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"India Sustainability Policy Forum: Agriculture, Environment, and Climate in Today's India" - A Panel Discussion

Event Type
Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor
ACES Office of International Programs and The ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss
Location
Sims Room, ACES Library
Date
Oct 9, 2024   12:00 - 2:00 pm  
Registration
Registration
Contact
Lauren Karplus
E-Mail
lkarpl2@illinois.edu
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Originating Calendar
ACES Office of International Programs Lectures

Format: Each speaker will make short remarks about their observations and assessment of current critical aspects of ag/natural resource/environment/climate policy for India, followed by questions among the panelists and then questions from the attendees.

Featuring: 

Dr. Ashok Gulati Distinguished Professor at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER). Former Director at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and former member of the Economic Advisory Council of Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Dr. Gulati is a renowned for his deep involvement in policy analysis and advice in India. 

Dr. Raya Das Fellow at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER). She is working on the political economy of agriculture development in Global South with a particular focus on India. She has published peer reviewed journals on public policy, credit, land relation, agriculture market, and livelihood sustainability of farmers. Her Ph.D. thesis was on “Agrarian Dynamics and Organisation of production in West Bengal” from the Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Dr. Madhu Khanna College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) Distinguished Professor of Environmental Economics in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics and Alvin H. Baum Family Chair and Director of the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Dr. Atul Jain Professor, Department of Climate, Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (CLiMAS) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Lunch will be served; space is limited and registration is required. Register Here.



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