Description: | A UGC-sponsored two-year Post-Graduate (PG) course on Peace and Conflict Studies was launched by the Gauhati University (GU) Political Science Department from November 2007.The course is expected to foster research activities on the prevailing situation in the NE region, besides opening up new avenues for employment by creating experts on the subject. Dr Nani gopal Mahanta, a Reader of the department, who received higher education in the area in the Barkley University, USA, will act as the coordinator of the course .Develop insight into the historical, social, economic and political causes of conflicts in India and South Asia.Promote Knowledge of alternative democratic, non-violent ways of solving conflicts. |