Conference on the Future of India's Democracy 28.06. - 29.06.2024

In seven sessions spread over two days, leading activists and political scientists debated on different topics concerning the future of India's Democracy at the SAI in Heidelberg.

Speakers and panelists: Prof. Dr. Rahul Mukherji, Dr. Hossein Zarhani, Dr. Dieter Reinhardt, Mr. Mani Shankar Aiyar, Prof. Rajeev Bhargava, Prof. Christoffe Jaffrelot, Dr. Harsh Mander, Dr. Theo Rathgeber, Ms. Seema Chishti, Mr. Aman Wadud, Mr. Rasheed Ahmed, Professor Yasmin Saikia, Mr. Yogendra Yadav, Professor John Harriss, Professor Irfan Ahmed, Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Ms. Anjali Bharadwaj, Dr. M. Mohsin Alam Bhatt, Dr. Carola Hausotter, Dr. Thorsten Rudolph, Prof. Aurel Croissant and Dr. Christian Wagner.

Session 1 - The Future of India's Democracy

Session 2 - Media, Diaspora and the State

Session 3 - Minorities & the future of Indian Politics

Session 4 - Religion, Civil Society and Social Democracy

Session 5 - Institutional Decay

Session 6 - Reflections on Germany and India

Session 7 - Is there an ancient Indian tradition of Democracy?

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