Dear friends,
Developing Countries Research Centre (DCRC), Delhi University is organising
the 20th Annual Grassroots Politics Colloquium (GPC) on *Grassroots
Politics: Reflections on the Past and Visions for the Future* on* 28
February-**1 March 2009*. Every year different thematic areas are taken up
in the GPC to initiate dialogue and debate amongst grassroots activists,
academics and research scholars engaged in those thematic areas. The
programme of the 20th GPC is as follows:
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES RESEARCH CENTRE (DCRC)
UNIVERSITY OF DELHI
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*TWENTIETH GRASSROOTS POLITICS COLLOQUIUM (GPC)*
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*Grassroots Politics: Reflections on the Past *
*and Visions for the Future *
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*28 February — **1 March 2009***
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Venue:* Committee Room Academic Research Centre Guru Tegh Bahadur Marg
**University** of **Delhi** Delhi-110007*
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*Day 1: **Feb 28 2009***
10 am - 1130 am
*Welcome and Opening Remarks: *Madhulika Banerjee, Convener
*Round Table on the Colloquium*: Manoranjan Mohanty, Founder-Director, DCRC
Neera Chandhoke,
Director, DCRC
Ashok Chaudhary,
Vikalp
Discussant: Ujjwal Singh, Delhi University**
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1130 am – 1200 pm: Tea
12pm - 2pm
*Session I: Changing Agency*
Chair: Harsh Sethi, Editor, Seminar
Speakers: Vidhya Das, Agragamee, Orissa.
Guruprasad Keragadu, Dalit Sangharsh Samiti, Karnataka
Joshy Jacob, Samajwadi Jan parishad, Kerala
Discussant: Hilal Ahmed, CSDS
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2pm - 3pm: Lunch
3pm - 5pm
*Session II: Changing Forms of Action*
Chair: D. L. Sheth, CSDS
Speakers: Darshan Shankar, The LSPSS Story: From Movement to NGO
Kavita Krishnan, All India Progressive Women's Association
(ML)
Basavaraju, Karnataka Rajya Raiyat Sangha
Discussants: Rajni Bakshi, Bappu Kuttir
Saroj Giri, Delhi University
6pm: *Cultural Event*: Pratidhwani, Shubhendu Ghosh
7pm: Dinner**
*Day 2: 1 March 2009*
930 am: Tea
10am - 1pm
*Session III: Changing Agendas*
Chair: Yogendra Yadav, CSDS
Speakers: PV Rajagopal, Ekta Parishad, Chhattisgarh
Ajay Mehta, Seva Mandir
Nikhil Dey, MKSS
Discussant: Manoranjan Mohanty
1pm - 2 pm: Lunch
2 pm – 4 pm
*Session IV: Changing Relationship with Mainstream Politics *
Chair: Nivedita Menon, JNU
Speakers: Jasbir Singh, Centre for Social Exclusion, National Law University,
Bangalore
Christina, Women's Front, Tamil Nadu
Ajit Jha, Secretary, People's Political Front
Discussant: Aditya Nigam, CSDS
4 pm - 430 pm: Tea
430 pm – 6 pm
Valedictory Session
*Panel Discussion: What have the Social Sciences Learnt from Social
Movements and What have They Contributed to Them? *
Chair: Manoranjan Mohanty
Panelists: DL Sheth
Ghanshyam Shah, formerly at JNU
Yogendra Yadav
*Vote of Thanks*
Biswajit Mohanty, Deputy Director, DCRC
We welcome all to participate in and contribute to the colloquium.
Ambuja Kumar Tripathy
Honorary Associate, DCRC
