Discussion Series Details
Title: Senior Researcher and Legal Advisor at TWN, New Delhi, will be speaking on
Date :
May 18, 2021
Speaker : Shri K M Gopakumar
Speaker : Shri K M Gopakumar
Title: Authenticity in Qualitative research : paradoxical, iterative & interactive research approaches
Date :
Feb 10, 2021
Speaker : Anil Gupta, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Speaker : Anil Gupta, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Title: India’s Energy Data: Are we equipped for an inclusive policy design?
Date :
Oct 14 to 14, 2020
Speaker : Dr. Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan, Associate Professor, Institute of Rural Management, Anand
Speaker : Dr. Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan, Associate Professor, Institute of Rural Management, Anand
Title: From the Globe Back to India: What Next for Return Migrants?’
Date :
Sep 25, 2020
Speaker : S. Irudaya Rajan, Professor, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram
Speaker : S. Irudaya Rajan, Professor, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram
Title: On Level Sensitive Progress Assessment
Date :
Sep 09 to 09, 2020
Speaker : Prof. Udaya S. Mishra, Professor, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram
Speaker : Prof. Udaya S. Mishra, Professor, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram
Title: Income Shocks and Resilience of Economic Institutions: Role of Collective Organizations in India during COVID-19 Pandemic'
Date :
Aug 28 to 28, 2020
Speaker : Dr. Indranil De, Associate Professor, Institute of Rural Management, Anand
Speaker : Dr. Indranil De, Associate Professor, Institute of Rural Management, Anand
Title: Education Policy 2020
Date :
Aug 07, 2020
Speaker : Prof. Geetha Rani, NIEPA, new Delhi
Speaker : Prof. Geetha Rani, NIEPA, new Delhi
Title: Golden Jubilee Lecture Series #7: Understanding Complexities of Social Embeddedness in GPNs: The Case of Indian IT Suppliers in the Netherlands
Date :
Mar 13, 2020
Speaker : Ernesto Noronha, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Speaker : Ernesto Noronha, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Title: Introduction of Labour Codes and its Possible Impact on Labour Market
Date :
Mar 07, 2020
Speaker : Kingshuk Sarkar, Joint Labour Commissioner, Government of West Bengal
Speaker : Kingshuk Sarkar, Joint Labour Commissioner, Government of West Bengal
Title: Golden Jubilee Lecture Series #6: How NGOs Can Transform Low-income Neighbourhoods
Date :
Mar 05, 2020
Speaker : Rajendra Joshi, Director, Saath Charitable Trust, Ahmedabad
Speaker : Rajendra Joshi, Director, Saath Charitable Trust, Ahmedabad
Title: Golden Jubilee Lecture Series #5: Thinking Critically about RCTs (in the light of the Nobel Prize to RCTs)
Date :
Feb 18, 2020
Speaker : Reetika Khera, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Speaker : Reetika Khera, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Title: Golden Jubilee Lecture Series #4: Economic Performance, Limitations of the State, and Political Regression in India
Date :
Jan 23, 2020
Speaker : Sebastian Morris, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Speaker : Sebastian Morris, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Title: Impacts of Climate Change on Marine Fisheries of India
Date :
Jan 16, 2020
Speaker : Monika Makwana, student of the Integrated MPhil-PhD Programme (Habitat Studies), Tata Institute of Social Studies, Mumbai
Speaker : Monika Makwana, student of the Integrated MPhil-PhD Programme (Habitat Studies), Tata Institute of Social Studies, Mumbai
Title: Golden Jubilee Lecture Series #3: Ecologies and Society
Date :
Dec 13, 2019
Speaker : Farhad Contractor, Founder, Sambhaav Trust
Speaker : Farhad Contractor, Founder, Sambhaav Trust
Title: Golden Jubilee Lecture Series #2: Towards a Public Health Perspective in Pharma Industry: Some Experiences of Public Advocacy through PILs
Date :
Oct 23, 2019
Speaker : Chinu Srinivasan, LOCOST, Vadodara
Speaker : Chinu Srinivasan, LOCOST, Vadodara
Title: Golden Jubilee Lecture Series #1: Coffee value chains in India: exploring sustainability oriented markets
Date :
Jul 29, 2019
