CASI in the News
On July 19, 2014, Random House India launched the book, Defying the Odds: The Rise of Dalit Entrepreneurs by authors Devesh Kapur, CASI Director, and D. Shyam Babu and Chandra Bhan Prasad, who are both CASI research affiliates and former CASI Visiting Scholars.
Defying the Odds continues to receive media coverage:
"Dalits Who Defied All Odds," Chandra Bhan Prasad. The Pioneer. August 3, 2014
"Inspirational Tales of Economic Mobility," Preeti Mehra. The Hindu: Business Line. July 27, 2014
"Come Il Mercato Salvò Gli Intoccabili," Riccardo de Caria. Lo Spiffero. July 25, 2014
“Western Anti-Capitalists Take Too Much For Granted," Devesh Kapur. Financial Times. July 23, 2014
The book project was made possible by a multi-year research grant on Dalit Entrepreneurship CASI was awarded from the John Templeton Foundation.
Additionally, on August 11, 2014, Professor Kapur published his latest op-ed in Business Standard titled "When Competence is Limited."
Pivot to Africa: India's Evolving Sub-Saharan Africa Engagement
Arndt Michael
August 11, 2014
In this issue of India in Transition, Arndt Michael, Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science, University of Freiburg, Germany and author of India’s Foreign Policy and Regional Multilateralism, discusses India's successful pivot to Sub-Saharan Africa and argues that there is a uniquely "Indian way" of dealing with the region.
CASI Student Programs
CASI summer interns, William Cao (Leap Skills Academy, Yamuna Nagar, Harayana), Abhinay Ramachandran (Aravind Eye Care Systems, Madurai, TN), and Dani Castillo (Samaj Pragati Sahayog, Dewas, Madhya Pradesh) were featured in the July 30, August 1, and August 4, 2014 issues of Penn News Today, respectively.
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