Please Note our New Location: Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street STS Circle at Harvard [image.png] David Engerman Brandeis, History
on The Import of Expertise: Towards an International History of Indian Economic Planning Monday, February 3 12:15-2:00 pm Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street [image.png] Lunch is provided if you RSVP. Please RSVP to sts<mailto:[email protected]>@hks.harvard.edu<mailto:[email protected]> by 5pm Wednesday, January 29. Abstract: Historians have long observed the fascination for economic planning among Indian economists and nationalists, from the final years of British rule to independent India's first Five-Year Plans - and beyond. This paper examines Indian enthusiasms for planning in the crucial decades in the middle of the twentieth century, emphasizing in particular the international elements of the planning debate. Especially in the crucial second and third Five-Year Plans (1956-65) - the high point of Jawaharlal Nehru's efforts - the planning process stood at the intersection of domestic Indian politics and Cold War geopolitics. Biography: David C. Engerman is professor of history at Brandeis University. The author of two books on America's Russia expertise, he is currently writing "Planning for Prosperity: The Economic Cold War in India." That project has received support from the American Council of Learned Societies, the American Institute of Indian Studies, and the National Council for Eurasian and East European Research. A complete list of STS Circle at Harvard events can be found on our website: http://www.hks.harvard.edu/sts/events/sts_circle/ Follow us on Facebook: STS@Harvard<http://www.facebook.com/HarvardSTS> _______________________________________________
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