Venue: Auditorium, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate, New Delhi
Duration: December 8-9, 2006

December 8, 2006 (Day One) Registration : 09:00 AM–10:00 AM

Opening Ceremony: 10: 00 AM–11:00 AM
Inaugural Address : David Buhril, Convenor
Opening of the Seminar and Keynote Address: Dr. HT Sangliana, MP

Seminar Paper I: 11:00 AM–01:00 PM
Resource Person : Prof. Lal Dena
Topic : Historical Perspectives–A study of the Hill People in Manipur
Discussion

Seminar Paper II: 02:00 PM–03:00 PM
Resource Person : Smitu Kothari, Director, Intercultural Resources
Topic : Indigenous Peoples in International Relations
Discussion

December 9, 2006 (Day Two) Registration : 09:30 AM–10:00 AM

10: 00 AM –11: 00 AM
Inaugural & Keynote Address: Mani Charenamei, MP
Seminar Paper :
Chair : L. Lam Khan Piang
Resource Person : H. Kham Khan Suan
Topic : Revisiting a Beleaguered Premise: Sixth Schedule and Autonomy in India's North-East

Tea Break

Symposium : 11: 15 AM–01: 15 PM
Topic: Political Future of the Marginalized Indigenous Hill People in Manipur
Chair : Prof KM Chenoy.
Panel : Malini Bhattacharya, Member, National Commission for Women.
Smitu Kothari, Director, Intercultural Resources.
Rahul Bedi, India Correspondent, Jane's Defence Weekly.
Praveen Swami, New Delhi Chief of Bureau, Frontline.

Plenary Session : 2: 40 PM–5: 00 PM
Chair: T. Kaithang
Valedictory Speech: L. Keivom.

Organized by
Sinlung Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Organisation (SIPHRO) &
Zomi Human Rights Foundation (ZHRF), Delhi Cell.
Vaphual Abode, A-1/2, First Floor-D,
Paryavaran Complex, IGNOU Road,
New Delhi–30