PARLIAMENT OF INDIA
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RAJYA SABHA SECRETARIAT |
A Seminar to be organized on the theme "Role and Relevance of Rajya Sabha in Indian Polity", on 14 December 2003.
The 200th Session of Rajya Sabha is being celebrated during the ongoing Winter Session. Certain programmes and activities are being organized to commemorate the occasion. As a corollary to that a Seminar on the theme "Role and Relevance of Rajya Sabha in Indian Polity" is being organized in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Public Administration, on 14 December 2003, in the Main Committee Room, Parliament House Annexe. The Vice-President of India and Chainnan, Rajya Sabha, Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat will inaugurate the Seminar at 10:30 a.m. Eminent speakers from different walks of life namely, Prof. Madhu Dandavate, Shri Era Sezhiyan, Shri P. Shiv Shanker, Smt. V. S. Rama Devi, Shri L. M. Singhvi, Shri Harish Khare, Shri Ranganath Mishra, Shri Kuldip Nayyar, Shri R C. Tripathi and Prof. (Smt.) Noorjahan Bava, will speak in the Seminar. Eighty-six students from the Central Universities, llTs and IIMs are likely to witness the proceedings of the Seminar. A live webcast of the proceedings of the Seminar will be available on the Rajya Sabha Web site and can be accessed directly at http://www.rajyasabha.nic.inlwebcastJrajyalive-.file.html .
F or publications brought out by the Rajya Sabha Secretariat to mark the occasion will be released b~~ the Vice-President of India and Chairman, Rajya Sabha and Deputy Chairperson, Rajya SabIia, Dr. (Smt.) Najma Heptulla. The titles of these publications are: Socio-economic Profile of Members of Rajya Sabha (1952-2002),0 Private Members' Legislation,. Women Members of Rajya Sabha,o Humour in the House.. A glimpse into the enlivening moods of Rajya Sabha.