Agriculture Policy Series 

Can direct cash transfers to farmers instead of subsidies be The Next Big Idea in Agriculture?

Panelists: Prof. Seema Bathla, Professor, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Prof. Brajesh Jha, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Institute of Economic Growth; and Ms Shweta Saini, CEO, Arcus Policy Research 

Chair: Shri Siraj Hussain, former Secretary Agriculture, Govt. of India

Moderator: Shri Pravesh Sharma, former MD, SFAC

YouTube link: https://youtube.com/live/wdDnMz2MLg4?feature=share

The Unfinished Quest: India’s Search for Major Power Status from Nehru to Modi
By T.V. Paul (Oxford University Press; 2024)

Discussants: Prof. C. Raja Mohan, Visiting Research Professor, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore; Dr. Sanjaya Baru, political commentator and policy analyst; and Prof. T.V. Paul, Distinguished James McGill Professor, Department of Political Science, McGill University and author of the book

Moderator: Amb. K.P. Fabian, Distinguished Fellow, Symbiosis University
 

Scent of Rain: Remembering Jayanta Mahapatra
Edited by Ashwani Kumar (Red River: 2024)

Discussants: Shri. Ashok Vajpeyi, poet, critic and essayist; Prof. Sukrita Paul Kumar, academic, poet and critic; Shri. Jatin Das, artist and poet; Prof. Anamika, poet and  novelist and academic; Prof. Savita Singh, feminist poet and political theorist ,Professor and the founding director of the School of Gender and Development Studies, India Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU); and Prof. Ashwani Kumar, , poet, academic and Editor of the book

A Tapestry of Ecology, Culture and Food Traditions in Talla Ramgarh (Kumaon Hills)
Co-authored by Anju Khanna, Anjali Capila and Vijayluxmi Bose (Sri Aurobindo Ashram: 2024)

Discussants: Prof. Sukrita Paul Kumar, Guest Editor, Indian Literature, poet, critic, and academic; Dr. Ramesh Bijlani, Trustee, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Delhi Branch, Medical Scientist and Inspirational Speaker; Dr. Anjali Capila, former Associate Professor, Department of Development Communication and Extension, Lady Irwin College and an Independent Consultant, Himalayan studies and research; Dr. Anju Khanna; and Ms Viyaluxmi Bose, co-authors of the book

Chair: Dr. Sachidanand Joshi, Member Secretary, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts

Presentation of paper by Dr. Seema Bathla, Professor of Economics, Centre for Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Dr. Anjani Kumar, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), New Delhi

Chair: Shri Siraj Hussain, former Secretary Agriculture, Govt. of India

The lecture is based on the paper titled ‘Doubling of farmers’ income in India by 2022-23: Insights on Attainment from NSS Situation Assessment Surveys’ prepared as part of the IIC Sectoral Policy Group on Agriculture under the Convenorship of Shri Siraj Hussain

YouTube link: https://youtu.be/f-Z9TjYhGGs

Is a Free Market for agri produce the Next Big Idea in Agriculture?

Panelists: Dr. Mekhala Krishnamurthy, Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Ashoka University; Dr. J.S. Yadav, Council of State Agriculture Marketing Boards (COSAMB); and Shri Sachidanand Madan, formerly with ITC

Chair: Shri Siraj Hussain (IAS retd.), former Union Agriculture Secretary

Moderator: Shri Pravesh Sharma (IAS retd.), former Managing Director, Small Farmers' Agri-Business Consortium (SFAC)

A conversation with Dolly Kikon and Joel Rodrigues, co-editors of the new book published by Zubaan; Neivikhotso Chaya, freelance editor for research manuscripts in Earth and Environmental Sciences;  Anjuman Ara Begum, Associate Professor, Royal School of Law and Administration, Assam Royal Global University ; and Neivikhotso Chaya, freelance editor for research manuscripts in Earth and Environmental Sciences

Dolly Kikon is an anthropologist whose work focuses on the political economy of resources, migration, indigeneity, and food cultures in India. She is currently Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Joel Rodrigues is the author of Seeds and Food Sovereignty: Eastern Himalayan Experiences (2023). He is a doctoral researcher at the Department of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University

(Collaboration: Zubaan; and Heinrich Boll Foundation)
 
 

Lead presentation by Prof. Chetan Ghate, Director, Institute of Economic Growth and Associate Professor, (Planning Unit), Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi

Discussants: Dr. Rajeswari Sengupta, Associate Professor of Economics, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai; and Shri Shishir Gupta, Senior Fellow, Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP)

Chair: Shri Ashok Kumar Bhattacharya, Editorial Director, Business Standard and Distinguished Fellow, Ananta Centre

Organised in memory of Dr. Malcolm S. Adiseshiah, well-known development economist, educator and Life Trustee of IIC

(Collaboration: Malcolm & Elizabeth Adiseshiah Trust, Chennai)
 

One Foot in the Ruin and Other Poems
By Janhwij Sharma (Dev Publishers: 2024)

Discussants: Prof. Kishor K. Basa, Chairman, National Monument Authority; Shri Abhay Kumar, poet-diplomat, editor, translator, anthologist and artist; Prof. Swati Pal, Professor and Principal, Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi; Shri Ratish Nanda, CEO, Aga Khan Trustg for Culture (AKTC); and Shri Janhwij Sharma, conservation architect and Additional Director General (Conservation, World Heritage, NCF), Archaeological Survey of India and author of the book

Chair: Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC
 

The Colours of Nationalism: A Memoir of Dreams, Hopes and Betrayals

By Nandita Haksar (Speaking Tiger: 2024)

The author will be in conversation with Ms Ghazala Wahab, author and Editor, FORCE