India
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Interrogating “light but tight” model of education: Saffron neoliberalism and India’s new education policy
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…
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Reducing Post-Harvest Losses in India: Farmer-Level Interventions and Grain Management Strategies
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.…
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JPS Forum on India’s Agrarian Question: Class, Caste and Agrarian Change
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.