Confronting South Asia’s Challenges: The Built Environment, Sustainability, and Governance
February 26, 2018 | Shiv Nadar University
9am Opening Remarks
Ajay Dandekar, Director of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Professor, Department of History, SNU
Farina Mir, Director of the Center for South Asian Studies, and Associate Professor, Department of History, U-M
9:15am Archaeology/Heritage
Jaya Menon, Professor and Head, Department of History, SNU
Archaeological Places: Negotiations between Local Communities, Archaeologists and the State
Sudeshna Guha, Associate Professor, Department of History, SNU
‘Nationing Antiquities’: Towards the Formalisation of Heritage Making in India
Carla Sinopoli, Professor, Department of Anthropology, and Curator, Museum of Anthropological Archaeology, U-M
Long History in a Short Valley: 4000 Years Along the Central Tungabhadra River
10:30am Rural/Urban
William J. Glover, Associate Professor, Department of History, U-M
Linking Rural and Urban Milieus in 20th Century India: Discourse and Praxis
Ajay Dandekar, Director of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Professor, Department of History, SNURural in Transition; Dilemmas and Issues
11:30am Tea Break
12pm Iniquitous Development
Rajeswari Raina, Professor, Department of International Relations and Governance Studies, SNU
Valuing Variability in Iniquitous Terrains
Leela Fernandes, Professor, Department of Women's Studies and Political Science, U-M
Inequality, Regulatory Reform and the Restructuring of Chennai's Water Bureaucracy
Urmila Bhridakar, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, SNU
1:15pm Lunch
2pm Law and Governance
Devika Bordia, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, SNU
Vikramaditya Khanna, Professor of Law, U-M
Fiduciary Duty in India: The Special Case of the Hindu Undivided Family
Kaveri Gill, Associate Professor, Department of International Relations and Governance Studies, SNU
3:30pm Sustainability
Arun Agrawal, Professor, School for Environment and Sustainability, U-M
Perverse outcomes of sustainable development programs: The motivational, behavioral, and environmental effects of watershed management in Himachal Pradesh
Sudeepto Bhattacharya, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, SNU
A Network-theoretic Perspective on Resilience and Sustainability of Social-ecological Systems
4:30pm Tea Break
5pm The Way Ahead?
