Workshop on Exploring the Role of Caste System in India and Economic Development

6th June, 2024

University of Exeter, UK

The aim of the workshop is to bring together researchers from the GW4 community and other academics and practitioners from around the world sharing a research interest on issues and caste and social identity. The workshop will involve presentations from the speakers, followed by comments from discussants and finally, a wider group discussion to identify emerging new research questions on this topic. Researchers, students and practitioners from any discipline are welcome to attend. 


                                            Local Organizers - Rakesh Banerjee, Sanchari Roy, Surajeet Chakravarty

                                                                     If you are interested to attend, please register here

This workshop will be held at the University of Exeter Business School, and is made possible by generous funding from the GW4 Alliance's Building Communities Development Award and the Department of Economics, University of Exeter.

The Speakers

Ashwini Deshpande

Ashoka University

Rohini Somanathan

Delhi School of Economics

Karla Hoff

Columbia University

Vatsal Khandelwal

University of Oxford

Erlend Berg

University of Bristol

Pardeep Attri

University of Bath

Chetna Sinha

Mann Deshi Foundation

 

 

The Venue

Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies, LT 2, University of Exeter, EX4 4ND

 

 

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