We take great pleasure in Inviting you to a talk on the Making sense of India and China:  some aspects of industrialization by Jhumur Lahiri On 3rd October, 2014 (4:30 pm) at Anveshi.

 

Abstract: The two most compelling and inter-connected realities before India today are (a) gnawing inequality in our society at different levels (b) growing compulsion to industrialize in an already globalized world.
Industrialization intrinsically is a highly skewed, ruthless process. Moreover, in today’s world the industrial production chain has become so completely globalized and the terms of wealth generation have so completely changed that there perhaps is no escape for India from engaging/participating in the global production process. But then the question remains how we should engage in this process, (a) without causing destitution to large sections of the people. (b) ensuring that gradually we move up the product value chain; that is, manage to enhance skills and engage in more complex/better paid production activities, freeing ourselves from low skill/low paid contract jobs or sheer unemployment. (c) Without surrendering the country’s economic sovereignty. Click Here for full abstract.

 

Dr. Jhumur Lahiri is a materials scientist by training. Worked in various indigenous technology development projects under DRDO for almost three decades. Currently, she is associated with the Centre for Knowledge, Culture and Innovation Studies at University of Hyderabad; working at present on the dynamics of capability development in developing countries in the context of late industrialization.