Astha Bharati
A
Society to promote
National unity and integrity
ASTHA BHARATI, DELHI
Mission
Astha Bharati has been established to promote unity and Integrity of the country amongst its people. This step is result of a perception that the divisive and centrifugal thought processes and forces are having undeserved prominence in the intellectual, social and political space of the country. The unifying cultural and historical traditions and factors have become victims of negativism, distortion and colonial misinterpretations. The integrity of the nation is under attack from varied forces, some even using the idiom of violence and terror, drowning the voices of sanity, truth and unity. Social and cultural conflicts are being promoted to retain and sustain narrow sectarian goals.
Astha Bharati endeavours to achieve its objective by inter alia;
(a) promoting study of India-centric, social, political and cultural continuum to project and document timeless unifying factors,
(b) it will promote original and authentic academic research in respect of issues like traditions, regionalism, parochialism, alienation, terrorism and economic development etc.
(c) it shall encourage free, fearless and constructive dialogue and communication through seminars, symposia, lectures and publication of books, monographs and journals about India, its neighbours and near neighbours.
(d) to work for promoting harmony between the communities and countries.
(e) to establish and maintain libraries and information centres.
Organisation
Astha Bharati has been registered in May 1999 as a nonprofit society under the Societies Registration Act. Its governing body includes prominent academician and educationalist.
The Office bearers of Astha Bharati :
President
Dr. Jayanta Madhab
Development Economist and
Former Chairman, NEDFi
Former Director, ADB
Acting Secretary
Shri Rajesh Bhargava
Engineer-Business.
Treasurer
Shri J.N. Roy, IPS (Retd.)
Former Commissioner,
Civil Aviation Security, New Delhi.
(Ph.: 011-22712303)
Members of Governing Body
Dr. B.B. Kumar - Editor,
Dialogue & Chintan-Srijan
Former Principal,
Kohima Science College,
Kohima, Nagaland.
Prof. Mrinal Miri
Former Vice-Chancellor
North Eastern Hill University,
Shillong.
Prof. Kamleshwar Bora
Former Vice-Chancellor
Dibrugarh University.
Dr. V. Suryanarayan
Ex Senior Prof. & Director,
Centre for South &
South-East Asian Studies,
University of Madras,
Chennai.
Shri Prakash Singh, IPS (Retd.)
Ex-Director General,
Border Security Force,
Ex-DGP, UP/Assam.
Dr. Suresh Sharma
Former Director, CSDS,
New Delhi.
Dr. Shankar Sharan
N.C.E.R.T., New Delhi.
Shri Bimal Pramanik
Director, Centre for Research
In Indo-Bangladesh Relations,
Kolkata.
Smt. Lata Singh IAS (Retd.)
Former Secretary Govt. of India;
Noida (U.P.)
Shri P.C. Haldar IPS (Retd.)
Former DIB,
Interlocutor for Assam Peace Talks
New Delhi
Shri D.N. Bezboruah,
Former Editor The Sentinel
Guwahati (Assam)
Smt. Patricia Mukhim,
Editor, Shillong Times,
Shillong (Meghalaya)
Dr. Achyutanand Mishra
(Former Vice-Chancellor
Makhanlal Chaturvedi National
University of Journalism-Bhopal)
Prof. Ramesh Chandra Shah
Padmasri, Academician,
writer & critic
Bhopal (M.P.)
Activities
Astha Bharati is regularly publishing an academic quarterlies DIALOGUE (English) and CHINTAN-SRIJAN (Hindi) to promote its objectives. Both are edited by Dr. B.B. Kumar and Consulting Editor - J.N. Roy. It has a distinguished Editorial Board consisting of :
Dialogue
Prof. Mrinal Miri
Ex-Vice-Chancellor, NEHU
Dr. Jayanta Madhab
Development Economist, Former Chairman, NEDFi and Former Director, ADB.
Prof. Ashok Vajpeyi
Ex-Vice-Chancellor, writer.
Dr. U.R. Ananthamurthy
Distinguished writer and former Chairman, Sahitya Academy.
Shri J.N. Roy IPS (Retd.)
Former Commissioner, Civil Aviation Security, New Delhi and strategic thinker
Encouraged by the success and acceptability of Dialogue, Astha Bharati brought out a Hindi quarterly CHINTAN-SRIJAN from July 2003. It has the same focus as Dialogue and represents our effort to reach a wider readership.
Editorial Board of Chintan-Srijan
Prof. Lokesh Chandra
Yashdev Shalya
J.N. Roy
Ramesh Chandra Shah
Assistant Edtior
Dr. Shankar Sharan
The journals have a distinct academic flavour. Within a short while these have carved niche for themselves. Its list of authors include prominent academicians and personalities who have made distinct contribution in their filed of expertise.
Beside incisive editorials, articles are not only of high calibre but also cover a wide variety of subjects including society, culture, politics, development and current issues. Each issue published has a focus on a subject.
The Special Numbers of the Dialogue include Illegal Migration from Bangladesh, Central Asia, Fiscal Mismanagement in the North Eastern States India: Security Dimension, South-East Asia and Secularism, Maoism etc. For details, please visit our website : www.asthabharati.org
Astha Bharati organises Seminars/workshops on current issues including. February (14-16) 2001 on Problems of Economic Development in North-East India and in November (27-28) 2001 and February 2003 on Illegal Migration from Bangladesh. It is also hosted an International Seminar on India and Central Asia through the Ages jointly with ICCR, New Delhi in March 2004.
Funds
It creates funding by way of patronship, donations, lifemembership and membership fees from individuals, business, industry, government and philanthropic institutions for its corpus and its activities. We also receive annual grant from the ICSSR for our journals.
Our rates are as follows:
Astha Bharati
1. Donations
(a) Corporations/Business
Establishment/Institutions
Not less than Rs. 10,000/-
(b) Individuals, not less than Rs. 5,000/-
2. Patron
(a) Corporations/Business
Establishment/Institutions Rs. 10,000/-
(b) Individuals, Rs. 5,000/-
3. Life Member
(a) Corporations/Business
Establishment/Institutions Rs. 2,000/-
(b) Individuals, Rs. 1,000/-
(c) Annual Membership Rs. 200/-
Dialogue Subscription Rates
For Individuals (in India)
Single issue Rs. 30.00
Annual Rs. 100.00
For 3 years Rs. 250.00
For Institutions:
Single Issue (in India Rs. 60.00
Abroad US $ 15.00
Annual (in India) Rs. 200.00
Abroad US $ 50.00
For 3 years (in India) Rs. 500.00
Abroad US $125.00
Advertisement Rates
for Dialogue & Chintan-Srijan
Outside back-cover Rs. 15, 000.00
Inside Covers Rs. 10, 000.00
Inner page coloured Rs. 8, 000.00
Inner full page Rs. 5, 000.00
Inner half page Rs. 3, 000.00
Inner quarter page Rs. 2, 000.00
All cheques and Bank Drafts (Account Payee) are to be made in the name of ASTHA BHARATI, New Delhi. And sent to Shri J.N. Roy, Treasurer, Astha Bharati on the following address, with name, address, phone number of the sender and the category of payment.
Registered Office:
27/201, East End Apartments,
Mayur Vihar Phase-I, Extn.,
Delhi-110096.
Working Office:
23/203, East End Apartments,
Mayur Vihar Phase-I, Extn.,
Delhi-110096.
Tel. No. 011-22712454/9810116199 J.N. Roy
E-mail : asthabharati@yahoo.com
Website : www.asthabharati.org