Speaker: Prof. Veena Das, distinguished anthropologist and Research Professor at Johns Hopkins University.

Chair: K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC  

The concept of ‘social change’ has roots in India’s freedom struggle and modernisation theories, with education playing a central role. Traditional inquiry into social change focuses on caste, community, gender, and rural–urban relations, while an educational perspective offers deeper insights based on personal experiences of learning.

The 8th Social Change Annual Lecture

(Collaboration: Council for Social Development and Sage India)