After Sraffa: The Indian Understanding of Economic Theories and Development
Indian reception to Sraffa: YSI-HCU workshop
February 16 - 18, 2024
University of Hyderabad (HCU)
Piero Sraffa’s path breaking book Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities (1960) inspired several reviews and books by Indian economists. The notable ones are by Krishna Bharadwaj, P. R. Brahmananda, Gautam Mathur, Sukhamoy Chakravarty, Arun Bose, A. K. Dasgupta. Sraffa’s ideas were variously employed to understand agriculture, economic growth, and development. An Indian edition of the classic was also published. In this workshop, we will engage with the Indian reception to Sraffa’s economic thought.
YSI, in association with the Indian Society of History of Economic Thought (ISHET), and in collaboration with University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad and Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, is organizing a two and half days long workshop particularly directed towards researchers and students with an interest in classical political economy (CPE), Sraffian political economy, history of economic thought, and economic development from a CPE perspective.
Schedule of the workshop:
Day 1 (16/02/2024)
10:30-10:45
Alex M. Thomas
Azim Premji University
Introduction to the workshop
10:45-11:00
R. Vijay
University of Hyderabad
Dean's address, School of Economics
11:00-11:30
Tea/Coffee Break
11:30-12:30
Goddanti Omkarnath
University of Hyderabad
Bharadwaj’s critique of the Marginal Method
12:30-14:00
Lunch
14:00-15:00
Christian Gehrke
University of Graz
Some episodes from Sraffa's work on the Ricardo edition
15:00-15:30
Tea/Coffee Break
15:30-16:30
Alan John Samuel
Symbiosis School of Economics
Arun Bose: An Indian Stalwart
16:30-17:00
Tea/Coffee Break
17:00-18:00
Ashwath R
Azim Premji University
‘Unequal exchange’ in the Indian scholarship: Sraffa versus Marx
19:00-20:30
Dinner
Day 2 (17/02/2024)
9:00-10:00
Christian Gehrke
University of Graz
On the Indian reception of Sraffa’s work: The contributions of Arun Bose, Gautam Mathur and Khaleeq A. Naqvi
10:00-10:30
Tea/Coffee Break
10:30-11:30
Alex M. Thomas
Azim Premji University
The Indian reception to Sraffa: A study of book reviews
11:30-12:00
Tea/Coffee Break
12:00-13:00
Ismail Shaikh
University of Hyderabad
Precision and Exploitation: Arun Bose and his Sraffa-Marx Synthesis
13:00-14:30
Lunch
14:30-15:30
Srihari Sai Chikoti
Azim Premji University
Ricardo and Sraffa: Did Dasgupta understand theoretical loyalty well?
15:30-16:00
Tea/Coffee Break
16:00-17:00
Deepak Kumar
Reserve Bank of India
An Interlude to Sraffa: Indian debates on the principles and extensions of the surplus approach
17:00-17:30
Tea/Coffee Break
19:00-20:30
Dinner
Day 3 (18/02/2024)
10:00-11:00
Limakumba Walling
University of Hyderabad
Sraffa in Indian PhD theses, later published as books
11:00-11:30
Tea/Coffee Break
11:30-12:30
Sushmita Rama Subrahmanyam
Independent Researcher
The Indian reception to Sraffa: An analysis of K. C. Roychowdury’s economics textbooks
12:30-14:00
Lunch
14:00-15:00
Nitin Nair
University of Leeds
Production of Money by Means of Money: A Sraffian introspection and Brahmananda’s fragmented inch towards it
15:00-15:30
Tea/Coffee Break
15:30-16:00
Limakumba Walling
University of Hyderabad
Vote of thanks and feedback
Organizing Team:
Ashwath (YSI)
Limakumba Walling (University of Hyderabad)
Alex M. Thomas (Azim Premji University)