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Doctor in History
Blagoveshchensk State Pedagogical University/ Blagoveshchensk
Russia
Olga Zalesskaia, D. in History, Professor, is Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and a lecturer at the Department of Russian History and Special Historical Disciplines at Blagoveshchensk State Pedagogical University (BSPU). She reads lectures on the theme “Chinese migration in the world: history and prospects”, leads seminars on the “Modern migration in the modern global society” discipline and provides research cooperation between BSPU and other universities including universities of China. Olga Zalesskaia has organized the scientific conference “Russia and China: the aspects of interaction and interference” (2009-2014 annually). She also reads lectures in Chinese on the research theme (“Chinese migration in the world: history and prospects”) in the universities of China (Beijing University, Beijing Normal University, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Heilongjiang University, Harbin University, Changchun Normal University, etc.). Among others, Dr Zalesskaia is a member of the Joint Academic Council for the Humanities of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Far Eastern Branch) and a visiting professor at Heihe University (China). She is the head of the Master’s programme for Chinese students at BSPU and the supervisor of Chinese PhD students. According to the results of scientific and research activity, about 150 publications were participated in international conferences and round tables; 2 monographs were published. |
| Prof. Dr Sapna Sainath Head of the Department of School of Law, Christ University Bangalore India Certificate of Recognition |
| Dr Sapna Sainath is a Professor of Law and the Head of the Department of School of Law, Christ University, Bangalore, India. Dr Sapna has completed her doctorate from the National Law School of India University. She has academically held various prestigious positions. Some of which are; ● She is an Agenda Consultant with the Department of Labour, Government of Karnataka, India. ● She is an expert member of the High-Level Committee for the development of legal education in India for the Bar Council of India. ● She is an Expert Member, of the Board of National Commission for Women to review laws relating to the Domestic Violence Act. ● Dr Sapna is a Gender Consultant with the Government of Karnataka, ● She is an External expert of the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) under the Sexual Harassment against Women At Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act, 2013- in both Government and Private Sectors. ● She has held the position of research associate for the prestigious FORD HUMAN RIGHTS Project from July 2012 till August 2012 in the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, Karnataka. Dr Sapna’s specialization includes gender studies with a specific focus on women and sexual harassment at workplace. She is an educational consultant who provides strategic advice on the implementation of gender-friendly initiatives and actions. Dr Sapna has published Articles in Periodicals, has Participated in, as well as conducted Seminars/Conferences/Symposiums. She has been invited by many Universities for talks and lectures. She has and is currently guiding MPhil/PhD scholars and She has also conducted several Workshops and Training programmes. |
| Dr Kh Atikur Rahman Associate Professor of English and Communication Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Maritime University Bangladesh Certificate of Recognition |
| Dr Kh Atikur Rahman is an associate professor of English and Communication at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Maritime University. He is Joint Secretary to the Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association. He completed PhD, MA, and BA (Hons in English) degrees at the University of Dhaka (Bangladesh). He received an International Diploma in Teaching from the University of Cambridge (UK). He also received a Certificate in TESOL from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (USA). He attended a month-long advanced training in higher education teaching at Shanghai Maritime University (China). He has extensive research experience in several funded national and multinational research projects with colleagues from the UK, USA, Australia, India, Nepal, Senegal, Sudan, and Bangladesh. He worked as a researcher in a mega ELT project in Bangladesh funded by the Department for International Development, UK. He is currently leading a national research project on xenoglossophobia funded by UGC (Bangladesh) and also contributing to a TOEFL project funded by ETS (USA). He has published 16 research articles and 4 books. He presented in over 30 seminars and conferences at national and international levels. The broad areas of his current research interests are equity, inclusion and mental health in education; medical and environmental humanities. |
| Moderator Babitha N S Research Scholar of Law CHRIST (Deemed to be University) India Certificate of Recognition |
| Babitha N S is a research Scholar of Law, From School of Law, CHRIST (Deemed to be University). Her academic interests include: Constitutional Law, Human Rights, Health Laws. |