Global Dialogue on Dalit Studies in South Asia
Dignity Initiative, Nepal and the Centre for Development Studies, Shimla, India
are pleased to invite you to the
14 th Distinguished Lecture
to be delivered by
Professor Krishnendra Meena
Centre for the Study of Regional Development
Chief Advisor, Equal Opportunities Office, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
on
Workings of the Equal Opportunity Office, Jawaharlal Nehru
University, New Delhi, India: Enabling Social Justice and Diversity
Date: 27 th March 2025
Time: 07:45 PM India, 08:00 PM Nepal, 10:15 AM USA, 02:15 PM UK
Meeting ID: 858 4209 8149, Passcode: 054642
Link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85842098149?pwd=iBAzMZQa3ubadNa0im4V94UGkKWla6.1
Meeting ID: 858 4209 8149
Passcode: 054642
Kindly feel free to share the link with other participants who may be interested in attending the session.
*Professor Krishnendra Meena will speak for duration of about 40 minutes.
The talk will be followed by a chat-box moderated question-answer session with Professor Meena.
We look forward to seeing you on 27 th March, 2025.
For any queries, please contact:
Dr. Prashant Negi, Assistant Professor, Dr. K. R. Narayanan Centre for Dalit, and Minorities
Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India at negiprashant@gmail.com
or
Rup Sunar, Chairperson, Dignity Initiative, Kathmandu, Nepal at info@dignityinitiatives.org
Watch Live: Facebook/Dignity Initiative
About the Speaker
Professor Krishnendra Meena
Professor Krishnendra Meena is with the Centre for the Study of Regional Development and
Chief Advisor, Equal Opportunities Office, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Concurrently, he is Secretary General, Society for Indian Ocean Studies, New Delhi, India and
Member, Global Diplomacy Lab. Recently, the BMW Foundation nominated him as a BMW
Responsible Leader. As a part of the Managing Global Governance (MGG) Network anchored
by GIZ, Germany, he is currently involved in a project titled ‘India’s Regional Relations in a
Transitioning World: Policies, Priorities and Practices’.
His areas of expertise include political geography, geo-politics and border and trans-boundary
theory. He has published extensively and has many peer reviewed publications to his credit and
is a syndicated columnist with Lokmarg.
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The previous lectures in the Series have been delivered by:
Professor Sukhadeo Thorat
Chairperson, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore
Editor-in-Chief, Caste: A Global Journal on Social Exclusion
Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Chairperson, Indian Institute of Dalit Studies
Former Chairperson, University Grants Commission
Former Chairperson, Indian Council for Social Science Research
Professor N V Varghese
Former Vice Chancellor, National Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA)
Founding Director, Centre for Policy Research in Higher Education (NIEPA)
Former Head of Governance and Management in Education, International Institute for Educational
Planning, UNESCO, Paris
Professor Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd
Political Theorist and Social Activist
Former Director, Centre for Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, MAANU, Hyderabad
Former Head of the Department, Political Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad
Professor Nicholas B Dirks
President and CEO, New York Academy of Sciences
Former Professor of History and Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
Former Chancellor, University of California, Berkeley
Professor Barbara Harriss-White
Senior Research Fellow, School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies, University of Oxford
Professor Emeritus of Development Studies, University of Oxford
Emeritus Fellow of Wolfson College, University of Oxford
Professor William A Darity Jr.
Samuel DuBois Cook Distinguished
Professor of Public Policy
Duke University
Dr. Suraj Yengde
Author, Caste Matters and
Co-editor, Radical in Ambedkar
Dr. Waris Husain
Professor of Law
School of Law, Howard University
Dr. Vikrant Kishore
Associate Professor, International Communications and Creative Industries
University of Nottingham (UK, China, Malaysia)
Honorary Fellow, School of Communication and Creative Arts,
Deakin University, Australia
Board Member, Australia India Film Council
Member, Victorian Multicultural Commission’s Regional Advisory Council
Advisor, Scanlon Research Foundation
Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak
Founder, Sulabh International Social Service Organization
Public Health and Sanitary Educator Par Excellence, Global Innovator, Human Rights Activist
Dr. Kshama Sawant
Author, Politician and Activist
Former Council Member, Seattle City Council, Seattle
Dr. Drona Prakash Rasali
Adjunct Professor, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia
Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Race and Health Policy, 2023-24
Professor David Gellner, FBA
Dr. Krishna Adhikari
School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography
University of Oxford