Speaker : Porf. (Dr.) P G Chengappa, Former Vice Chancellor, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore
Speaker : Porf. (Dr.) P G Chengappa, Former Vice Chancellor, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore
Title: A Tribute to Nobel Laureate Prof. Elinor Ostrom: The Retakes to Self-Organising towards Saving the Thaltej Lakes Ahmedabad: A story of Polycentric Urban Lake Governance in India
Date :
Jun 12, 2019
Speaker : Prof. (Dr.) Mansee Bal Bhargava, Research Entrepreneur, EDC Ahmedabad
Speaker : Prof. (Dr.) Mansee Bal Bhargava, Research Entrepreneur, EDC Ahmedabad
Title: Transforming the Care Economy for Gender Equal Economy with Reference to India
Date :
May 15, 2019
Speaker : Prof. (Dr.) Indira Hirway, Director at Center for Development Alternatives, Ahmedabad
Speaker : Prof. (Dr.) Indira Hirway, Director at Center for Development Alternatives, Ahmedabad
Title: The complexity in determination of minimum wages for domestic workers in India
Date :
Feb 22, 2019
Speaker : Dr. Kingshuk Sarkar, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Labour and Employment, Government of West Bengal & Dr. Amrita Ghatak, Assistant Professor, Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad
Speaker : Dr. Kingshuk Sarkar, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Labour and Employment, Government of West Bengal & Dr. Amrita Ghatak, Assistant Professor, Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad
Title: Panel discussion on Domestic Workers in the informal work-space: Wages and Working Conditions
Date :
Feb 22, 2019
Speaker : Prof. Indira Hirway (CFDA Ahmedabad), Prof. Sebastian Morris (IIM Ahmedabad), Prof. Niti Mehta (SPIESR Ahmedabad) , Ms Shalini Trivedi (SEWA Ahmedabad)
Speaker : Prof. Indira Hirway (CFDA Ahmedabad), Prof. Sebastian Morris (IIM Ahmedabad), Prof. Niti Mehta (SPIESR Ahmedabad) , Ms Shalini Trivedi (SEWA Ahmedabad)
Title: Telangana Peoples Movement: A Study of Democratic Aspirations and Electoral Politics
Date :
Feb 07, 2019
Speaker : Dr. B. Jagannatham, Assistant Professor, Centre for Gandhian Thought and Peace Studies, School of Social Sciences, Central University of Gujarat
Speaker : Dr. B. Jagannatham, Assistant Professor, Centre for Gandhian Thought and Peace Studies, School of Social Sciences, Central University of Gujarat
Title: Of Binaries, Boundaries and Benevolence: Critical Interdisciplinarity in Natural Resources Management Research
Date :
Oct 09, 2018
Speaker : Prof. Peter P Mollinga, Professor of Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies University of London (SOAS University of London)
Speaker : Prof. Peter P Mollinga, Professor of Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies University of London (SOAS University of London)
Title: Measuring Planted Mangrove Effect on Gujarat Fishery Sector
Date :
Jul 27, 2018
Speaker : Dr. Saudamini Das, NABARD Chair Professor at the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), Delhi
Speaker : Dr. Saudamini Das, NABARD Chair Professor at the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), Delhi
Title: Managing Sanitation in Future Cities: Groundwater and Sanitation Interlinkages in Peri-urban Bangalore
Date :
Jul 12, 2018
Speaker : Dr. Durba Biswas, a Fellow with the Water, Land and Society Programme at ATREE
Speaker : Dr. Durba Biswas, a Fellow with the Water, Land and Society Programme at ATREE
Title: "Potential of Phenomenology in Management and Development Studies"
Date :
Jan 23, 2018
Speaker : Dr. Rajul Joshi, Academician and Research Assistant with University of Technology Sydney and Western Sydney University, Australia
Speaker : Dr. Rajul Joshi, Academician and Research Assistant with University of Technology Sydney and Western Sydney University, Australia
Title: "DOWNSTREAM OF THE DAM : Discussion Seminar on the Uses and Meanings of Narmada Water in Gujarat Development"
Date :
Sep 06, 2017
Speaker : R. Parthasarathy, GIDR, Peter Mollinga, SOAS and Pranjal Deekshit, TISS
Speaker : R. Parthasarathy, GIDR, Peter Mollinga, SOAS and Pranjal Deekshit, TISS
Title: Housing Choices as School Choices: Subsidized Renters Agency in an Uncertain Policy Context.
Date :
Feb 03, 2017
Speaker : Ms. Divya Ravindranath, PhD student at the Washington University St Louis.
Speaker : Ms. Divya Ravindranath, PhD student at the Washington University St Louis.
Title: Changing Demographics of Social Reproduction: Young Women's Life Plans
Date :
Jan 21, 2017
Speaker : Dr. Alice W. Clark, an eminent historian and scholar of gender and society in India
Speaker : Dr. Alice W. Clark, an eminent historian and scholar of gender and society in India
Title: Labour Reforms in the Context of Changing World of Work
Date :
Jul 05, 2016
Speaker : Dr. Kingshuk Sarkar, Fellow, V.V. Giri National Labour Institute, NOIDA
Speaker : Dr. Kingshuk Sarkar, Fellow, V.V. Giri National Labour Institute, NOIDA
Title: Decent Work: Measurement and Status in India
Date :
Apr 30, 2016
Speaker : Dr. Nausheen Nizami, Assistant Professor, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
Speaker : Dr. Nausheen Nizami, Assistant Professor, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
Title: Extractive Peasants: Rural Transformation and Informal Mining
Date :
Dec 10, 2015
Speaker : Dr. Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt, Senior Fellow, Resource, Environment & Development Program, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University.
Speaker : Dr. Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt, Senior Fellow, Resource, Environment & Development Program, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University.
Title: Sex Determination and Sex-Selective Abortion: Perspectives from the Field
Date :
Aug 21, 2015
Speaker : Utpal Sandesara, MD-PhD Scholar, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Speaker : Utpal Sandesara, MD-PhD Scholar, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Title: Conceptualizing Performance in NGOs and Funders
Date :
Jul 17, 2015
Speaker : Alnoor Ebrahim, Associate Professor, Harvard Business School, Massachusetts, USA
Speaker : Alnoor Ebrahim, Associate Professor, Harvard Business School, Massachusetts, USA
Title: Food Security, Agrarian Crisis and Biotechnology: A question of politics?
Date :
May 16, 2015
Speaker : Mr Devinder Sharma, a noted Indian journalist and outspoken critic of industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, globalisation and free trade.
Speaker : Mr Devinder Sharma, a noted Indian journalist and outspoken critic of industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, globalisation and free trade.
Title: Climate change and its Impacts
Date :
Feb 26, 2015
Speaker : R.S. Deshpande, National Fellow, Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and former Director, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore.
Speaker : R.S. Deshpande, National Fellow, Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and former Director, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore.
