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The Nand and Jeet Khemka Distinguished Lecture Series

The Nand and 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.

Building Global Health Research from India for the World

Dr. Gagandeep Kang

Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 04:30
Location: Penn Museum 3260 South Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Lecture (Widener Lecture Hall): 4:30-6:00pm Reception (The Sphinx Gallery): 6:00-7:00pm

About the Lecture:

In 1977, the Re-orientation of Medical Education (ROME) scheme was recommended for India to develop doctors who understood the communities in which they worked and reduce the hospital intensive training model.

Past Khemka Speakers

Krishnamurthy Subramanian
1/11/2021
Sanjoy Chakravorty & Devesh Kapur
10/20/2016
Dr. K. Srinath Reddy
10/10/2013
  
Sabyasachi Bhattacharya & Priyamvada Natarajan
4/18/2013
  
Uday Singh Mehta & Karuna Mantena
4/19/2012
T. N. Ninan
11/10/2011
Pratap Bhanu Mehta
10/27/2010
The Honorable Jaswant Singh
3/25/2010
Charles R. Kaye
1/21/2010
Dr. Yaga Venugopal Reddy
11/12/2009
Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns
11/13/2008
His Excellency Ronen Sen
4/18/2008
Professor Partha Chatterjee
10/3/2007