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Tech’s “Shaping the 21st Century: Focus on India” program is continuing a fourth week with a lecture Thursday on India and Pakistan by an international expert on contemporary world conflict.

The celebration will conclude Tuesday with the annual International Student Organization Food and Cultural Festival from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Student Center, Main Floor.

Dozens of countries will be represented there; food tickets will be on sale.

Thursday's speaker, Dr. Timothy D. Hoyt, is an associate professor of strategy and policy at the Naval War College in Newport, R.I.

His talk is set for 7 p.m. in the Student Center, Room 223.

Hoyt received his doctorate in International Relations and Strategic Studies from The Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in 1997.

At Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, 1998-2002, Hoyt taught graduate courses on South Asian security, technology and international security, and military strategy.

In October 2003, he testified before subcommittees of the House Committee on International Relations regarding terrorism in South and Southwest Asia. His recent publications include chapters and articles on the limits of military force in the global war on terrorism, and the impact of culture on military doctrine and strategy.

These “Focus on India” events help round out Tech's international education requirement that calls for every graduate to gain exposure to and appreciation of other nations, Vice President for Academic Affairs Ken Rea said.

Rea added that selecting India for this year’s international series was based on India’s emerging economic power, its size, its democratic government and Tech’s sizable Indian student enrollment.

Events are open to the public and admission is free.

Other scheduled events include Monday’s Noon Brown Bag luncheon series speaker Vibha Jani, chair of Tech's interior design program, who will address how culture shapes architecture in India.

Her presentation will be in the International Student Office, Tolliver Hall.

Related Events at Lincoln Parish Library, located at 910 N. Trenton St.:

• Monday, 6:30 p.m. — Lecture: Indian Art & Architecture.

• April 17, 6:30 p.m. — Exhibition: Indian textiles and costumes.

For more information, contact Vibha Jani at 257-2816 or vjani@latech.edu; Dr. Brian Etheridge at 257-2872 or briane@latech.edu; Dan Erickson at  257-4321 or daniel@latech.edu; or Bill Willoughby at 257-2816 or wtwillou@latech.edu.

The India series is sponsored by Tech's academic affairs office, student affairs office, the history department, the English department, the School of Architecture, the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Administration and Business

Other sponsors include the International Student Organization, the Indian Association of North Louisiana, the Association of Indian Students, the Student Government Association, the McGinty Trust, the Lambda Rho chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, and the American Foreign Policy Center.