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Narayanan Lectures

The Narayanan Lectures are among the major public lectures within the ANU. They honour a past-President of India, Dr K R Narayanan. Each year this oration has been delivered by a major public figure. The list of distinguished speakers includes Dr Raja J. Chelliah, Professor Jagdish Bhagwati, Professor U. R. Rao and Mr P. Chidambaram. The Narayanan lectures are published annually, most often, in December by ASARC.

We would like to thank the Australia-India Council, the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Network Economics Consulting Group, ANU's National Institute for Asia and the Pacific and National Institute of Economics and Business, as well as the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), for their generous financial support of these lectures

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2008: September 16, 5.30pm APCD Theatre 1.29, Hedley Bull Building, ANU

Title:

Why Environmentalism Needs Equity: Learning from the environmentalism of the poor to build our common future

Lecturer:

Ms Sunita Narain, Director of the Centre for Science & Environment, Director of the Society for Environmental Communications and publisher of the fortnightly magazine Down to Earth

2007: August 08, 5.30pm Law Sparke Helmore Theatre 2

Title:

Coping with Climate Change: Is Development in India and the World Sustainable?

Lecturer:

Dr Rajendra Pachauri, Director-General of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India.

2006: July 20, 5.30pm Common Room, University House

Title:

India's Space Enterprise - A Case Study in Strategic Thinking and Planning

Lecturer:

Dr K. Kasturirangan

2005: September 27, 5:30 Common Room, University House, ANU

Title:

Science and Shaping Our Agricultural Future

Lecturer:

Professor M.S. Swaminathan

2004: April 27, 5.30pm Common Room, University House

Title:

India: On the growth turnpike

Lecturer:

Dr Vijay Kelkar, Adviser to the Minister of Finance Government of India

2003: March 25, 5.30pm Law Lecture Theatre

Title:

Political Economy and Governance Issues in Indian Economic Reform

Lecturer:

Professor Pranab Bardhan, Department of Economics, University of California at Berkeley.

2002: December 05, 5.30pm Law Lecture Theatre

Title:

Democracy and Development: India 1947-2002

Lecturer:

Lord Meghnad Desai, Professor of Economics at London School of Economics (LSE) and Director of the Centre for the Study of Global Governance, LSE.

2001: ,

Title:

Monetary Policy in a Developing country: The Case of India

Lecturer:

Dr C. Rangarajan, Governor of Andhra Pradesh, India, and one of India's most distinguished economists.

1999: ,

Title:

Stronger Branches, Deeper Roots: The Democratisation of India's Economic Reforms

Lecturer:

Mr P. Chidambaram, Former Finance Minister, Government of India.

1996: ,

Title:

India: Retrospect and Prospect

Lecturer:

Professor Jagdish Bhagwati, Arthur Lehman Professor of Economics and Political Science, Columbia University, New York.

1995: ,

Title:

Space Technology for Sustainable Development in Asia

Lecturer:

Professor U. R. Rao, member, Space Commission and Dr Vikram Sarabhai Distinguished Professor.

1994: ,

Title:

Reforming the Tax Base for Economic Development

Lecturer:

Dr Raja J Chelliah, Minister of State and Fiscal Adviser to the Government of India.

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