A Special Lecture by Prof Awadhendra Sharan on The City as Environment.
In the lead-up to World Cities Day 2021, #IMPRI Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies (CHURS), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi invites you to a #WebPolicyTalk series –
The State of Cities – #CityConversations
A Special Lecture on
The City as Environment
Details of the #WebPolicyTalk:
Date: October 29, 2021
Time: 6:00 p.m. IST
Platform: Zoom and Facebook Live
Speaker:
Prof Awadhendra Sharan
Director and Professor, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi
Awadhendra Sharan is Director and Professor at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi. Trained as a historian at Delhi University and the University of Chicago, Sharan’s research interests are in the fields of urban and environmental studies. His research aims to develop an understanding of the urban as constituted through socio-ecological processes, concerning resource use, waste and pollution, spatial planning etc., all of these being mediated by relations of power. His publications include Dust and Smoke: Air Pollution and Colonial Urbanism, India, c.1860-c.1940 (Delhi: Orient BlackSwan, 2020) and In the City, Out of Place: Nuisance, Pollution and Dwelling in Delhi, c. 1850-2000 (Delhi: OUP, 2014). Sharan’s ongoing research is on domestic environments in colonial India.
Chair:
Dr Rumi Aijaz
Senior Fellow and Head, Urban Policy Research Initiative, Observer Research Foundation (ORF), Delhi
Discussants:
Dr Ravikant Joshi
Consultant, Urban Finance and Governance
Prof R. B. Bhagat
Professor and Head, Department of Migration and Urban Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai
Prof Gopa Samanta
Professor of Geography, University of Burdwan, West Bengal
Prof V. P. Sati
Professor, Department of Geography and Resource Management, Mizoram University
About the #WebPolicyTalk: The City as Environment
*As shared by the speaker
Live Video: https://fb.watch/94OqU8eQWL/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCvzl4XpXWE
Podcast: Spotify | Google Podcasts
Additional Details
Registration Deadline Time - 12:00 AM
Organizer
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