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About Us
About HITS
Hindustan Institute of Technology & Science (HITS), is a leading prestigious and recognized institution in India, located at Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Commenced in 1985,as a Christian Minority Institution, it offers a wide spectrum of Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Diploma, Research & Doctoral Programmes in diverse fields of Engineering, Technology, Architecture, Management, Law, Fashion Design Aviation, Applied Sciences, Allied Sciences, and Arts and Sciences. HITS is recognised as Deemed to be University by UGC in 2008 and received Category-II status from MHRD which empowers HITS with Academic Autonomy. The technical courses at UG and PG levels are approved by AICTE. NBA has certified ten undergraduate programmes under Tier 1 category. HITS is a part of the most illustrious Hindustan Group of Institutions which caters to the academic needs of over 15,000 students.
About the Department
Department of Languages was established in the year 1985 in the School of Science and Humanities. The Department of Languages, offers Foreign and Indian Languages across all Engineering disciplines, School of Liberal Arts, Management, Architecture and School of Law.
About the Courses Offered
Professional English and Soft Skills is offered to all first-year engineering students and Communication Skills and 14 Non-Department Electives are offered for higher semester engineering students. English is offered for Liberal Arts students for two semesters. General English is offered for Law students for two semesters. Three Indian Languages Tamil, Hindi and Telugu and six Foreign Languages, German, French, Japanese, Mandarin, Korean and Spanish are offered. Value added courses Business English Certification (BEC) Course and Non-Departmental Elective courses are offered across all disciplines.
Department of Languages offers degree programmes BA English, MA English and Ph.D. The department also caters to short term programmes, English, Indian History, Business for International Students, (EIBIS), English, Indian Culture for International Students (EICIS), Special English and Hindi for International Students (SEHIS) and Special English Course for International Students (SECIS). Communication skills language lab sessions, workshops and training are conducted in the language labs of the department
Vision
The Department of Languages aims at enabling the student community towards career advancement globally, by equipping them with creative intelligence and intercultural competence using language skills.
Mission
The Department of Languages is dedicated to enhancement of the learner’s communicative competence, language proficiency and cultural insight to help in career advancement and to make them evolve as global citizens.
Conference
Background of the Conference
India has had a long history of maritime contacts, with the ports of Kerala playing an important role. Kollam, also known as Quilon, had a brisk trade with almost all the ancient civilizations and possessed a rich tradition of maritime relations with foreign countries like the Romans, the Phoenicians, the Arabs, the Chinese, the Portuguese, the Dutch, and the English through the centuries. The migration of a group of people of West Asian traders marked an important event in the history of Kerala. This international conference is organised as India is having the largest diaspora in the world and is playing a decisive role in migration studies in this century.
Scope of the Conference
- Climate change and Migration
- Gender and Migration
- Health, Education, Employment and Migration
- International migrations in 8th, 9th and 10th century AD in Afro Eura Asia
- Kollam Era
- Kollam migration in 823AD
- Migration and Families left behind
- Migration and SDGs
- Migration Policies and Programmes
- Modalities of International and Interstate Migration
- Religion and Migration
- Social Exclusion, Exploitation, Abuse and Migration
- Tharissapally copper plates /chepped
Objectives of the Conference
- The history and status of Migrants in India.
- Policies in the context of migration
- Best practices observed in the context of migration
- Identification of region-specific models of social integration of migrants
Conference Theme
- Migration and spirituality
- Migration and economic development
- Migration and economic development
- Migration and Development of Languages & Culture
- Migration and Literacy
Abstract
Call for Papers
Academicians, Practitioners, Research Scholars, and Students of Social work, History, Languages, Law and Allied disciplines who are interested in presenting papers at the conference are invited to submit an abstract contouring the focus and content of their paper along with a short biographical description. Papers should pertain to the broad focus of the conference and the presenter may choose to consider one of the themes or related areas.
