Jinnah: India-Partition-Independence

Nand & Jeet Khemka Distinguished Lecture Series
The Honorable Jaswant Singh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Government of India
Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021
Program:
6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Book Signing & Reception:
7:30 - 8:00 p.m.

About the Speaker:
The Honorable Jaswant Singhis among the most respected names in India’s public life, and in the world of diplomacy.He is a Member of Parliament, in the Lok Sabha.Mr. Singh has served with rare distinction in both Houses of India’s Parliament and is among the most respected public figures of India.He has headed six core Ministries of the Government of India, and was simultaneously the Minister of External Affairs and Defence.Uniquely again, in the same term of office of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, he then became the Minister of Finance. He is the author of several books, including National Security: An Outline of Our Concerns, Defending India, and most recently Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence.

We are pleased that Mr. Singh will be in residence at CASI as a CASI/UPenn Distinguished International Scholar from March 14 - 28, 2010.

In this evening program at the Asia Society, the Honorable Jaswant Singh will discuss his book, Jinnah: India-Partition-Independence, as part of CASI's Nand & Jeet Khemka Distinguished Lecture Series.

 

The Nand & Jeet Khemka Distinguished Lecture Series is an endowed public program of the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI). Launched in the 2007-08 academic year, and made possible through the generous support of the Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation, the series brings renowned India specialists to the Penn community and serves as a critical forum for analyzing and understanding the complex economic, political, social, and cultural changes that the world’s largest democracy is experiencing, as well as the challenges that lie ahead.
The Saluja Global Fellows Program has been made possible by the generous gift from Vishal Saluja ENG’89 W’89. CASI was excited to launch the program during the 2022–23 academic year, coinciding with the Center’s 30th Anniversary. This new program enables CASI to invite eminent leaders and rising experts on contemporary India preferably from the fields of media, culture, law, and contemporary history to be in residence for one to two weeks at CASI.