Fwd: CSAS Event Today: Talk on water and sanitation related issues in India by Rohini Nilekani (Oct 30 @ 6pm)

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Subject: CSAS Event Today: Talk on water and sanitation related issues in India by Rohini Nilekani (Oct 30 @ 6pm)
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012 Urban Water Futures - Can India's small towns show the way? The 2nd Sarah Kailath Memorial Lecture on "Women and Leadership."

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Lecture | October 30 | 6-7:30 p.m. | B-100 Blum Hall Sponsors: Center for South Asia Studies, Blum Center for Developing Economies, Sarah Kailath Chair in India Studies Speaker: Rohini Nilekani, Chairperson, Arghyam CSAS is proud to announce the 2nd Sarah Kailath Memorial Lecture - a lecture series on the theme of Women and Leadership. This lecture series has been established in memory of Sarah Kailath (February 5 1941 - October 15, 2008), a long-time supporter of CSAS’s mission and activities and in whose name the center holds an endowed chair titled the "Sarah Kailath Chair in India Studies." Our second Sarah Kailath Memorial lecture will be delivered by Rohini Nilekani. Rohini Nilekani is Founder-Chairperson of Arghyam, a foundation she set up with a private endowment, to work on water and sanitation issues in India. She is also Founder-Chairperson of Pratham Books, a charitable trust which seeks to put "A book in every child's hand." An ex-journalist, author and philanthropist, Rohini has been deeply involved with development issues for more than a decade. She is currently a member of the Audit Advisory Board of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. She sits on the Boards of many non-profits, notably ATREE (the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment) and Sanghamithra Rural Financial Services. Rohini has authored two books published by Penguin India- a novel - Stillborn - and also a non–fiction account of dialogues she moderated between social and corporate leaders called Uncommon Ground. The Sarah Kailath Memorial Lecture on "Women and Leadership," derives from the Sarah Kailath Chair in India Studies. The chair was established by Thomas Kailath, and Vinita and Narendra Gupta in honor of Dr. Kailath's wife, Sarah Kailath, to enhance awareness and knowledge of issues relating to the Indian subcontinent. The current Sarah Kailath Chair is Lawrence Cohen, Chair, Center for South Asia Studies and Professor, Anthropology and South Asian Studies. Professors Raka Ray, Robert P. Goldman and Thomas Metcalf previously held the Chair. This talk is presented under the aegis of Urban WASH: Paradigms for Water, Sanitation & Hygiene for the 21st Century South Asian City, the Center for South Asia Studies' urban water initiative designed to showcase various events and speakers focusing on addressing the urgent need to address urban water and sanitation issues in South Asia.

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