Disenfranchised Migrants and the City: Theory and Evidence
The State of Cities- #CityConversations with Prof Ashwani Kumar on Disenfranchised Migrants and the City: Theory and Evidence.
Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies (CHURS), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi invites you to
The State of Cities – #CityConversations
Disenfranchised Migrants and the City: Theory and Evidence
Details of the #WebPolicyTalk:
Date: July 29, 2021
Time: 6:00 PM IST
Platform: Zoom and Facebook Live
Speaker:
Prof Ashwani Kumar
Professor and Dean, School of Development Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai
Ashwani Kumar is a professor, policy researcher and presently dean of School of Development Studies at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (Mumbai). He has served as a member of ‘Central Employment Guarantee Council’ (CEGC, Govt of India). He is also author of ‘Community Warriors’ (Anthem Press; London), co-edited ‘Power Shifts & Global Governance’ (Anthem Press; London), one of the chief editors of ‘Global Civil Society: Poverty and Activism’ @ London School of Economics & he has recently co-edited ‘Migrants, Mobility and Ccitizenship in India’ (Routledge 2021).
He has been visiting fellow @ London School of Economics, German Development Institute (Bonn), Korea Development Institute (Seoul), University of Sussex (Brighton) among others. He is also a widely published author, columnist and Anglophone poet. He obtained his Ph.D. in political science from University of Oklahoma (USA).
Discussants:
Dr Srishtee Sethi
Research Fellow, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie
Prof Bhagirathi Panda
Professor of Economics, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong; Honorary Director, ICSSR-North Eastern Regional Centre, Shillong
Dr Arvind Pandey
Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy and Governance, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad
Moderator:
Dr Soumyadip Chattopadhyay,
Associate Professor, Visva-Bharati University, Santi-Niketan, West Bengal; Senior Visiting Fellow, IMPRI, New Delhi
Additional Details
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