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#WebPolicyTalk and Special Lecture

Topic: Agriculture, Food Security and Rural Development amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights, Concerns and the Way Forward for Indian Villages

Date: 21st August, 2020 (Friday) 

Time: 4:30 p.m. IST (GMT+5:30)   

Speaker:

Prof R S Deshpande Honorary Visiting Professor, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore  

Chair: 

Prof D N Reddy Professor in Economics (Retd.) and Former Dean, School of Social Sciences, University of Hyderabad

Discussants:

Prof S Madheswaran, Director, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore

Prof Sachidanand Sinha, Professor, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi

Prof Utpal Kumar De, Professor, Department of Economics, North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong  

Dr Pradeep Kumar Mehta, Director, Research, Monitoring and Evaluation, Sehgal Foundation, Gurgaon 

Prof A Narayanamoorthy, Senior Professor and Head, Department of Economics and Rural Development, Alagappa University, Karaikudi  

Prof G Sridevi, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Central University of Hyderabad  

Prof Amalendu Jyotishi, Professor, School of Development, Azim Premji University, Bangalore  

Prof Balwant Singh Mehta, Research Director, IMPRI, New Delhi; Senior Fellow, Institute for Human Development (IHD), New Delhi