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 - 16
  National Pension System, Consumption and Growth
  by Dr. D. Narayana, Former Director, Gulati Institute of
  Finance and Taxation, Thiruvananthapuram and Vice President,
  Indian Health Economics and Policy Association, Bengaluru
  (20th January 2020)

• V K R V Rao Memorial Lecture - 15
  The Importance of Ethics in Life
  by by Prof. (Dr.) R. Venkata Rao, Vice Chancellor,
  National Law School of India University,Bengaluru
  (21st January 2019)

• 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)