S. Chandrasekhar is an Associate Professor at Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, an advanced research institute fully funded by Reserve Bank of India. His current work focuses on Migration and Urbanization, Rural-Urban Linkages, and Labour Market Outcomes in India. Among Chandrasekhar's ongoing research projects are: "The Commuting Worker: An Overlooked Aspect of Rural-Urban Interaction," "Strengthen and Harmonize Research and Action on Migration in the Indian Context (SHRAMIC)," and "Tackling Agriculture -Nutrition Disconnect in India (TANDI)."
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Since its founding in 1992, the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI) has continued to uphold Penn's global reputation as a leading center of research in South Asian studies. The goals of the Center are threefold. The first goal is to engage in policy-relevant research focused on the challenges facing contemporary India. The second goal is to nurture students' interest in contemporary India through internships at the Center and interactions with visiting scholars who are in residence at CASI, as well as by providing them with opportunities to work and conduct research in India. And third, the Center aims to act as a public forum on contemporary India by hosting seminars, workshops and conferences year-round, and through our online publication, India in Transition, which provides scholars around the world a medium to exchange ideas about contemporary India.
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INDIA IN TRANSITION (IiT)
Our online publication, India in Transition (IiT), allows scholars from all over the world the opportunity to exchange various analyses and innovative ideas about India's current status and growth. A complete archive of issues is maintained here. In addition to appearing on CASI's website, all IiT articles are published in The Hindu: Business Line. Past issues have appeared in the op-ed...
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Videos
"The Origins of Indian Political Institutions: The Long View" - A Khemka Distinguished Lecture by Dr. Francis Fukuyama
10/9/2014
"Two Mega Trends and Their Impact on the Indian Firm" - A Khemka Distinguished Lecture by Dr. Janmejaya Sinha
10/2/2014
"A Story of Censorship: How the Right to Take Offense is Shrinking Free Speech in India" - A CASI Seminar by Anuradha Raman
4/23/2014
"Nonfarm Diversification, Poverty, Economic Mobility, and Income Equality: A Case Study in Village India" - A CASI Seminar by Peter Lanjouw
11/21/2013