IAP 2001 Activities by Sponsor

Nitin Sawhney

Socio-Economic Development: A Grassroots Perspective Nitin Sawhney , Payal Parekh, Shrinaath Chidambaram, Sivarao V. Digavalli (AID-Boston) No enrollment limit, no advance sign up Participants welcome at individual sessions (series) A series of seminars will critically examine socio-economic development in the context of grassroots organizations and people's movements. Discussions will involve case-studies of efforts by such groups towards tackling inter-related problems of literacy, health, women's empowerment, people's rights, and environment in India. Web: http://www.media.mit.edu/~nitin/aid/iap/ Contact: Nitin Sawhney, E15-352, x8-5956, nitin@media.mit.edu What Is Development? Nitin Sawhney, Shrinaath Chidambaram, Dr. Vijay Parsad (Prof. International Affairs, Trinity College) The first session will be a participative discussion to understand the diverse notions of "development", the critical areas for change and the agents for intervention, such as Government, NGOs and the Market. The discussion will also include an evolving perspective from NGOs working in India. Thu Jan 11, 06-08:00pm, 4-237 Towards Holistic Development: Case Studies Sivarao Digavalli, Rajmohan Rajaraman, Srini Veeravanallur (AID-Boston) In this session, we will consider the inter-related nature of socio-economic problems and why holistic approaches to development are desirable. We will use case studies from areas such as micro-credit, education, and rainwater harvesting to illuminate the conflicting issues of grass-roots intervention. The session includes screening of videos and active discussions with participants. Thu Jan 18, 06-08:00pm, 4-237 Challenges of Socio-political Change: Case Studies Payal Parekh, Vinay Kumar, Om Damani (AID-Boston) This final session will focus primarily on what socio-political change is, how it comes about, and what kinds of forms it can take. We will look particularly at Peoples Movements as a form of addressing socio-political change such as the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) in India. http://www.narmada.org Thu Jan 25, 05-07:00pm, 4-231, Note the change in time/venue

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