From: ISAS-UC Berkeley <centernews@lists.berkeley.edu>
Date: Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 6:37 AM
Subject: UPCOMING EVENT: ISAS Conference Fri-Sat, March 11-12, 2016: India Under Modi
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Institute for South Asia Studies, Institute of International Studies, Sarah Kailath Chair of India Studies
This summer, it will have been two years since Indian national elections created a mandate for the Bharatiya Janata Party under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Over these two years, many commentators, Indian and international, have attempted to understand the transformations of India under the Modi government, but seldom in a context enabling serious reflection across political and ideological lines.
To mark the impending two year anniversary of the Modi government and to assess its impact and the challenges ahead, the University of California at Berkeley, through its Institutes for South Asia Studies and International Studies, is organizing an international symposium titled, India under Modi: A look back on 2-years of BJP rule, to be held on March 11-12, 2016 in Berkeley,CA. The symposium will bring together influential political, business, policy, scientific, and academic leaders to debate six key areas of governance under the Modi government: business and industry, culture and education, digital government and service provision, health and poverty, law and minority rights, and media and its future.
Friday, March 11
8:30 AM: Registration
9-10:30 AM: Business | Industry
Panelists: Tarun Khanna, Sridar Iyengar, Venktesh Shukla
10:30 - 10:45 AM: Break
10:45 - 12:15 PM: Education
Panelists: Seshadri Chari, Faizan Mustafa, Manisha Priyam
Moderator: Pradeep Chhibber
1:30 - 3:00 PM: Health | Development | Poverty
Panelists: Isha Ray, Reetika Khera, Ashok Kotwal
Moderator: Pranab Bardhan
3:00 - 3:15 PM: Break
3:15 - 4:45 PM: Law | Justice | Minority Rights
Panelists: Sonia Katyal, Vrinda Grover, Lawrence Liang, Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Moderator: Sujit Choudhury
4:45 - 5:00 PM: Break
5:00 - 6:30 PM: Keynote
Speaker: Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Saturday, March 12
8:30 AM: Registration
9:00 - 10:30 AM: Digital Governance
Panelists: Jennifer Bussell, Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Usha Ramanathan, Kanwal Rekhi
Moderator: Lawrence Cohen
10:30 - 10:45 AM: Break
10:45 - 12:15 PM: Media | Culture
Panelists: Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Siddharth Vardarajan, Shiv Visvanathan
Moderator: Raka Ray
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