Title: Integrating street vendors to the city: the case of the Bhadra plaza
Date :
Jan 06, 2015
Speaker : Ms Lila Oriard, Research Assistant, The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, University College, London
Speaker : Ms Lila Oriard, Research Assistant, The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, University College, London
Title: Role of Mangrove Forest in Disaster Management
Date :
Jan 06, 2015
Speaker : Dr.Saudamini Das, Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi
Speaker : Dr.Saudamini Das, Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi
Title: Theorizing and Conceptualizing 'Dispossession' in the Neo-Liberal Era
Date :
Aug 20, 2014
Speaker : Mr. Sujit Kumar, UGC-Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore
Speaker : Mr. Sujit Kumar, UGC-Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore
Title: Firm Growth, Patterns of Industrialization and Innovation in Industry
Date :
Aug 02, 2014
Speaker : Dr. EmanuelePugliese, Research Assistant at IstitutodeiSistemiComplessi, CNR, Rome, Italy
Speaker : Dr. EmanuelePugliese, Research Assistant at IstitutodeiSistemiComplessi, CNR, Rome, Italy
Title: Drivers of Firm Growth: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing
Date :
Jul 18, 2014
Speaker : MsNanditha Mathew, Research Fellow, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Sant'' Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy
Speaker : MsNanditha Mathew, Research Fellow, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Sant'' Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy
Title: Social Externalities of BRTS: Labour and Transition
Date :
Jul 18, 2014
Speaker : Ms. Olivia BryanneZank, Researcher, Quality Public Transport, Public World, London
Speaker : Ms. Olivia BryanneZank, Researcher, Quality Public Transport, Public World, London
Title: Enhancing Nutrition Security via India's National Food Security Act: Using an Axe Instead of a Scalpel?
Date :
Jul 11, 2014
Speaker : Dr. Sonalde Desai, Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland, Australia
Speaker : Dr. Sonalde Desai, Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland, Australia
Title: British-born Second Generation Return Migrants to India
Date :
Jun 16, 2014
Speaker : Dr. PriyaKhambhaita, Faculty Research Fellow, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, UK
Speaker : Dr. PriyaKhambhaita, Faculty Research Fellow, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, UK
Title: Labour Statistics in India
Date :
Feb 12, 2014
Speaker : Prof. T. S. Papola, Honorary Professor, Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi
Speaker : Prof. T. S. Papola, Honorary Professor, Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi
Title: Regional Development in Globalised India: Darjeeling and Anand Compared
Date :
Jun 15, 2013
Speaker : Prof. Tim Scrase, Australian Catholic University, East Melbourne, Australia, Prof. Mario Rutten, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Dr. Trent Brown, Australian Catholic University, East Melbourne, Australia
Speaker : Prof. Tim Scrase, Australian Catholic University, East Melbourne, Australia, Prof. Mario Rutten, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Dr. Trent Brown, Australian Catholic University, East Melbourne, Australia
Title: Decline of Poor Women's Grassroots Activism under the 'Neoliberal' Regime in Urban Gujarat
Date :
Feb 28, 2013
Speaker : Yutaka Sato, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo
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Speaker : Yutaka Sato, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo
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Title: Reversing the Research Gaze: Science as Culture, Scientists as Gendered Beings
Date :
Nov 26, 2012
Speaker : Margreet Zwarteveen, Assistant Professor/Senior Researcher, Irrigation and Water Management/ Gender Studies, Wageningen University
Speaker : Margreet Zwarteveen, Assistant Professor/Senior Researcher, Irrigation and Water Management/ Gender Studies, Wageningen University
Title: Farmer Producer Organisations: Some Reflections on their Status and Relevance
Date :
Jun 25, 2012
Speaker : Tara Nair, Associate Professor, GIDR and Bhavani Shankar, Assistant Professor, IIHMR, Jaipur
Speaker : Tara Nair, Associate Professor, GIDR and Bhavani Shankar, Assistant Professor, IIHMR, Jaipur
Title: Current Migration Patterns of Muslims from Charotar
Date :
Jun 13, 2012
Speaker : Sanderian Verstappen, Doctoral Scholar, Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam
Speaker : Sanderian Verstappen, Doctoral Scholar, Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam
Title: Comparative Testing of Consumer Products
Date :
May 30, 2012
Speaker : C.J. Shishoo, Hon. Director, B.V. Patel PERD Centre, Ahmedabad
Speaker : C.J. Shishoo, Hon. Director, B.V. Patel PERD Centre, Ahmedabad
Title: Contemporary Developmental Challenges in India and Gujarat
Date :
Mar 22, 2012
Speaker : Sanjay Prasad, Principal Secretary, Department of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of Gujarat
Speaker : Sanjay Prasad, Principal Secretary, Department of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of Gujarat
Title: The Roles of Government and Entrepreneurs during the Development of Rural Clusters in China
Date :
Dec 28, 2011
Speaker : Feng Wang, Doctoral Scholar, Centre for Agriculture and Rural Development, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Speaker : Feng Wang, Doctoral Scholar, Centre for Agriculture and Rural Development, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Title: Facilitating Inclusive Development of Clusters in Rural Area
Date :
Dec 28, 2011
Speaker : Yanbin Jiang, Doctoral Scholar, National Institute of Innovation Management, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Speaker : Yanbin Jiang, Doctoral Scholar, National Institute of Innovation Management, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Title: On Becoming a Business Historian
Date :
Dec 13, 2011
Speaker : Dwijendra Tripathi, Former Professor, IIM, Ahmedabad
Speaker : Dwijendra Tripathi, Former Professor, IIM, Ahmedabad
Title: The Invisible Labourers: Transnational and Local Activism among Home-based Women Workers in Manila, Leeds and Ahmedabad ?
