last date to register as participant: 25TH november 2022
What is the Seminar about?
This day-long seminar will showcase undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral research in the social sciences in India. It will engage with wide-ranging contemporary topics in the social sciences and provide a forum for students from various institutions to engage in exchange of academic knowledge. Last year, research topics ranged from unwanted pursuit behaviour to the vulnerability of the Indian labour force to automation, among others.
Objectives of the Seminar
Encouraging high-quality research is an integral part of the undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral curricula in India.
Providing an opportunity for students from various disciplines within the social sciences to present their research.
Engaging with topics of contemporary relevance and rigorous methods employed in social sciences research.
Establishing an academic forum for students of the social sciences to receive a critical review of their work.
THEMES
In doing away with an overarching theme, we wish to encourage submission of high-quality research in the fields of psychology, economics, sociology, anthropology, gender studies, and public policy. Papers presented at past editions of the Seminar have been multi-disciplinary in nature.
CALL FOR PAPERS: SUBMISSION GUIDELINES AND DETAILS
Call for papers is now closed. Please register as a participant to join the Seminar! The schedule of presenters is as below:
Keynote Address
Khushboo Balani (Research Associate, Human Development, CSEP, New Delhi)
Khushboo Balani is currently working as a Research Associate with the Human Development department at the Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP), New Delhi. She is a PhD (Public Policy) Candidate with the Ashank Desai Centre for Policy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. Her thesis focuses on healthcare financing in India, with a special focus on the Empowered Action Group States. She has previously worked with the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy and Outlook Business. Her areas of interest include health economics, public health, human development and development economics.
Her talk will focus on research at the intersection of economics, public policy and public health in India. It will outline aspects of challenges in this domain, and the experience of economists, set in a particular world view, trying to do public health research in India
ELIGIBILITY
Undergraduate students, Postgraduate students, MPhil students, PhD students, Recent graduates (within one year) are also welcome to apply
Date and Time
27th November, 2022 (Sun 9AM to 2PM)
Venue
Online