Sixth Global Studies Conference

  • 5–7 September 2013
  • India International Centre, New Delhi, India

At a Glance...

3

Days of paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions, posters, and colloquia.

145+

Delegates from all over the world who attended the Sixth Global Studies Conference.

21

Countries represented.

Plenary Speakers

The Sixth Global Studies Conference featured plenary sessions by some of the world’s leading thinkers and innovators in the field.

Peter deSouza

Peter deSouza

Director, Indian Insitute of Advanced Study, Shimla

"Democracy's Contradictions"

Dipak Gyawali

Dipak Gyawali

Nepal Academy of Science and Technology

G Haragopal

G Haragopal

ICSSR National Fellow

"A People's Rights Perspective"

Razack Karriem

Razack Karriem

Institute of Development Studies, University of Western Cape, South Africa

"A Labor Movement Perspective"

Maithreyi Krishnaraj

Maithreyi Krishnaraj

Women's Studies, SNDT University, Mumbai, India

"A Women's Perspective"

Arun Kumar

Arun Kumar

Suk Chakarvarty Professor JNU, New Delhi, India

“The Indian Economy Since Independence”

Medha Patkar

Medha Patkar

National Alliance of People’s Movements

"A People's Movements View of South Asian Development"

Ashwani Saith

Ashwani Saith

Insitute of Social Studies, The Hague/Erasmus University, Netherlands

"Indian Developmet and Democracy: The Underside of Hubris"

Arvind Susarla

Arvind Susarla

Centre for Regional Studies, University of Hyderabad, India

"Living with Risk"

Wen Tiejun

Wen Tiejun

Director, Institute of Rural Development, Renmin University, Beijing, China

"A Peasant Movements’ Perspective"

Shiv Viswanathan

Shiv Viswanathan

Centre for the Study of Science, Society, and Sustainability, O.P. Jindal Global University, India

"Between Resources and Risk"

Graduate Scholar Awardees

For each conference, a small number of Graduate Scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students who have an active academic interest in the conference area. The Award with its accompanying responsibilities provides a strong professional development opportunity for graduate students at this stage in their academic careers. The 2013 Graduate Scholar Awardees are listed below.

Shikha Makkar

Shikha Makkar

University of Delhi, India

Esther S. Narjinari

Esther S. Narjinari

Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

Hyginus Uchenna Okoronkwo

Hyginus Uchenna Okoronkwo

University of Delhi, India

Arunima Sarkar

Arunima Sarkar

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, India

Ishan Pratap Signh

Ishan Pratap Signh

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India

Danika Tynes

Danika Tynes

University of Southern Mississippi, USA

Srijanya Yarram

Srijanya Yarram

Manipal Institute of Technology, India