SWEDISH SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES NETWORK

---

Visit by Indian Ambassador to Lund and Malmö,
Thursday 14 May 2009

The Mayor of Lund, Mrs. Annika Annerby Jansson presents H.E. Mr. Balkrishna Shetty a gift.

Programme prepared by Lars Eklund, deputy director, Swedish South Asian Studies Network (SASNET), Lund University. All photos taken by Lars Eklund.

Delegation from the Embassy of India, Stockholm:
• H.E. Mr. Balkrishna Shetty, Ambassador of India
• Mrs. Madhumita Bhagat, First Secretary
          (Commerce, Consular, Culture), Embassy of India
• Mr. Rajagopal, secretary to the Ambassador

08.15 Arrival by flight to Sturup Airport. By car to Lund

08.45: Visit Mayor of Lund (kommunfullmäktiges ordförande), Ms. Annika Annerby Jansson. Rådhuset. Presentation on City of Lund.

09.30: By car to Lund University’s Faculty of Engineering (LTH), Sölvegatan 22

Visit to the Dept. of Electrical and Information Technology. From left to right: Mr. Srikanth Gopal, Ms. Madhumita Bhagat, H.E. Mr. Balkrishna Shetty, Prof. Ove Edfors and Mr. Rajagopal.

09.45-11.00: LTH, Fakultetsklubben, Kårhuset: Introduction on Lund University and the Faculty of Engineering by Prof. Per Warfvinge, Vice-Dean for International Relations, LTH.

From Kårhuset a short walk accompanied by Ms. Christina Grossmann, Director, International Relations Office, Faculty of Engineering, to E-huset, and the Department of Electrical and Information Technology. Meeting with Prof. Ove Edfors, and the Indian second year Masters student Srikanth Gopal, studying in the MSc programme on Wireless Communications.

11.00: By car to the Vice Chancellor’s Office, Lund University, Universitetsplatsen.

11.15-11.45: Meeting with the University Director, Dr. Marianne Granfelt. Presentation of Lund University’s Development Programme for the period 2009–12.

11.45: Short walk to the Old Bishops House, Biskopsgatan

12.00-13-00: Lunch at Old Bishops House
Invited guests:
• Marianne Granfelt, University Director
• Sidsel Hansson, LU International Relations Office
• Anna Lindberg, SASNET
• Lars Eklund, SASNET
• Stig Toft Madsen, SASNET
• Neelambar Hatti, Dept. Of Economic History
• Rajni Hatti Kaul, Dept. Of Biotechnology
• Åsa Ljungh, Division of Medical Microbiology
• Maya Subrahmaniam, visiting researcher from India

13.00: By car to Ideon Science Park 

13.15-15.30: Sweden India Business Council/SASNET/Ideon business seminar on India. Knut Wicksells Konferensrum, Scheelevägen 17. Read the full programme.
Presentations given by:
– H.E. Mr. Balkrishna Shetty
– Prof. Baboo Nair, Dept. of Applied Nutrition, Lund University

15.30: Short walk to SASNET’s office at Scheelevägen 15 D. Discussions with Anna Lindberg and Lars Eklund.

16.00-17.00: Meeting with Lund University researchers, students and international coordinators involved in India related projects. Venue: Conference room, Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Scheelevägen 15 D, 1st floor. Read the invitation.
Separate 10 minutes presentations of:
– The Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window lot 15 programme, coordinated by Lund University (Dr. Sidsel Hansson)
– The SASNET Fermented Foods project (Prof. Baboo Nair)
– The Division of Indic Religions at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University (Prof. Olle Qvarnström)

Transport to Malmö
18.30-19.00 Ambassador visits the Bollywood cinema hall BioCentrum in Limhamn. Introduces the evening’s film "Saawariya" to the audience.

19.00 By car to Hipp, Kalendegatan 12 B.

19.30- Reception hosted by the Embassy of India in Winge-salen at the fifth floor of Hipp. One of the representation halls belonging to the City of Malmö. Nearly 100 invited guests from the Indian community in Malmö/Lund, representatives of City of Lund, Malmö University, and people working on India related projects within art, music, and theatre.
– Indian catering food supplied by ”Curry on Wheels”, a firm closely connected to Lund Cricket Club.
– Musical entertainment by Mrs. Bubu Munshi-Eklund giving a recital of Rabindrasangheet songs on harmonium, accompanied by Mr. Mattias Eklund, playing bass clarinet.