Pravin Visaria Memorial Lectures

Sr.No.

Date

Speaker

Abstract/YouTube Link

1

March 4, 2003

Prof. Tim Dyson 

London School of Economics, London, UK.

India's Population: Past, Present and Future

2

October 26, 2009

Prof. A Vaidyanathan

Former Member.

Planning Commission of India, and former Professor,

Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai

Reflections on the Role and Relevance of Social Science Research in India

3

March 1, 2011

Prof. Andre Beteille

Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, Delhi. 

The Institutions of Democracy

4

January 16, 2012

Prof. Pranab Bardhan

Professor of Economics, 

University of California, Berkeley, USA.

Corruption in India: When Piety is not Enough

5

April 18, 2013

Professor Ashwani Saith

Professor Emeritus, 

International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague

The Netherlands.

Globalisation, Inequality, Democracy: An Unstable Trinity

6

February 11, 2015

Prof. Isher Judge Ahluwalia

Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi.

Urbanisation in India: Opportunities and Challenges.

7

January 3, 2019

Lord Megnad Desai Former Professor of Economics, London School of Economics, London, UK.

Mortality in the Mahabharata: An Exploration in Historical Demography

8

June 16, 2022

Professor Kaushik Basu 

Carl Marks Professor of International Studies, 

Cornell University, 

Ithaca, New York, USA.

The Changing Nature of the Global Economy and Labor Markets:

What May the Future Hold

https://youtu.be/tslWwjhujJQ