Nadi 2016: Declaration and Summary Report

The Third Space Initiative christened Asian Confluence River Festival NADI, 2016 was held on July 15 - 16 2016 at Shillong as a joint initiative between Asian Confluence, Government of Meghalaya, Maulana Abul Kalam Institute of Asian Studies (MAKAIS) and several other institutions. Over four hundred people representing divergent domains including dignitaries from neighbouring countries Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar attended the festival. The valedictory session was addressed by the Hon’ble Governor of Meghalaya and the festival was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Meghalaya. The festival was the seminal sequel to a series of multi-stakeholder activities organized by the Asian Confluence stemming from the Shillong Consensus in Dec 2014. The primary objective was to bring together all the three spaces ( Government, Business, and the people) to connect, deliberate and inspire all to recommit to a common vision we all nurture - clean environment and cheap connectivity, bustling trade and tourism and a networking platform for interaction among the three spaces.