BANGALORE INTER THEOLOGATE SEMINAR

26 Jul 2013

BANGALORE INTER THEOLOGATE SEMINAR

Bangalore Inter Theological Seminar

BITS Annual Meeting 2013

BITS annual meeting for the academic year 2012-13 for faculty and students was held on Saturday 19 January, 2013 from 9.00am to 5.00 pm.

The theme was Migration: Revisiting The Theology Of Mission. The program began with worship led by friends from Focolare and Students from SAIACS. Dr. Reji Samuel, Convener & Co-Ordinator, BITS welcomed the gathering. There were 98 participants who attened the program. Dr. John Arun Kumar, Professor at SAIACS and Chair Person, BITS brought the introductory remarks. The Key Note Address was by Dr. Lalrinawmi Ralte, Professor, United Theological College, It was followed by Panel discussion led by Ms. Rahath Begum AVAS (Forced Migration). Fr. Martin Puthussery (Migration out of Necessity ) Mr. Binu Varghese, DON BOSCO ,(Migration due to Human trafficking). Afternoon the participants spend time in group discussion ,r eported their findings in the and plenary discussion followed by Cultural program

BITS One day program February 2011

BITS Annual Seminar was held at Ecumenical Christian Centre , Conference Hall

On February 12, 2011 Saturday . Theme for the seminar was Privacy As Human Right

The day started with the beautiful Worship led by Kristu Jyothi College, K.R. Puram

Rev. Reji Samuel, Convener & Co-ordinator, BITS welcomed the gathering .

The first session was chaired by Rev. Dr. Jones Muthunayagom, Chairperson, BITS who also brought words of Introduction. Rev. Dr. M. Mani Chacko, Director, Ecumenical Christian Centre inaugurated the seminar sharing from his life journey and experience with particular reference to Privacy issues.

The Key Note address was brought by Fr. Dr.George Mutholil S.J., Director, Indian Social Institute, Bangalore. In his address he discussed about : What is happening to Privacy, Threats to Privacy, Technologies of Privacy, Reasons for adopting comprehensive laws, moral and legal aspects, and Judicial trends in India relating to the concept of Individual privacy. Privacy isa fundamental right. Privacy has many facets, such as information privacy, bodily privacy, privacy of communication, and territorial privacy. There has been attempts by several nations to monitor the movements of its people. However, these efforts have always been undermined the democratic process. The best example is the Adhar/ UID proposed by the central government of India. There is a need t adopt comptrehensive laws to check the abuse and and to protect data. Another signifiucant dimension is the moral issues related to privacy.

In the following session of panel discussions Mr Sunil Abraham, Mr Sunil Abraham, Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore talked about issues of privacy in Social networking and internet .Mr. Mathew Thomas, Citizen Action Forum analyzed the issues of UID and Privacy issues. Ms. Elonnai Hickok , CIS, Bangalore discussed about GPS / CC TV / Cell Phone etc., followed by discussions.

After the lunch the participants were divided into various groups and had lively discussions. The plenary session was moderated by Rev. Dr. Jones Muthunayagom. Vote of Thanks was proposed by by Dr John Arun Kumar from SAIACS .

26 Jul 2013