ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
With a feeling of great privilege and pleasure we welcome you to the 7th Andhra Pradesh ociological Conference organized by the Department of Sociology, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar pen University, Hyderabad, India in collaboration with Andhra Pradesh Sociological Society.
The conference will be held from 27th -29 November at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Open University,�� Hyderabad.
Andhra Pradesh Sociological Society (APSS) has identified the most contemporary socially relevant theme “Economic Reforms in India: Social Exclusion and Social Justice” for the conference. Apart from sociologists, academicians, social workers, counselors, researchers, scientists, social activists, journalists, policy makers, bureaucrats and representatives of Government and Non-Government Agencies also will join the conference to present their views and to discuss and deliberate upon the issue from different perspectives.
Among academics a serious debate has been going on in India about the social implications of economic reforms and globalization. Although these debates are going on all over the world, they have become much more significant and complicated in a society like India, which is highly stratified on the basis of caste, religion, region and gender. A section of scholars are strongly advocating that the Economic Reforms initiated by the Government of India are creating prosperity and growth for the nation, particularly they are referring toconstant growth rates after Globalization and Economic Reforms. On the other hand a large
section of sociologists and social researchers are arguing that the growth is not inclusive and the economic reforms as well as globalization have widened the gap within society and they have been constantly exposing the negative dimensions saying that the market economy is in a way excluding a large section of the people and it is working against the spirit of the ‘social justice’, a primary principle of the Indian Constitution. To engineer this process further the Government is privatizing key sectors and natural resources like land, water, mines, minerals etc. The present Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and proposed Coastal Regulation Zones (CRZs) are going to emerge as deemed to be foreign territories within the country. On the other hand labour intensive industries disappearing and high-tech, export processing units are spreading across the country which is further widening the social disparities.
There are fears among the people, communities and different sections of the large masses in the country that these developments will further alienate and exclude them from the mainstream development. Increasing disparities, a rise in under- and unemployment; deterioration in the livelihoods of a majority of the population; an increase in critical poverty, growing violence, suicides of farmers, weavers and other artisans are the expressions of social unrest and injustice. Against this process people, castes, communities, political forces
are raising a demand for policy revision.

REGISTRATION
All the delegates, paper presenters must be registered by paying the following fee to attend
the Conference.
Delegates from outside Hyderabad Rs. 500-00
Local Delegates & members of APSS Rs. 200-00
Travel & Accommodation
The registration fee for the delegates will include the cost of lodging and boarding and the conference kit and hospitality during the conference. Because of Limited resources we could not provide you Travel, the delegates are requested to raise the TA & DA on their own. The accommodation mentioned is of moderate, Non-AC and sharing. Those who need a special and exclusive accommodation are requested to make their own arrangements.
The outstationed requests for registration should reach us in the enclosed form along with a Demand Draft negotiable at Hyderabad in favour of the Conference Secretary VII APSS
Conference, Hyderabad on or before 20th November 2008.
IMPORTANT DATES
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION: � � � � � � � 30 SEPTEMBER 2008
ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION:������� 05 OCTOBER 2008
FULL PAPERS SUBMISSION:���������� 05 NOVEMBER 2008
REGISTRATION :������������������������� 20 NOVEMBER 2008

For further information
Dr. Chakrapani Ghanta
Conference Secretary,
Head, Department of Sociology,
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University,
Road No. 46, Jubilee Hills,
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, 500 033,