Toxic History: Chip Manufacturing Plans and Occupational Safety in India
Jasoon Chelat
December 9, 2024
In this issue of India in Transition, Jasoon Chelat (National Law School of India University) discusses the health risks workers face in chip-manufacturing and India’s poor record in occupational health and safety in the wake of its unprecedented push for investments in semiconductors.
CASI in the News
Congratulations to CASI Director Tariq Thachil and CASI Non-Resident Visiting Scholar Milan Vaishnav (CEIP)—both selected as India's political thought leaders of the next decade by ThePrint—noted as "intellectuals who are evolving new prisms of studying politics and bringing innovative tools and insights to understand the 21st century."
CASI Fall 2024 Visiting Scholar Hilal Ahmed (Associate Professor, CSDS) took part in the December 4, 2024 Grand Tamasha podcast episode "Muslims in the New India," in conversation with CASI Non-Resident Visiting Scholar Milan Vaishnav (CEIP). Ahmed also published "Political Implications of the Proposed Waqf Law" in the December 1, 2024 issue of Hindustan Times and "What Constitutes Balance" in the Novembe 26, 2024 issue of The Times of India.
Be sure to check out "The India Briefing"—a new podcast covering politics, economics, and culture for India watchers everywhere. Hosted by longtime CASI partner Mukulika Banerjee and journalist Pragya Tiwari.
Apply to become a CASI Visiting Scholar/Fellow In-Residence
CASI’s Visiting Scholars/Fellows Program is designed to bring individuals to the University of Pennsylvania with different areas of expertise from academia, the bureaucracy and civil services, NGOs, and civil society (such as media). Scholars and fellows participate in CASI events; engage in scholarly research projects; present their research as a part of the CASI seminar series; and interact with undergraduate and graduate students, and Penn faculty. Fellowships are typically one to three months in duration. Fellows are invited to apply for the 2025-26 Academic Year (September 2025 to May 2026).
Deadline to Apply: January 2, 2025, 11:59pm EST
CASI Student Programs
APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN for CASI Summer 2025 Internships in India! CASI offers fully-funded 8-10 week summer internship opportunities to Penn students eager to explore modern India! Application Dealine: January 21, 2025, 11:59 EST
Read all about Summer Interns and Summer Research Grant recipients' experiences on the CASI Student Programs Blog!
Questions about CASI Student Programs?
Please contact Juni Bahuguna (Assistant Director, Student & Visitor Programs) at junib@sas.upenn.edu
Upcoming Events
Sudev Sheth Gr’18, Senior Lecturer of International Studies at the Lauder Institute (Wharton and SAS) and the Department of History, and CASI Summer 2014 Travel Research Funds Graduate Student Awardee will be giving a talk in India on his new book Bankrolling Empire: Family Fortunes and Political Transformation in Mughal India (Cambridge University Press, 2024). In partnership with UPIASI.
Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 7:00pm IST
at Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre (Lodi Road, New Delhi-110 003, India)
Discussants: Professor Farhat Hasan & Dr. Swapna Liddle
2024-25 CASI Seminar Series
Spring 2025 Events List Coming Soon!
Our Campus & Regional Partners
CALL FOR PAPERS:
Everyday Lives of Instability in the Global South: An International Conference
Center for Africana Studies, Penn
April 4-5, 2025
The 2024 Norms and Behavioral Change (NoBeC) Conference: "Democracy Under Threat," organized by the Penn Center for Social Norms and Behavioral Dynamics, was held on October 17-19, 2024 and focused on political polarization and democratic norms and explored the link between norms, behavior, polarization, and democracy—with perspectives from a multitude of disciplines.
On October 18, Dr. Kaushik Basu (Cornell University) gave the Keynote Lecture "The Grammar of Democracy and Authoritarianism" [Full Video]
MPA in International Impact Evaluation
PDRI-DevLab is collaborating with Penn Fels Institute of Government on a one-year MPA in International Impact Evaluation program. Read more
Campus Location
CASI's office is located close to the heart of Penn's campus at the Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science & Economics at 133 South 36th Street (Suite 230) Philadelphia, PA 19104-6215.
