'We, the People of the States of Bharat': LMSAI, Harvard University | Sanjeev Chopra | Amna Mirza

Описание: The reorganization of Bharat's internal boundaries is not just an outcome of administrative convenience, but also the acceptance of ethnic, linguistic and regional aspirations of India's people. As India heads for delimitation in 2026, it is also time to consider whether a second holistic reorganization will strengthen and deepen democratic aspirations.

Lead speaker:

Dr. Sanjeev Chopra: Distinguished Fellow, USI New Delhi , Historian, Policy Analyst & Festival Director, Valley of Words. Honorary Research Affiliate of the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University.

Discussant:
Dr. Amna Mirza: Assistant Professor of Political Studies at SPM College, University of Delhi.She received the 'Godfray Philips Golden Ovary Award', St. Stephens College Centenary Medal for 'character combined with learning', Bharat Nirman Award for Women Entrepreneurship and many more. Her academic initiatives have taken her to the University of Duisburg Essen (Germany), and University of Fribourg (Switzerland). Dr Amna has pursued additional coursework from HarvardX and is the author of 7 books, 30 research papers and has participated in more than 100 conferences nationally and globally.

Moderator:
Professor S.V. (Subu) Subramanian, Harvard University, Professor of Population Health and Geography at Harvard University, and chair of the Faculty Advisory Group for the Center for Geographic Analysis. He is a Primary Faculty in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, a Core Faculty of the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, and a Faculty Affiliate of the Harvard Department of Sociology. He is also an Honorary Senior Fellow of the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog, Government of India and the PI of the Geographic Insights Lab. He has published over 700 articles, book chapters, and books in the broad field of population health and well-being and in applied multilevel statistical methods.

Date: 8th December 2021
Venue: India International Centre, New Delhi