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Past Events

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FACT & FICTION

SUHELDEV: The King Who Saved India

Date/Time: Wednesday, 11 November/4-5:30pm UK Time.

Author  (@authoramish),  Director, Nehru Centre, London, and author of  will be in conversation with  Deputy Director, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ South Asia Centre, whose research interest is in the history of medieval India. 

This event is part of the , held in collaboration with the .

Please click to watch a recording of the event. 

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26 November 2019

'Interpreting the Constitution of India'

To mark India’s Constitution Day, the South Asia Centre discussed how the lengthiest national constitution of the world has evolved to become more meaningful and relevant to the citizens of the country.

Speaker: (@Chintan_dc) is the author of  (2017), and The Cases that India Forgot (forthcoming, 2019).

Discussant:  (@gautambhatia88), Balliol College, University of Oxford. He is the author of   (2016) & (2019).

Chair:  (@MukulikaB) is Director of the South Asia Centre, and Associate Professor in Anthropology at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳.

To listen to the podcast, click . 

This event was part of the  & held in collaboration with the .


 

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22 March 2018

‘Shri Guru Gobind Singh ji: Understanding the Sacred Word’

Opening Remarks: (High Commissioner of India to the UK)

Speakers: (Cardiff), Prabhkirt Singh Seyan (Watford Sikh Assoc.), , (Oxford Brookes University), and M P S Bedi (P C Pirthi Bedi Foundation)

Chair: (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳)


 

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13 November-7 December 2017

'Law and Nationhood: India at 70'

Exhibition to mark the 70th anniversary of India's independence.

Co-curators:(ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳) and Charlotte de Mille (The Courtauld Institute of Art, London) 

This event was held in collaboration with and the .


  

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6 March 2017

Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India

Speaker:  (Member of Parliament, Government of India)

Chair:  (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳)


 

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25 February 2017

'Transforming India: Vision for the Next Decade'

Speaker: (Minister for Finance, Government of India)

Chair:  (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳)

This event is in collaboration with the .


 

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24 November 2016

'The Meaning & Relevance of the Indian Constitution'

Speakers: ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Students Debate Competition 

Chairs: Dinesh K. Patnaik (Deputy High Commissioner of india to the UK);  (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳); (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳)


 

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23 November 2016

Cities of Empire

Speaker: (Shadow Secretary of State for Education, UK)

Chair:  (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳)


 

mantras for success

16 June 2016

Mantras For Success: India’s Greatest CEOs Tell You How to Win

Speakers: (Counselage India), Rt Hon.  (Minister for Universities & Science, UK) and  (High Commissioner of India to the UK).

Chair:  (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳). 


 

Sumit Guha

6 June 2016

‘The Indian Village: Romantic Images versus Historical Realities’

Speaker: , Profesor in History, University of texas at Austin.

Moderator: , Professor in Anthropology, School of Oriental & african Studies, London.

Chair:  (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳) 

This event was in collaboration with .


 

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13 May 2016

‘The Wonder that is Indian Elections: Challenges & the Way Ahead’

Speaker:  (Former Chief Election Commissioner of India) 

Chair: (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳) 

In partnership with the  and  and .


 

Raghuram Rajan

10 May 2016

‘Rethinking the Global Monetary System’

Speakers: (Governor, Reserve Bank of India) &  (High Commisioner of India to the UK).

Chair:  (ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳)