedings of the Fourth Conference, Published in 2002)
  2. b) North-East Economy Beyond 2000 (Proceedings of the Second Conference, Published in 2004)
  3. c) Grassroots Institutions, Rural Development and Environment Management in North East India (Proceedings of the Sixth Conference, Published in 2005)
  4. d) Three issues of the NEEA Newsletter - September 2002, May 2003 and August 2004
  5. e) Booklet entitled Tourism and Economic Development of Assam (the First Napoleon Hazarika Memorial Lecture)
  6. f) Booklet entitled Economic Development of Assam and Governance (the Second Napoleon Hazarika Memorial Lecture)

  7. g) book on Development Issues in the Northeast in the Turn of the Century, 2007

  8. h) "Governance Issues and Gender Aspects in Development: A North East India Perspective", (Proceedings of the 11th Conference, Published in 2012)

  9. i) Two Proceeding volumes of the 13th Conference, (Published by Assam University in 2012)