Introduction
The Coeval Discourse is a platform to present,exchange of views and outline strategies to mitigate against challenges and issues causing threat to country and well being of its people. The discourse Involves distinguished speakers, academicians, journalists, govt/non-govt officials and civil society activists from national and international levels.
Under the title “Coeval Discourse”,a programme was organised in collaboration with – Indian Council for Cultural Relations, ICCR Kolkata in 2019 . The initiative attempted to focus on peremptory consequences that causesd an impact on sustainability and development approach widely.
Coeval Discourse I : Round table Meet on “New Paradigm on India-Bangladesh Economic Cooperation” The first coeval discourse – a platform to assess the act and impact of the current happenings prompted a Round Table meet on “New Paradigm of India-Bangladesh Economic Cooperation” in partnership with Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Kolkata on 21st of October 2019.

The Round table acted as an initiative to engage expertise from disparate columns to assess the aftermath of the Memorandums and Agreements contrived between India and Bangladesh as a part of Hon’ble PM of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina’s visit to India, October 2019.
The speakers surmised that the bilateral partnership based on, sovereignty, peace, trust and equality would flatten colossal of advantages for both the countries over conventional as well as non-conventional areas. The revered economists, diplomat, academicians and eminent journalist elucidated that how a win-win business partnership between the adjoining riveraine nations would boost connectivity over trade
and commerce. The North Eastern belt of India would have a better access to LPG’s at reduced price,generating revenues over cross border energy trade.

The economist view point focused that the strategic economic partnership would help Bangladesh to make their economic growth sustainably fertile enhancing country’s per capita income rate that remained substantially low than India till date. The medium of the growth spurt would be the export of textiles, jute, commercial goods, Pharmaceuticals including the swell of a lucrative approach towards marketing and commercialization. In order to ascertain the growth matrix for the grass root people of Bangladesh through the establishment of ‘Border Haats’, youth education and skill training the proposed approach also aimed to rekindle the growth prospect of cargo hubs, inland water and motor route connectivity to accord an efficient trade and connectivity corridors between India and Bangladesh in the future years.
The representative from the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission, Kolkata while illustrating the key impacts of the recent development between both the nations added that the Feni water agreements would strengthen the relation between both the nations. Underscoring the fact that all the agreements would redeem a proactive approach in condemning impinging issues like migration, socio-economic issues, gender and healthnotably the Memorandum on Zero Tolerance and the security surveillance was regarded as a resolute effort towards tranquil, stable and crime free border by all the speakers and the chair himself. They attested that Memorandum on Zero tolerance, Costal security surveillance and border security management including the installation of check post at Akhaura(Tripura) and Ghojadanga (West
Bengal) as a manifestation of the commitment towards anti- terrorism , extremism and other illegal acts. On a concluding line the Round table reaffirmed the fact that the avid multi-dimensional partnership would be rewarding for both the nation in terms of people to people connect, trade and commerce, connectivity, security and development of land ports. The deliberation conceded the fact that the need of the hour for the countries was to synthesize an empirical articulatory approach to meet the evolving market and commercial requisites and people’s need.

The Round table members and the participants of the meet recalled the shared bonds between India and Bangladesh over history, culture, language and other commonalities. They also paid their solemn tribute to the martyrs of the Liberation War of 1971, the Muktijodhas and the Indian soldiers who fought relentlessly to cherish the value of secular democracy, growth and development. The meet culminated with a hope on the efficacy of recent transcend multi-dimensional bond, diplomatic channels, cultural linkages that would constructively roll anew a paradigm of growth and development between India and Bangladesh.