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Prof. V K R V Rao Memorial Lecture Prof. V.K.R.V. Rao Memorial Lecture was delivered by Prof. Prof. Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, Chairman, Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi on The Concept of Civilization in the Nationalist Discourse: Mahatma Gandhi to Jawaharlal Nehru on January 20, 2010. His Excellency, the Governor of Karnataka, Shri Han Raj Bhardwaj chaired the function.
Prof. V K R V Rao Prizes in Social Science Research Prof. VKRV Rao prizes in Social Science Research for the year 2008 was awarded to Prof. Anjan Kumar Chakrabarti for Economics and Dr. Amita Baviskar for Sociology. Similarly the Prizes for the year 2007 was awarded to Prof. Ashwini Deshpande for Economics and Prof. A R Venkatachalapathy for History.
Public lecture The Institute for Social and Economic Change and Bangalore University, jointly organised a Public Lecture by Prof. Ashutosh Varshney, Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor & Dr VKRV Rao Chair Professor, ISEC, on "Indian Federalism: Past Performance, Coming Challenges" on Friday 15th January, 2010, at 5-30 p.m. at Jnanajyothi Seminar Hall, Central College Campus Bangalore. Prof. K R S Murthy, Chairman, Board of Governors, ISEC, presided over. Prof. N. Prabhu Dev, Vice-Chancellor, Bangalore University, and Shri S.L.Rao, Former Chairman, Board of Governors, ISEC were the Chief Guests
Public lecture The Institute for Social and Economic Change and Bangalore University, jointly organised a Public Lecture by Shri. T.V. Mohandas Pai, Director (HR and E&R), Infosys Technologies Limited, Bangalore on "India at 2030" on Saturday, 26th December 2009 at 5-30 p.m. at Jnanajyothi Seminar Hall, Central College Campus, Bangalore. Prof. N. Prabhu Dev, Vice-Chancellor, Bangalore University was the Chief Guest and Prof. K R S Murthy, Chairman, Board of Governors, ISEC, presided over.
Karnataka Rajyothsava Extension Lecture - 2009 The Karnataka Rajyothsava Extension Lecture - 2009 was delivered on November 19, 2009 by Prof. P Balaram, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore on "Academic Research and Innovation". Shri, S L Rao, Chairman, Board of Governors, ISEC, presided over.
Second Raj Bhavan Prof. V.K.R.V. Memorial Lecture Dr. Ramchandra Guha, an Eminent Historian and Member, Board of Governors, ISEC, delivered the second Raj Bhavan Prof. V.K.R.V.Memorial Lecture on "The Political Significance of Rabindranath Tagore" on Wednesday 18th November, 2009 at Raj Bhavan Banquet Hall. His Excellency Shri Hans Raj Bhardwaj, Governor of Karnataka presided over.
Public lecture The Institute for Social and Economic Change and Bangalore University, jointly organised a Public Lecture by Prof. Michael Walton, VKRV Rao Chair Professor, ISEC on "Inequality, Rents and Development: The Latin Americanization of India?", on Friday, November 6, 2009 at Jnanajyothi Seminar Hall, Central College Campus, Bangalore. Prof. N. Prabhu Dev, Vice-Chancellor, Bangalore University was the Chief Guest and Shri, S L Rao, Chairman, Board of Governors, ISEC, presided over.
Memorandum of Understanding with other Universities and Institutions The Institute for Social and Economic Change has signed Memorandum of Understanding with Maastricht University, Bangalore University and UNFPA. Kindly visit http://www.isec.ac.in/isecmou.html for further details.
Digital Library ISEC has taken up to digitize valuable and rare documents in social sciences which are in the interest to researchers of archival value and preservation of documents for future use. For further details kindly visit http://www.isec.ac.in/digitalLibrary.html
Prof. V.K.R.V. Memorial Lecture - Raj Bhavan Prof. Kirit Parikh, Member, Planning Commission, Govt. of India, New Delhi, delivered the first Dr V.K.R.V.Memorial Lecture - Raj Bhavan on "Integrated Water Management" on Saturday, 7th February 2009 at Raj Bhavan, Bangalore. His Excellency Shri Rameshwarji Thakur, Governor of Karnataka, presided over.
