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Penn School of Arts and Sciences Monday, April 28, 2014


CASI Launches New Web site!

On April 22, 2014, CASI went live with a brand new Web site design!

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India Decides 2014

CASI has been running a major survey on social attitudes in India with 68,500 respondents across 24 states and union territories in conjunction with the Lok Foundation (India). In the run up to this spring's Indian national election, a detailed analysis of the survey results were published throughout the month of March by CASI Director, Professor Devesh Kapur and colleagues, in a four-part series with The Times of India. Further information is available through CASI's new blog, IndiainTransition.com.

Read The Times of India Articles

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has partnered with Mint newspaper to produce a 10-part series on the post-election national agenda. Authors of the new series will include CASI faculty and research affiliates, Devesh Kapur (CASI Director), Ashley J. Tellis (Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment and member of CASI's International Advisory Board), Milan Vaishnav (Carnegie Endowment Associate), and C. Raja Mohan (Head, Strategic Studies and Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, and CASI 2013 Spring Distinguished International Scholar).

Mint Articles:

April 23, 2014, Revisiting Manufacturing Policy
Rajiv Kumar

April 15, 2014, Getting India Back on Track
Ashley J. Tellis

Read Additional Media Coverage

The CASI bi-weekly e-newsletter has been extended to a weekly distribution throughout the spring to coincide with the India national election.

CASI Student Programs

On Saturday, April 26, 2014, CASI interns kicked off the 2014 summer with a full day orientation. The day included an introductory lecture on India by CASI Director, Devesh Kapur, followed by presentations by past CASI Travel Funds Winners.
 
CASI 2014 students will start blogging soon.
Be sure to follow the 2014 Summer Internship Class on the CASI Student blog.
www.casistudentprograms.com
(Click "Follow" on the bottom right of the blog to receive posts via email!)

 

Video of Latest CASI Seminar on Censorship in India

On April 23, 2014, Anuradha Raman (Senior Associate Editor, Political Bureau, Outlook Magazine, and CASI Spring 2014 Visiting Fellow) gave a CASI seminar titled "A Story of Censorship: How the Right to Take Offense is Shrinking Free Speech in India."

Full Video

 

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