Professor V.K.R.V. RAO Centenary Year (2007-2008)Professor V K R V Rao

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VKRV Rao Memorial Lecture Series

• V K R V Rao Memorial Lecture - 14
  Challenges & Opportunities Facing Indian Agriculture
  by Shri M Venkaiah Naidu, Hon'ble Vice President of India
  (19th, January 2018)

• V K R V Rao Memorial Lecture - 13
  Changing Political Landscape of India and Contemporary Trends
  by Prof. (Dr.) G. Gopa Kumar, Vice-Chancellor,
  Central University, Kerala
  (20th January 2017)

• V K R V Rao Memorial Lecture - 12
  Nationalism and Economic Development of India
  by Prof. Amit Bhaduri, Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru
  University, New Delhi
  (20th January 2016)

• V K R V Rao Memorial Lecture - 11
  On Inclusive Growth: Theory and Indian Experience since Early 1990s
  by Prof. Sukhadeo Thorat Chairman, Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi
  (9th February, 2015)

• V K R V Rao Memorial Lecture - 10
  The Importance of being Rurban: Tracking Modernity
   in Traditional Society
  by Professor Dipankar Gupta, Distinguished Professor of Sociology,
  Shiv Nadar University (Formerly at JNU),
  (22nd May 2014)

• V K R V Rao Memorial Lecture - 9
  Corruption : When Preaching Piety is Not Enough
  by Prof. Pranab Bardhan, Professor of Graduate School, Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
  (31st August, 2012)

• V K R V Rao Memorial Lecture - 8
  Paradox of Rapid Growth and Persistent Poverty : A Tale of Two Countries
  by Prof. Deepak Nayyar, Professor in Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
  (20th January, 2011)

• V K R V Rao Memorial Lecture - 7
  The Concept of Civilization in the Nationalist Discourse : Mahatma Gandhi to
  Jawaharlal Nehru
  by Prof. Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, Chairman, ICHR, New Delhi
  (20th January, 2010)

• V K R V Rao Memorial Lecture - 6
  India at the Crossroads: The Choices Before Us
  by Shri Nandan M.Nilekani, Co-Chairman, INFOSYS
  (16th February, 2009)

• V K R V Rao Memorial Lecture - 5
  The Present Significance of Caste
  by Prof. André Béteille, Chairman, ICSSR
  (20th January, 2008)

• V K R V Rao Memorial Lecture - 4
  Economic and Social Change in India: The Emerging
  Role of Higher Education
  by Prof. Narendra Jadhav, Vice-Chancellor, the University of Pune
  (20th January, 2007)

• V K R V Rao Memorial Lecture - 3
  Statistics: A Gateway of Knowledge
  by Prof. C.R. Rao, Eberly Family Chair in Statistics, Emeritus, Pennsylvania State University
  (20th January, 2006)

• V K R V Rao Memorial Lecture - 2
  Verdicts on Nehru: The Rise and Fall of A Reputation
  by Prof. Ramachandra Guha, Historian and Biographer
  (20th January, 2005)

• V K R V Rao Memorial Lecture - 1
  Prospects of Growth with Social Justice
  by Dr. K S Krishnaswamy, former Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India
  (20th January, 2004)