Topics on Contemporary India Topics on Contemporary India Title Upcoming Events No scheduled upcoming events. Dates and times will be posted as they are finalized. Past Events Title Upcoming Events Transformation of Backward Politics in India: The Case of Uttar Pradesh Event Series Topics on Contemporary India Oct 18, 2018, 5:00PM to 6:30PM PDT 223 Moses Hall Gilles Verniers, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Director of the Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University + Read More A Conversation with Mr. Omar Abdullah: The Path Forward in Kashmir Event Series Topics on Contemporary India Apr 19, 2018, 5:00PM to 6:30PM PDT Great Hall, Faculty Club + Read More Cost of Democracy: Political Finance in India Event Series Topics on Contemporary India Apr 18, 2018, 3:00PM to 4:30PM PDT 223 Moses Hall Milan Vaishnav, Director and Senior Fellow, South Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace + Read More Claiming the State: Active Citizenship and Social Welfare in Rural India Event Series Topics on Contemporary India Mar 12, 2018, 3:00PM to 5:00PM PDT 119 Moses Hall Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner, University of Virginia + Read More Hungry Nation: Food, Famine, and the Making of Modern India Event Series Topics on Contemporary India Nov 16, 2017, 3:00PM to 4:30PM PST 223 Moses Hall Benjamin Siegel, Assistant Professor of History, Boston University + Read More India at 70: Reflections on the Path Forward Event Series Topics on Contemporary India Sep 11, 2017, 6:30PM to 8:00PM PDT Chevron Auditorium, UC Berkeley International House Rahul Gandhi + Read More The Dilemmas of Higher Education in India Event Series Topics on Contemporary India Nov 17, 2016, 4:00PM to 6:00PM PST 223 Moses Hall Devesh Kapur, Director of the Center for the Advanced Study of India and Professor of Political Science, University of Pennyslyvania + Read More History, Institutions and Pathways of Dominant Party Decline in India: Evidence from the Green Revolution Event Series Topics on Contemporary India Sep 29, 2016, 4:00PM to 6:00PM PDT 223 Moses Hall Aditya Dasgupta, Shorenstein Postdoctoral Fellow in Contemporary Asia at Stanford University + Read More Rights, Welfare, Accountability: India in Comparative Historical Perspective Event Series Topics on Contemporary India Nov 20, 2015, 10:00PM to 11:30PM PST 223 Moses Hall Sanjay Ruparelia, Associate Professor of Politics, The New School + Read More The Great Indian Election: Do Election Verdicts Transform a Country? Event Series Topics on Contemporary India Nov 18, 2015, 1:00AM to 2:30AM PST Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall Rajdeep Sardesai, Senior Journalist and Author + Read More View All Past Series Events