Prof. L.S. Venkataramanan Memorial Lecture Dr. Praduman Kumar, Former Professor, Agricultural Economics, IARI & Managing Editor, AERA, National Centre for Agricultural Economics & Policy, New Delhi, delivered the Prof. L.S. Venkataraman Memorial lecture on "Fight Against Hunger and Poverty in Rural India" on December 26, 2008 at the Seminar Hall of the Institute. Prof G. Thimmaiah, Former Member; Planning Commission, Govt. of India & Member; Board of Governors, ISEC Presided over.
Approaching the Environment in India: New Theories and Methods in the Study of the Nature-Society Interface The Centre for Ecological Economics and Natural Resources of our Institute in association with the Nordic Centre in India (NCI), Sweden organized a four week inter-disciplinary course on ‘Approaching the Environment in India: New Theories and Methods in the Study of the Nature-Society Interface’ . It is a multi-disciplinary course that seeks to introduce students to recent theories and methods in the study of contemporary environmental issues in India. It was organised in July - August 2007 and November - December 2008 for students from Nordic countries. This is a regular post-graduate course equivalent to 10 ECTS (European Union Credits). Themes included - Indian culture and environment, environment and economy interface-Human well-being, sustainable development, natural resource management, environmental movements, environmental law, urban environment etc. Field trips were organized to BR Hills, Watershed, Biodiversity Conservation Park, Green Buildings, Sewage Treatment plant and Urban Slum. Totally 23 students from universities of Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland participated in this course.
New Director Professor R S Deshpande has taken over charge as the Director of the Institute w.e.f. the forenoon of 21st August 2008.
Public Lecture Series To share the knowledge generated by the research activities of its faculty with the wider audience, ISEC is launching a monthly Public Lecture Series.
Prof. L.S. Venkataramanan Memorial Lecture Prof. Mruthyunjaya, National Director, National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP), Indian Council for Agricultural Research, New Delhi, delivered the the Prof. L S Venkataramanan Memorial Lecture on Agricultural Research and Education: New Ideology and Innovation on 2th August, 2007 at the Institute.
A Professorial Visiting Chair, Shri Ramakrishna Hegde Chair on Decentralization and Governance has been created at the Institute in memory and honour of late Shri Ramakrishna Hegde, the former Chief Minister of Karnataka.
VKRV Rao Memorial Lecture - IV Prof Narendra Jadhav, Vice-Chancellor, Pune University, delivered the VKRV Rao Memorial Lecture on "Economic and Social Change in India: The Emerging Role of Higher Education", on 20th January, 2007, at the Institute.
Dr. V K R V Rao Awards - 2004 & 2005 The VKRV Rao Awards for the year 2004 and 2005 were presented to Dr. Keshabananda Das and Dr. Kala Seetharam Sridhar respectively on January 20, 2007 on the occasion of Founders Day function held at ISEC.
New Director Professor N Jayaram has taken over charge as the Director of the Institute w.e.f. the forenoon of 1st December 2006.
Karnataka Rajyothsava Extension Lecture - 2006 The Annual Karnataka Rajyothsava Extension Lecture was delivered on November 14, 2006 by Shri M Veerappa Moily, Chairman, Administrative Reforms Commission, Government of Karnataka on "Knowledge Society and Caste-based Reservations".
Book Release His Excellency Shri T N Chaturvedi, The Governor of Karnataka, released the book "Hinduism: A Gandhian Perspective" authored by Prof. M V Nadkarni, visiting faculty of the Institute, on October 25, 2006 at Raj Bhavan.
