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  • Regulation of Medical Devices in India

    Medical devices form a $200 billion global industry, which develops and manufactures essential healthcare equipment ranging in complexity from simple devices like thermometers and stethoscopes to complex devices like pacemakers, ultrasound machines and surgical robots. India’s medical devices market was worth $3 billion in 2011 and grew at roughly 15 percent annually in that year. It is expected to grow at a 16 percent compounded annual clip during the 2010-2015 period, far better than the 2-3 percent growth expected in this sector in the U.S. and Europe.

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  • Independent Judiciary, Interest Groups, and a Reason for Rules

    In India today, matters of public interest seem to get their due only when the Supreme Court has added its two cents. Interest groups, representing both general and special interests, petition the judiciary actively. Debate on any topic often leads to the importance and activism of the Indian Judiciary. In an era where virtually all institutions in India have been vulnerable to political capture, the judiciary seems like the last hope for citizens to receive a fair hearing.

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  • Why the Words Still Sing

    Last month when the song, “Bolo Na” from the 2012 film, Chittagong, got the national award for best lyrics, many music lovers not having heard it before immediately logged onto the Internet to hear the number. Written by Prasoon Joshi, the song talks about hesitant love; it has the flavor of early spring, of flowers yet to bloom. The words go: Bolo naa, bolo naa // Rituon ko ghar sey nikalne toh do // Boye the mausam khilne toh do // Hothon ki munder pe ruki // Motiyon si baat bol do // Pheeki pheeki si hai zindagi // Cheeni cheeni khwab ghol do (Say something // let the seasons step out of home // let the season we had sowed blossom // the words at the edge of your lips // let those pearls emerge // our life is drab // sugar them with your dreams).

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Can India Emerge as a Global Science Power? (part 1)

April 18, 2013

A Nand & Jeet Khemka Distinguished Lecture - an endowed program of the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI)

This lecture was held at the Silverman Building, Penn Law

Can India Emerge as a Global Science Power? (part 2)

April 18, 2013

A Nand & Jeet Khemka Distinguished Lecture - an endowed program of the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI)

This lecture was held at the Silverman Building, Penn Law

Rethinking Gandhi in Contemporary India

April 19, 2012

A Nand & Jeet Khemka Distinguished Lecture Series Panel - an endowed program of the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI)

"Conducting Elections in the World's Largest Plural Society" by S. Y. Quraishi

February 24, 2011

A Nand & Jeet Khemka Distinguished Lecture - an endowed program of the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI)
and
Inaugural Address of the Comparing Elections and Electoral Systems in North America and India Conference

This lecture was held at the McNeil Center for Early American Studies (MCEAS), University of Pennsylvania

"The Perils of Peace: Re-Imagining Risk and Reward in South Asia" by Steve Coll

November 11, 2010

A Nand & Jeet Khemka Distinguished Lecture - an endowed public program of the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI)

This lecture was held at Kirkland & Ellis, LLP (New York)

"The Politics of Social Justice in India" by Pratap Bhanu Mehta

October 27, 2010

A Nand & Jeet Khemka Distinguished Lecture - an endowed public program
of the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI).

This lecture was held at the McNeil Center for Early American Studies (MCEAS), University of Pennsylvania

"Jinnah: India-Partition-Independence" by The Honorable Jaswant Singh

March 25, 2010

A Nand & Jeet Khemka Distinguished Lecture

with

"The India-Pakistan-U.S. Triangle" by The Honorable Jaswant Singh

March 18, 2010

A Distinguished International Scholar Lecture

with
Francine R. Frankel
Professor, Department of Political Science and Founding Director, CASI

Bruce O. Riedel
Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution

"China and India: An Investor's Perspective" by Charles R. Kaye

January 21, 2010

A Nand & Jeet Khemka Distinguished Lecture - an endowed public program
of the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI).

This lecture was held at the Jon M. Huntsman Hall, The Wharton School (University of
Pennsylvania)

This event is co-sponsored by CASI and the Center for Leadership and
Change Management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Charles R. Kaye, Co-President, has been with Warburg Pincus since

"Regulating the Financial Sector: Indian Experience" by Dr. Yaga Venugopal Reddy

A Nand & Jeet Khemka Distinguished Lecture & the Annual Lecture Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009 This lecture was held at The Duke of Windsor Suite, 4th Floor, The Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, New York Lecture Venue: The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel The Duke of Windsor Suite (4th floor, Park Avenue side) 301 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022