[Reader-list] [Announcements] Civil Society and Indian Democracy: Emerging Vistas - Lecture by Mihir Shah

[Praveen Rai]

*Centre for the Study of Developing Societies***

Publics and Policies Programme

invites you to a lecture

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*Civil Society and Indian Democracy: Emerging Vistas*

by* Mihir Shah*



Thursday, 7 February 2013, 4 pm

CSDS Seminar Hall,

29 Rajpur Road, Delhi 10054

Please loin us for tea at 3.30 pm

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Can civil society be seen as an agent of positive change in India today?
Through a critical examination of the work of Antonio Gramsci and Partha
Chatterjee, Mihir Shah enunciates a framework within which we can answer
such a question. He also carefully differentiates empirically the different
strands within civil society, seeking to ensure that we are not blinded by
the selective glare of media attention.


Dr. Mihir Shah is Member, Planning Commission and the National Advisory
Council. After a makeover of MGNREGA, he is working on the management of
water resources in the 12th Five Year Plan. Shah studied Economics at St.
Stephen's College and the Delhi School of Economics before completing
doctorate at the Centre for Development Studies, Kerala. After teaching for
some years at the Centre, he founded Samaj Pragati Sahayog (SPS) one of the
largest grass-roots initiatives for water and livelihood security, working
across 72 of India’s most backward districts.

Praveen Rai
Academic Secretary
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies
29, Rajpur Road
Delhi - 110054
Phone: 91-11-23942199
Fax: 91-11-23943450
www.csds.in
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