Empowering Women to Reduce Indoor Air Pollution in India
Avinash Kishore
January 28, 2013
In this issue of India in Transition, Avinash Kishore, Postdoctoral Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), argues that improving women's status in the family will accelerate the shift to cleaner cooking fuels and reduce the hazards of indoor air pollution in India.
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CASI 2013 Summer Travel Funds Competition for Current Penn Students
Applications for CASI summer internships are now open!
Apply through Penn’s Office of International Programs-International Internship Program.
Applications close on February 1, 2013 (11:59 p.m. EST).
Applications for Summer Research Travel Funds for Penn students will be accepted from Monday, February 4, 2013 to Monday, March 11, 2013 (5:00 p.m. EST).
Upcoming Events
Wednesday, January 30, 2013, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
"Shooting for a Century: The India-Pakistan Conundrum"
CASI seminar by Stephen P. Cohen (Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution)
RSVP to casi@sas.upenn.edu by Tuesday, January 29, 2013 - seating is limited
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Friday, February 8, 2013, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
“To Rise or Not to Rise? China, India, and the Search for Technology and Power”
CASI-CSCC co-sponsored seminar by Andrew B. Kennedy (Senior Lecturer, Policy and Governance, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, and CASI Winter 2013 Visiting Scholar)
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Friday, February 15, 2013, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
"America, India, and Pakistan to the Brink and Back"
CASI seminar by Bruce O. Riedel (Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution)
RSVP to casi@sas.upenn.edu by Monday, February 11, 2013 - seating is limited
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CASI in the News
The December 29, 2012 issue of Economic & Political Weekly focused on a Review of Rural Affairs (RRA). The Editorial Advisory Group overseeing the preparation of this biannual review included past CASI Visiting Scholar and Director of Research and founding member of Samaj Pragati Sahayog (SPS), P. S. Vijay Shankar. This issue of the RRA, focusing on agricultural commodities, was guest-edited by Mr. Shankar and CASI Non-Resident Visiting Scholar, Mekhala Krishnamurthy.
"Understanding Agricultural Commodity Markets" was co-authored by Mr. Shankar and Dr. Krishnamurthy.
"States of Wheat: The Changing Dynamics of Public Procurement in Madhya Pradesh" was authored by Dr. Krishnamurthy.
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Hindi Lecturer Position Available at Penn
The Lauder Institute and the Department of South Asia Studies at the University of Pennsylvania invite applications for a full-time appointment as Lecturer in Hindi. The appointment will begin in August 2013 and includes three courses per semester.
All applications have to be submitted via the University’s online job site. Information about position description and application process is available here.
