Conference stressed on the need to address the issues of Indian Gulf Migrants

A conference on ‘Asianisation of Migrant Workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: Emerging trends, future prospects and strategic implications’ was held on 9-10 October, 2014, Thursday-Friday at the Seminar Room, Library Building in the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library. The conference was organised by Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in association with Dr. Ginu Zacharia Oommen, NMML and Prof. Irudaya Rajan, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala. The two-day conference touched upon many important issues, trends and future prospects of the Indian emigrants in Gulf countries. The eminent speakers, experts and the scholars of Diaspora and international migration were the participants of this conference. The conference was inaugurated with the welcome speech and introductory session by Prof. Mahesh Rangrajan, NMML. Prof. Rangarajan introduced the issues and challenges of t