CASAS’ member, C.R. Yadu, has published this article in Forum for Social Economics with Sahil Mehra. Abstract: The narrative of structural transformation, based on the experience of global North, posits that the process of development involves gradual ‘modernisation’ of the overall structure of the economy, where the traditional/low-productivity sectors give way to and support the…
New publication alert! Raouf Ahmad Peerzada and Amrita Sharma, CASAS’ members, have recently published an article in the Journal Human Geography with their colleagues Achintya Anita Gurumurthy, and Amulya Anita Gurumurthy. Abstract: Analyzing the trope of “light but tight” education frequently used in India’s New Education Policy 2020, this paper examines the mutually reinforcing ideological…
New publication alert! Raya Das, CASAS’ member, has published with Ashok Gulati & Alex Winter-Nelson in the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) Report. Abstract: The report provides a focused analysis aimed at identifying effective policy interventions to reduce these losses, both at the farmer level and throughout the agricultural value chain….
Jens Lerche (SOAS, London), Surinder Jodhka (JNU), and Satendra Kumar (Inst. of Advanced Studies, Shimla), in conversation with Michael Levien (Johns Hopkins University). The Forum is organised by the Journal of Peasant Studies in partnership with the Department of Environmental Studies, Ashoka University, and the Department of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University.
By: Debottam Saha, Kranthi Nanduri & Raya Das (All authors contributed equally, names of the authors appear in alphabetical order) On January 26, 2021, the people of India celebrated the 72nd anniversary of their republic and constitution. Every year on this day, the President of India unfurls the national flag amidst a spectacular parade by…