Fwd: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Parisar Annual Lecture Invitation !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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From: Sujit Patwardhan <su...@parisar.org>
Date: Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 11:24 PM
Subject: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Parisar Annual Lecture Invitation !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To:
7 November 2011
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Parisar Annual Lecture, 2011
Speaker: Advocate Prashant Bhushan
You are cordially invited to the Parisar Annual Lecture, 2011 on Saturday 12 November 2011 at 6 pm
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INVITATION
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Speaker: Advocate Shri Prashant Bhushan
Subject: An Alternative Development Paradigm
Date: Saturday 12 November 2011
Time: 6 - 8 pm
Venue: Dewang Mehta Auditorium, Persistent Systems Ltd.
Bhageerath, 402 Senapati Bapat Road, Near Domino's Pizza),
Pune 411 016
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We request you not bring any bags in the interest of security, and request you to be seated at least 5 minutes before the lecture is scheduled to begin.
Thank you.
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About the speaker
Prashant Bhushan is a Supreme Court advocate by profession and an activist by
heart. He is well known for taking up many public interest causes and PILs,
most often "pro bono". He has been an assiduous defender of civil
liberties, human rights, environmental protection and the rights of the poor.
He has also been a vocal proponent of judicial accountability and has been an
active pursuer of corruption related cases. Recently, he has also become a core
member of the team led by Shri Anna Hazare that is campaigning for an effective
institution to rein in the rampant corruption in the country.
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About the 2011 lecture
An alternative development paradigm
Since the initiation of the economic reforms in 1990, the development paradigm of the country has focused exclusively on GDP growth in the belief that it would trickle down to all. However, this approach ignores two crucial aspects. Firstly, it does not take into account the externalities of this "development" such as environmental impacts, social impacts, health impacts and loss of natural resources. Secondly, it does not look at the distribution effects and impact on inequalities. Therefore there is need for an alternative model of development, which focuses on welfare of the common people. This can only be achieved when the control over decision making on most issues of development are given to the local communities. In particular, the local communities should have control over natural resources in their area, and there must be proper regulation to control externalities of the development process.
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