Prof. L.S. Venkataramanan Memorial Lecture Prof. G.S. Bhalla, Professor Emeritus Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Delivered the Prof. L S Venkataramanan Memorial Lecture on " Economic Situation of the Indian Farmers: Some Findings From NSSO 59th Round" on April 12, 2006 at the Institute.
Macroeconomic Policy,
Agricultural Development A Conference in honour of Prof. A Vaidyanathan was held at the Institute on April 9-10, 2006 on "Macroeconomic Policy, Agricultural Development and Rural Institutions". Dr. C. Rangarajan, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister inaugurated the conference. This conference was organized jointly by: Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai; Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram; Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad; Institute for Social and Economic Change, and Centre for Inter-Disciplinary Studies in Environment and Development, Bangalore
VKRV Rao Memorial Lecture - III Prof C R Rao, Eberly Family Chair in Statistics, Emeritus, Pennsylvania State University delivered Prof VKRV Rao Memorial Lecture on "Statistics: A Gateway of Knowledge", on 20th January, 2006, at the Institute.
ISEC Library Online Service The ISEC Library has reached another milestone, the entire Library catalogue database is now accessible online. Further details are available on Library home page on our website: www.isec.ac.in
Dr. V K R V Rao Awards The VKRV Rao Awards for the year 2003 were presented to the following academicians on November 19, 2005 at a function held at ISEC Prof. Sugata Marjit (Economics), Prof. Shivganesh Bhargava (Management), Prof. Kalpana Kannabiran (Social Aspects of Law), Prof Manohar Rao (Economics-presented posthumously).
Rajyotsava Award to Prof. Gopal K Kadekodi Prof. Gopla K Kadekodi, Director, ISEC, received the Karnataka Rajyotsava Award for the year 2005, on November 1, 2005.
Round Table on Issues of Development in Karnataka and Policy Imperatives A round Table was organised on August 27, 2005 at Hotel Atria, Bangalore with Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, on "Issues of Development in Karnataka and Policy Imperatives". This was based on the outcome of the Karnataka Development Report(KDR) Sponsored by the Planning Commission.
Development in
Karnataka: The Institute in collaboration with Cornell University, Ithaca, USA organised a conference on "Development in Karnataka: A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective" from June 10-12, 2005 with the idea of providing a forum where research on a wide range of issues related to Karnataka could be shared with policy makers, researchers and civil society. Participants representing a range of social science disciplines came from different parts of India and also from Norway, Germany, UK and USA The conference was inaugurated by the State Minister for Industry Mr PGR Sindhia, who also conveyed a written message from the Chief Minister, Mr. Dharam Singh.
VKRV Rao Memorial Lecture - II The second VKRV Rao Memorial Lecture was delivered by Dr. Ramachandra Guha, a noted Historian and Biographer, on January 20, 2005 in the Auditorium of ISEC. The title of his address was 'Verdicts on Nehru: The Rise and Fall of a Reputation'. Shri S L Rao, Chairman, Board of Governors presided over the Lecture.
Stanford - India Development Conference - 2004 The Stanford-India Development Conference-2004 was held in Bangalore on December 21, 2004, co-hosted by Infosys Technologies Limited, The Stanford University’s Stanford Center for International Development (SCID) and with financial support from The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) at Infosys Campus. The focus of the Conferences was on presenting an overview and assessment of India’s economic reforms, performance of power sector, changes in governance and institutions in reform era, and reforms in education and evaluation of education system. The distinguished speakers of the Conference were Professor T.N. Srinivasan on assessment of India’s economic progress, Sri N.K. Singh on reforms in governance and institutions in the reform process, Professor Roger Noll on power sector reforms, and Professors Naushad Forbes, Anjini Kochar and A.S. Seetharamu on evaluation of education system. The participants of the Conference were senior bureaucrats in the Government of Karnataka, distinguished academicians from reputed institutes and universities, and prominent members of civil society and business community.
