Cambridge and India
India-Cambridge Summit
INDIA IN THE GLOBAL AGE
Taj Mahal Hotel, One Mansingh Road
New Delhi, 10 September 2012
PROGRAMME
9:30AM
Welcome addresses
Professor Sir Christopher Bayly, Director, Centre of South Asian Studies, and Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial History, University of Cambridge (Summit Host)
The Honourable Kapil Sibal, Minister for Human Resource Development, Communications and IT, Government of India (Guest of Honour)
The Honourable Mrs Meira Kumar, The Speaker, Lok Sabha (Chief Guest)
Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge
10:15-10:30
Tea break
10:30-11:00
The future of the university
Participants:
The Honourable Kapil Sibal, Minister for Human Resource Development, Communications and IT, Government of India
Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge
Moderator and Chair:
Professor Sir Christopher Bayly, Director, Centre of South Asian Studies, and Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial History, University of Cambridge
11:00-12:00
India and the global financial crisis
Participants:
Ajit Balakrishnan, Chairman and CEO, Rediff.com
Naina Lal Kidwai, Group General Manager and Country Head, HSBC India
Arun Bharat Ram, Chairman, SRF Limited
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission
Moderator and Chair:
Professor Prabhat Patnaik, Emeritus Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University
12:00-13:00
Capital century: Delhi 1911 and Delhi 2012
Participants:
Dr Tristram Hunt MP, member, British Parliamentary Committee on South Asia
Rana Dasgupta, writer
Moderator and Chair:
William Dalrymple, writer
13:00-14:30
Lunch
14:30-15:30
Evidence, social policy and the challenge of development
Participants:
Dr Pronab Sen, Principal Advisor, Planning Commission of India
Professor Sukhadeo Thorat, Chairman Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)
Brinda Karat, Politburo member CPI (M) and former member of Parliament
Professor K Srinath Reddy, President, Public Health Foundation of India
Moderator and Chair:
Dr Kaveri Gill, Think Tank Initiative, International Development Research Centre
15:30-16:45
Contemporary Indian art and cultural politics
Participants:
Shilpa Gupta, contemporary artist, Mumbai
Subodh Gupta, contemporary artist, Delhi
Ram Rahman, artist and activist, Delhi
Tasneem Mehta, Managing Trustee and Honorary Director, Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum, and Vice-Chairman, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage
Professor Anuradha Kapur, National School of Drama
Prakash Jha, film producer, director and screenwriter and National Film Award winner
Moderator and Chair:
Devika Singh, Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge
16:45-17:00
Tea break
17:00-18:15
Concluding Panel
Ideas of India's democracy
Participants:
Gopal Gandhi, former Governor of West Bengal
Swapan Dasgupta, writer and columnist
Professor Sir Christopher Bayly, University of Cambridge
M J Akbar, editorial director, India Today
Tarun Tejpal, editor, Tehelka
Manish Tewari, Congress Member of Parliament and Secretary of the All-India Congress Committee
Dr Shruti Kapila, University of Cambridge
Moderator and Chair:
Dr Tristram Hunt MP, member, British Parliamentary Committee on South Asia
18:15-19:45
Drinks reception, kindly sponsored by Cambridge University Press India
Convenors:
Shruti Kapila (Faculty of History/Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge), Tristram Hunt MP, and Anshul Avijit, (Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge)