Speakers: Charles Crabtree (Dartmouth College)Charles Crabtree, Assistant Professor at Dartmouth, presented his co-authored research on religious discrimination in American public schools. Recording of his lecture:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7quGpJakAE

Speaker: Luis Miranda (Chairman, Centre for Civil Society) Luis Miranda spoke on the importance of civil society to a functioning democracy. He highlighted the role of civil society orates and citizens. He also stressed on the need to incorporate multiple perspectives. He urges that anyone can contribute to a civil society, not necessarily by leading, […]

Speaker: Aditya Dasgupta (University of California, Merced) Aditya Dasgupta presented his paper, "Political Economy of Bureaucratic Overload", which is a study involving Block Development Officers (BDOs) in India. His study offers three key conclusions; first, that BDOs are often forced to multitask due to resource scarcity, second, their inability to focus on managerial activities affects […]