India’s Growth Prospects and Policy Challenges
Of Pipes and Slums: Understanding Mumbai’s Proposed New Water Rules for Residents of “Illegal Structures”
Monday, March 23, 2015
Two decades ago, a dramatic shift took place in the rules governing the provision of piped municipal water supply in Mumbai. In this shift, access to municipal water for residents of the city’s popular neighborhoods and “slums” became linked to the rules governing eligibility for inclusion in slum rehabilitation housing schemes.
Can Two Wrongs Make a Right?: Insights from the Development of the Home Mortgage Market in India
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Between Pipes and Politics: Engineering, Hydraulic Fixes, and the Contradictions of Rights Regimes in Mumbai
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Assessing Regional Cooperation in South Asia and Beyond
Monday, March 9, 2015
On May 26, 2014, Narendra Modi invited the heads of all the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) member countries to his swearing-in ceremony. While this important gesture could have marked a new beginning for regional cooperation, such cooperation in South Asia still takes place mainly in the bilateral sphere. Since 1985, India has been a key founding member of four regional initiatives, none of which have achieved any tangible results.
Lisa Björkman
Lisa Björkman is a research scholar at the University of Göttingen’s Transregional Research Network (CETREN) in Göttingen, Germany. Her work studies how global processes of urbanism and urban transformation are redrawing lines of socio-spatial exclusions and inclusions in Mumbai, animating new arenas of political mobilization, contestation and representation.
Parivaar aur Parampara (Family and Tradition): Cultural Issues in Contemporary Indian Film and TV Narratives
Film and TV narratives in India are embedded within contradictions of social and economic inequalities on the one hand alongside a vast array of goods and services available in an increasingly liberalized economy on the other. The urban middle class are cosmopolitan ‘global’ citizens, with a marked pride in ‘Indian-ness’. Witness to increasing crime and corruption; they are equally fascinated by the myriad possibilities of desire and consumption.
A Decade in India: A Warburg Pincus Perspective
Please join us for this special lecture delivered by Charles R. Kaye and Dalip Pathak, both of Warburg Pincus LLC. Warburg Pincus was one of the earliest private equity investors in India, seeing great potential in Indian businesses ranging from telecommunications, financial services, and hardware manufacturing. In March 2005, Warburg Pincus sold a portion of their stake in Bharti Tele-Ventures, now one of the largest providers of mobile telecommunications in India.
Indo-US Relations: Where Are They Headed?
Please join us for this special opportunity to hear from, and speak with, The Honorable Ronen Sen, Ambassador of India to the United States, on Wednesday, October 26. Ambassador Sen will offer his views on changing directions in Indo-US relations, and has agreed to an interactive discussion following his opening remarks.
India's New Entrepreneurial Classes: The High Growth Economy and Why it is Sustainable
Sunil Bharti Mittal is the Founder, Chairman and Group Managing Director of Bharti Enterprises head quartered at New Delhi, India. Bharti Enterprises, India’s leading telecom conglomerate, has been at the forefront of the telecom revolution and has transformed the telecom sector with its world-class services built on leading edge technologies. Bharti is India’s largest mobile service operator and enjoys a national leadership presence in fixed line services, long distance and broadband services.