Conference on the Political Economy of Contemporary India
(Sponsored by IGIDR, King’s College London, and ICSSR)
January 9-10, 2017
Venue: Seanza Conference Room, IGIDR, Mumbai
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Organizing Committee: R. Nagaraj and Sripad Motiram
Conference Secretariat:
Ms. Jayshree Borkar. Tel: +91-22-28416586. E-mail: jayshree@igidr.ac.in
Conference Schedule
Day 1: January 9, 2017
8.30-9.00A.M. Registration
9:00-9-15 A.M. Inaugural address by S. Mahendra Dev, Director, IGIDR, Mumbai.
9:15-9:30 A.M. Discussion of the previous edition of the conference which resulted in the edited volume Political Economy of Contemporary India
9.30-10:15A.M. Key Note address by Pranab Bardhan (University of California, Berkeley):"Some General Reflections on Indian Political Economy".
Chair: S. Mahendra Dev (IGIDR)
10:15-10.30 A.M. Tea break
10.30 A.M.-1.00 P.M. Session I: Macroeconomic Issues, Employment, and Skill Development
Chair: Christophe Jaffrelot (Sciences Po, Paris and King’s College London)
1. Louise Tillin (King’s College London): “Subnational Welfare Capitalism: Regime Clusters and Social Policy in India” [Abstract] [Full text]
Discussant: Rina Agarwala (John Hopkins University)
2. R Nagaraj (IGIDR): “Employment Boom in Construction: A Tentative Explanation”
Discussant: Ravi Srivastava (Jawaharlal Nehru University)
3. Sunil Mitra Kumar (King’s College London): Title TBA [Abstract] [Full text]
Discussant: Sripad Motiram (University of Massachusetts, Boston and IGIDR)
1:00-2:00 P.M. Lunch Break
2.00-4.30 P.M. Session II: Caste and Employment I
Chair: Arindam Banerjee (Ambedkar University, Delhi)
4. Ashwini Deshpande (Delhi School of Economics): TBA [Abstract] [Full text]
Discussant: Amrita Dhillon (King’s College London)
5. Kalaiyarasan A. (Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi): “Mapping the Discourse from Domination to Deprivation: A Case Study of Jats” [Abstract] [Full text]
Discussant: Christophe Jaffrelot (Sciences Po, Paris and King’s College London)
6. Amrita Dhillon (King’s College London): “Social identity and productivity: Evidence from India’s garment industry and a quasi-lab-field experiment” [Abstract] [Full text]
Discussant: Ashwini Deshpande (Delhi School of Economics)
7.30 P.M. Director’s
Dinner
Day 2: January 10, 2017
9.30–10.15 A.M. Keynote Address by C. Ram Manohar Reddy (Public Editor, Scroll.in): “Missing from Demonetisation: Silence on Money in Elections, Politics as Business”.
Chair: M.H. Suryanarayana (IGIDR)
10-15-10-30 A.M. Tea Break
10.30 A.M.-11.20 P.M. Session I: Caste and employment II
Chair: Loraine Kennedy (EHESS, Paris)
7. Christophe Jafferlot (Sciences Po, Paris and King’s College London): “Quota for Patels?
The neo-middle class syndrome and the return of caste politics in Gujarat” [Abstract] [Full text]
Discussant: Satish Deshpande (Delhi University)
11.20-11.30 A.M. Tea Break
11.30-1:10 P.M. Session II: Urban issues and urban governance I
Chair: Arindam Banerjee (Arindam Banerjee (Ambedkar University, Delhi)
10. Sripad Motiram (IGIDR, Mumbai, and University of Massachusetts, Boston): “Caste and Space in Indian Cities: Evidence from Hyderabad and Mumbai”
[Abstract] [Full text]
Discussant: Adam Auerbach (American University)
11. Loraine Kennedy (EHESS, Paris): “The Politics of Making Greater Hyderabad Metropolitan Scale-Building and Local Government Capacity” [Abstract] [Full text]
Discussant Vamsi Vakulabharanam (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
1.10-2.15 P.M. Lunch Break
2.15-4.45 P.M. Topic 3: Urban issues and urban governance II
Chair: Sudha Narayanan (IGIDR)
12. Yue Zhang (University of Illinois at Chicago): “Building a Slum-Free Mumbai? Inequality, Informality, and Governance in Urban India” [Abstract] [Full text]
Discussant: Amita Bhide,JISS (Mumbai)
13. Adam Auerbach (American University, Washington): “Who do Slum Leaders Serve? Experimental Evidence from Urban India” [Abstract] [Full text]
Discussant: Yue Zheng (University of Illinois, Chicago)
14. Tariq Tatchil (Vanderbilt University): “"Do Rural Migrants Divide Ethnically in the City? Ethnographic and Experimental Evidence from India" [Abstract] [Full text]
Discussant: Sripad Motiram (IGIDR, Mumbai, and University of Massachusetts, Boston)
5.30-5.45P.M. Vote of Thanks