Centre for Informal Sector and Labour Studies
organises a seminar on
DREAMS AND REALITY : UNPACKING INDIA’S ECONOMIC CRISIS
Venue: Committee Room, SSS-I
September 13, 2019 (Friday)
2.00 PM-7.00 PM
Tea: 2.00 PM-2.20 PM
2.20 PM- Introduction to the Seminar- Minaketan Behera
Session 1: 2.30 PM – 4.00 PM
Chair: Atul Sood
Speakers:Surajit Mazumdar - Slowdown, or the Unravelling of a Growth Trajectory?
Jayati Ghosh – India’s Global Integration and its Implications.
Praveen Jha – India’s Employment Crisis and its Implications.
Tea: 4.00-4.15 PM
Session 2: 4.15-5.45 PM
Chair: Archana Prasad
Speakers:C.P. Chandrasekhar - Financial Fragility and Growth: Aspects of the Recent Indian Experience.
Harish Damodaran - Agriculture and the Origins of the Slowdown.
Chirashree Das Gupta -The Fiscal Conundrum in India and the Perils of 'Sound Finance'.
High Tea: 5.45- 6.15 PM
Session 3: 6.15-7.00 PM
Chair: Santosh Mehrotra
Lecture by T M Thomas Isaac- The great Indian Slowdown: A State Finance Minister’s Perspective