May 11, 2022
***Postponed till fall 2022 ***Shekhar Gupta — The Media and India's Democracy Today an OP Jindal Distinguished Lecture
4:00pm - 6:00pm EST ***Postponed till Fall 2022***
OP Jindal Distinguished Lectures
The Jindal Distinguished Lecture Series was endowed in perpetuity by Sajjan and Sangita Jindal to promote a serious discussion of politics, economics, social and cultural change in modern India.
Apr 15, 2022
Siddharth Varadarajan — The Media and India's Democracy Today an OP Jindal Distinguished Lecture
2:00pm - 4:00pm EST Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St
Nov 10, 2021
Mira Nair — On Being Brown Before it was Fashionable: Reflections on a Cross Cultural Journey
4:00pm - 6:00pm EST True North Classroom, Stephen Robert '62 Hall
Nov 8, 2021
Mississippi Masala — Film Screening and Q&A with Director Mira Nair
4:00 - 6:30pm EST True North Classroom, Stephen Robert Hall '62
Nov 5, 2021
Salman Rushdie in conversation with Gauri Viswanathan, Shahzad Bashir and Ashutosh Varshney — Politics, Religion and Literature: India and Pakistan
2:00pm - 4:00pm EST True North Classroom, 280 Brook St
Apr 16, 2021
Uday Mehta — Gandhi’s Critique of Political Rationality
12:00pm – 2:00pm EST
Apr 14, 2021
Oct 11, 2019
OP Jindal Lectures with Raghuram Rajan — India in the World: The “Vision” Thing
2pm – 4pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St
Oct 9, 2019
OP Jindal Distinguished Lectures with Raghuram Rajan — India’s Economy: How Did We Get Here and What Can be Done?
4pm – 6pm True North Classroom, 280 Brook St
Apr 26, 2019
Sanjay Subrahmanyam — The Long Roots of Indian Capitalism: Portfolio Capitalism and Political Capitalism
2pm – 4pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute
Apr 23, 2019
Sanjay Subrahmanyam — The Long Roots of Indian Capitalism: The Indian Ocean as a Framework
4pm – 6pm Room 101, 280 Brook St
Dec 4, 2018
Menaka Guruswamy - The Jurisprudence of Freedom: We the Peoples' Supreme Court
5pm – 7pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute
Apr 13, 2018
Amitav Ghosh ─ In Conversation with Leela Gandhi
2pm – 4pm Pembroke Hall, Rm 305
Apr 6, 2018
Amitav Ghosh ─ Embattled Earth: Commodities, Conflict and Climate Change in the Indian Ocean Region
4pm – 5:30pm Pembroke Hall, Room 305
Nov 3, 2017
OP Jindal Lecture by David Mosse - Narratives, Networks and NGOs: Dalit Rights and Development in South India
2pm – 4pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute
Nov 1, 2017
May 1, 2017
OP Jindal Distinguished Lecture by Nayanjot Lahiri ─ At the Crossroads of Politics and Progress: India’s Archaeological Heritage Since Independence
5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute
Apr 28, 2017
OP Jindal Distinguished Lecture by Nayanjot Lahiri ─ Are Archaeological Discoveries like Scientific Discoveries? The Curious Case of the Indus Civilization
3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute
Oct 28, 2016
OP Jindal Distinguished Lecture by Pratap Mehta ─ Metaphysics of Avoidance: Self and History in Aurobindo
2pm – 4pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute
Oct 24, 2016
OP Jindal Distinguished Lecture by Pratap Mehta ─ The Melody of Discord: The Self and History in Iqbal
5pm – 7pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute
May 2, 2016
Apr 29, 2016
Oct 28, 2015
Montek Singh Ahluwalia – India's Future Prospects and Policy Imperatives
This is the second lecture in the two part OP Jindal Distinguished Lecture series on economics in India.
4pm – 6pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street
Oct 26, 2015
The Brown-India Initiative Presents: The OP Jindal Distinguished Lectures with Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Commentator: Abhijit Banerjee, MIT
4pm – 6pm Watson Institute, Joukowsky Forum
111 Thayer Street
May 1, 2015
OP Jindal Distinguished Lecture Series Presents: William Dalrymple | Part II
Commentator: Faiz Ahmed, History
2pm – 4pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute
111 Thayer Street