Dear Friends
We are happy to inform you that Dr Parakala Prabhakar, author, economist and public intellectual has kindly agreed to deliver the next lecture ( 31 st one) in the Democracy Dialogues Series organised by New Socialist Initiative, on Sunday, 26 th May 2024, at 6 PM
The theme of his lecture will be 'The Political Economy of New India'
You are cordially invited to attend.
Details Below
Regards
subhash gatade
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Democracy Dialogues Lecture 31 :
Dr Parakala Prabhakar
Author, economist and public intellectual
Theme :
The Political Economy of New India
Time :
6 PM (IST), Sunday, 26 th May 2024
On Zoom
We will share the details soon
About the Speaker and His Talk :
Dr. Parakala Prabhakar, is an author, economist, and public intellectual.
He served as Communications Advisor, held a cabinet rank position in Andhra Pradesh Government between July 2014 and June 2018. He was also a former spokesman and one of the founding general secretaries of Praja Rajyam Party.
For several years he presented a current affairs discussion programme on television channels of Andhra Pradesh. His programmes included Pratidhwani on ETV2 and Namaste Andhra Pradesh on NTV .
His book of essays 'The Crooked Timber of New India : Essays on a Republic in Crisis' was widely discussed.
Dr Parakala completed his doctorate from the London School of Economics. He did his Master of Arts (M.A.) and Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.
About the Talk :
Relentless in exposing the sinister nature of the communal politics of the current ruling dispensation and meticulous in exposing the voodoo economic policies pursued by them which are disastrous to the Indian economy, Dr Parakala Prabhakar is going to speak on 'The Political Economy of New India' in this lecture.