Guidelines for Abstract
- Author(s) details with Designation, Name of the Institution affiliated to, Email Id and Contact No.
- Abstract within 250-300 words including Title and Keywords.
- Abstract text should be arranged in the format: Introduction, Objectives, Methodology, Results and Conclusion.
Important Dates
| Abstract Submission Deadline : March 10th, 2023 |
| Notification of abstract Acceptance: March 18th, 2023 |
| Full Paper Submission Deadline : March 27st, 2023 |
| Faculty Members / Field Practitioners: Rs 1500/- |
| Students/Scholars/ELTAI Members: Rs 1000/- |
| At Par Cheque/Bank Demand Draft / E – transfer transferred to the college account. |
| The reference number of bank transfer/Demand Draft/ E – transfer /At Par Cheque is to be quoted in the Registration form. |
| The forms without reference number of transfer /DD will not be considered. |
Online Payment Only
| Bank Name | Indian Overseas Bank |
| Branch | Padur |
| Beneficiary Name | Hindustan Institute of Technology & Science |
| A/C No. | 255402000000001 |
| IFSC Code | IOBA0002554 |
| MICR Code | 600020191 |
Speakers
Former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations
Chairman of State Minorities Commission, Tamil Nādu.
Chair, International Institute for Migration and Development, India
Eminent Speakers
Senior Researcher, Institute for Medieval Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Social worker and Teacher and Indian Representative of World Council of Arameans
Research Director, Institute of Historical Research, Athens, Greece
Historian, Research Scholar, Visiting Faculty, Universities of UK
Director, Doctorate in Education in Consortium, Universidad Catolica del Maule, Chile
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Director, IACS, MCC, Chennai
Committee
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
Dr. Mrs. Elizabeth Verghese
Founder Chancellor, HITS
Dr. Anand Jacob Verghese
Chancellor, HITS
Mr. Ashok Verghese
Pro Chancellor, HITS
Dr. Annie Jacob, Director
Director, KCG College of Technology
Dr. Susan Marthandan
Director, HCAS and Vice President, HGI
Dr. Aby Sam
Director, HGI
Mr. Enid Verghese
Deputy Director, HITS
EXTERNAL ADVISORY PANEL
Mr. T.P Sreenivasan
(Former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations)
Dr. Joy Thomas
IISC Bangalore
Dr. Arun Babu Zachariah
Researcher, NGO Consultant, Kerala
Dr. Daniel Jeyaraj
Professor Emeritus of World Christianity, Liverpool Hope University, UK)
Dr. Andrew Philomin Raj
Director, Education in Consortium, Universidad Catolique de Maule, Chile
Dr. Charlambos Gasparis
Research Director, Institute of Historical Research, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece
Dr. Johannes Preiser-Kapeller
Department of Byzantine Research/Institute for Medieval Research, Vienna
CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT
Dr. S.N Sridhara
Vice Chancellor, HITS
Dr. R.W. Alexander Jesudasan
Pro Vice Chancellor, HITS
Dr. J. M. Mathana
Dean Research, HITS
STEERING COMMITTEE
Rev. Justin Jose
Student Chaplain, HITS
Dr. Jessy Rooby
Professor, Civil Dept. HITS
Dr. Joanna
Professor, Civil Dept. HITS
Dr. Thejas Gigy Thomas
AP (SG), Languages, HITS
Dr. Chinsu Joy
AP (SG), Languages, HITS
CONFERENCE CHAIR
Dr. David Easow
Head, School of Liberal Arts & Applied Sciences, HITS
CONFERENCE CO-CHAIR
Dr. A. Sherine Joy
HOD Languages & Rankings, HITS
Contact Us
Contact
Email: icmc@hindustanuniv.ac.in Phone No: +91 7418110111 Website: www.hindustanuniv.ac.inOur Campus
Hindustan Institute of Technology & Science,
1, Rajiv Gandhi Salai (OMR), Padur,
(Via) Kelambakkam,
Chennai - 603 103, India.