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May 21, 2019
The University of California Berkeley Alumni Association is organizing a Forum on Contemporary India in New Delhi.
Photo: Sather Tower, University of California, Berkeley. Image Credit: Corey Seeman.
The University of California Berkeley Alumni Association is organizing a Forum on Contemporary India in New Delhi.
The afternoon forum would be lead by Professor Pradeep Chhibber, Professor and Indo-American Community Chair in India Studies at UC Berkeley. Prof. Chhibber is the author of various books including — • Ideology and Identity: The Changing Party Systems of India, Oxford University Press; and • Democracy without Associations: Transformation of Party Systems and Social Cleavages in India, University of Michigan Press.
Berkeley undergraduate students will present to the gathering their fascinating research projects on contemporary India.
The event will also be an opportunity to connect with fellow Cal Alumni and friends.
• Date: Saturday, May 25, 2019, 4:00pm - 6:30pm
• Location: Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Teen Murti Bhawan, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi 110011.
The Cal Alumni Association will serve refreshments to the attendees.
AGENDA
4:00pm-5:30pm: Panel discussion followed by Q&A.
Panelists include:
- Sophieerve Bandarkar (Political Economy)
- Barbara De Alfaro (Political Science)
- Sanika Ganesh (Molecular and Cell Biology)
- Morgan Ivanoff (Political Science)
- Maziyeh Jehan (Political Science)
- Aryaman Kataruka (Political Science)
- Janani Mohan (History and Political Science)
- Isaac Naranjo (Political Science)
- Aneesh Nathani (Computer Science)
• Professor Pradeep Chhibber and his UC Berkeley colleague, Pranav Gupta, have written several articles in the Indian Press on the current Lok Sabha elections. One of their reports is titled: “Political Parties dominate India’s National Elections, not Candidates.” The number of candidates in each constituency has proliferated since Independence, but an independent has a minimal likelihood of winning a Lok Sabha seat, they explain. Their another article is titled: “Not just Political Apathy, Faulty Electoral Rolls to blame for lower Lok Sabha Poll Turnout.”
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