India's Future in a Changing World: Possible Trajectories

CASI-Related Event

Celebrating UPIASI's 25th & CASI's 30th Anniversary

An IN-PERSON Event: 12 noon IST - Claridges Hotel, Doctor APJ Abdul Kalam Road, New Delhi, DL 110011 India

Panel I: New Developments in the Study of Indian Politics
The presentations in this panel will discuss new trends in election studies and survey research, and the study of new phenomena and new explanations of how Indian politics is evolving including the impact of new media, and of possible ongoing shifts from patronage politics to the politics of identity and ideology.

Panel II: The Evolution of India’s International Relations in a Changing World
The presentations in this panel will discuss select issues in India’s international relations in the evolving post-Galwan, post-Ukraine global and regional strategic landscape, including India’s challenges and choices as well as India’s capabilities in the nuclear, missile and space arenas.

Panel III: India’s Economic Reform and Development Trajectory, Going Forward
This panel will discuss select current issues in India’s economic development and policy evolution including the negotiation of free trade and investment agreements, the burst of innovation and entrepreneurship recently seen, and the longer-term issues posed by the earlier than expected slowdown of population growth on the structure of the economy and its growth challenges, going forward.

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.