[Reader-list] Fw: Hidden Successes: International Competition for Best Research Paper on India's Urbanization

[lalitha kamath]

FYI
 
 

 
 













 




  
 



Dear Colleagues,
 




 
 



I am writing to tell you that MIT and the Institute for Financial
Management and Research (IFMR), Chennai are jointly organizing an international
competition for the best research paper on innovative responses to
 India 's urban
challenges. The competition, titled Hidden
Successes, seeks to highlight usually overlooked cases of innovation
and success in response to rapid urbanization.
 






  
 






Hidden Successes is
an opportunity for scholars and practitioners to reflect on innovative
financial and institutional arrangements that have allowed some Indian cities
to cope with rapid expansion and population growth.  Much of the
published literature on India ’s
urbanization focuses on the many constraints faced by local authorities and the
central government. In contrast, this competition seeks to discover where urban
areas have succeeded, for example, in delivering infrastructure and essential
services, in spite of constraints. The competition anticipates that the
crafting and implementation of new approaches to planning will require planners
who are not confined by orthodox theories and ideological biases. The
cultivation of such a new heterodox mindset requires new teaching material for
professional education, which is the ultimate purpose of this competition.
 






  
 






We would be grateful if you could publicize this competition
announcement as widely as possible. The deadlines for the competition are 15th October
2007 (for Abstract Submission) and 1st December 2007 (for the
Final Paper). Details about the competition and submission guidelines can be
found on the competition website: http://hidden-successes.mit.edu/.
 






  
 






Regards and best wishes,
 




 
 



  
 






Bish Sanyal
 






MIT Faculty Chair
 






Ford International Professor of Urban Development and Planning
 






Department of Urban Studies and Planning
 






Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 






77 Massachusetts Avenue ,
Room 9-435
 






Cambridge ,
 MA 02139
 






Phone: 617-253-3270
 






E-mail: SANYAL at MIT.EDU
 






  
 






  
 













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