Date :
Oct 16, 2010
Speaker : Marie Larsson of the Department of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University.
Speaker : Marie Larsson of the Department of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University.
Title: Adoption of Internet by the US Television Industry: Case of Innovation Diffusion in an Interorganizational Field
Date :
Aug 12, 2010
Speaker : Harsh Taneja, PhD Student, Media, Technology and Society Programme, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA.
Speaker : Harsh Taneja, PhD Student, Media, Technology and Society Programme, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA.
Title: Farmers Suicides and the Response of Development Organizations
Date :
Jul 26, 2010
Speaker : Bernadette Marie White, PhD Student, Syracuse University, USA.
Speaker : Bernadette Marie White, PhD Student, Syracuse University, USA.
Title: Institutionalising Panchayat Raj: Lessons from Kerala
Date :
Mar 26, 2010
Speaker : Professor K.P. Kannan, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum
Speaker : Professor K.P. Kannan, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum
Title: How Indian Research Institutions and Researchers Can Become Involved in European Research?
Date :
Mar 18, 2010
Speaker : Albert Schram, Research Funding Advisor, School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Speaker : Albert Schram, Research Funding Advisor, School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Title: Review of Monetary Policy 2009-10.
Date :
Sep 25, 2009
Speaker : A. K. Shukla, Research Officer, Reserve Bank of India, Ahmedabad
Speaker : A. K. Shukla, Research Officer, Reserve Bank of India, Ahmedabad
Title: The Changing Groundwater Institution in India: A Sustainable Adaptation to New Challenges?
Date :
Sep 11, 2009
Speaker : Rens de Man, Ph.D. Scholar, Wageningen University, Netherlands
Speaker : Rens de Man, Ph.D. Scholar, Wageningen University, Netherlands
Title: Biodiversity Conservation and Livelihood Related Concerns: Case Study of Little Rann of Kachchh Landscape
Date :
Aug 13, 2009
Speaker : Dr. Arun Dixit, Centre for Environment and Social Concerns, Ahmedabad
Speaker : Dr. Arun Dixit, Centre for Environment and Social Concerns, Ahmedabad
Title: The Indian General Election of 2009: Continuity or Change?
Date :
May 16, 2009
Speaker : Prof. John Wood and Prof. Keshab Das
Speaker : Prof. John Wood and Prof. Keshab Das
Title: Cash Transfers for the Poor
Date :
Feb 20, 2009
Speaker : Prof. Jeemol Unni
Speaker : Prof. Jeemol Unni
Title: Impact of Recent Economic Crisis on Sectors and Workers:Some Preliminary Assessment
Date :
Jan 07, 2009
Speaker : Prof. Indira Hirway and Mr.Sunil Parekh
Speaker : Prof. Indira Hirway and Mr.Sunil Parekh
Title: Indulal Yagnik
Date :
Nov 19, 2008
Speaker : Prof. John Wood
Speaker : Prof. John Wood
Title: US Financial Crisis and Its Impact on India
Date :
Nov 06, 2008
Speaker : Dr. Jharna Pathak
Speaker : Dr. Jharna Pathak