Shri K V Subbanna, Ninasam, Heggodu, Ramon Magasaysay Awardee delivered the Karnataka Rajyothsava Extension Lecture - 2004 on the subject entitled "My Concept of Community" on Friday, 26th November 2004 at 4.00 pm. in the auditorium of the Institute.
Shri S L Rao, Chairman, Board of Governors presided over the Lecture.
Conference on Biotechnology ISEC in association with the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi and supported by the Indo Dutch Programme on Alternatives in Development (IDPAD), Netherlands, organised a Conference on Biotechnology and India's Development in Bangalore from November 22nd to 24th , 2004. The purpose of this conference was to understand and explore the full potential of the biotechnology sector in bringing about economic and social transformation and also accelerate economic growth in the coming decades. The participants of the conference were from all over India and a few from abroad and included policy makers, economists, scientists and industrialists.
Course
on Survey Methods for
The Institute of Social and Economic Change (ISEC), The World Conservation Union (IUCN), Nepal’s regional program, and the South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE) jointly organised a Training course and the regular Bi-annual research workshops from October 30 to November 9, 2004 at Bangalore. The purpose of these annual activities from SANDEE is to seek the use of economic tools and analyses to address some of South Asia’s environmental challenges. About 30 international participants attended these events. Prof. Madhav Gadgil delivered a special lecture on this occasion. Among many others, Professors Partha Dasgupta, Karl Goran-Maler and Jeffrey Vincent participated as resource persons.
Professor
L S Venkataramanan Memorial Abstract of the lecture Small family farms and plantations are the two contrasting systems of agricultural production in the tropics. While the family farm is an old institution, which has existed since time immemorial, the plantation is a new institution brought by Western colonialism for extracting tropical cash crops for export to home countries. Large-scale operation of the plantation was necessary for internalizing gains from investment in infrastructure needed for opening vast tracts of unused lands. However, where the communities of indigenous smallholders had already been established, family farms proved to be equally or more efficient producers of tropical export crops using the family labor of low supervision costs, relative to plantations based on hired labor. This advantage of family farms rose as population density increased and rural infrastructure improved, whereas not only economic but also social drawbacks of the plantation system loomed. Reorganization of the plantation is desired. However, the breakdown of plantations to the operation of smallholders by the government’s coercive measures will likely prove to be disruptive and inefficient. A better approach will be to support the initiative of the private sector to8 reorganize the plantation system into the contract farming system in which an agribusiness enterprise manages the processing/marketing process and contracts with small growers on the assured supply of farm-produced raw materials.
40th
Annual Conference of the Indian The conference had some special sessions with distinguished invited speakers on topics of current interest and of interest to the economics profession. There was one special session on "100 Billion Dollar Foreign Exchange: Implications and Management" with Prakash Apte, Director of IIM-Bangalore, and an expert on International Finance as one of the speakers. Prof.B.S. Minhas, former President of this Society has delivered an invited lecture on "How Sound Indian Data is for Econometric Modelling". For the First time the Society has introduced a new session on remembering the pioneers. Professor Gerhard Tintner is one of the pioneers of the profession and belonged to the first generation of econometricians. Three of his students and life members of the Indian Econometric Society- Prof. T. Krishna Kumar, Retired Professor, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, Prof. G.K. Kadekodi, Director, ISEC, Bangalore and Prof. T.V.S. Rammohan Rao, Professor, IIT-Kanpur remembered this pioneer by showing how his early contributions are so much ahead of his times and relevant today. To bring its deliberations to some of the latest developments in the profession there was a special session on " Time Series Modelling: Potentials and Pitfalls" with Professors D.M. Nachne of Indira Gandhi Institute for Development Research, Mumbai, Dr. Pronab Sen, Advisor, Planning Commission, Prof.N.S.S.Naryana of ISI, Bangalore and Pami Dua of Delhi school of Economics as the Invited Speakers. In addition there were several sessions with contributed papers by the young and old members of the Society dealing with applications of econometric methods to different sub-fields within economics.
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