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Programme
Day 1 : Saturday, 24 January
2.00 – 2.30
Welcoming Remarks and Introduction to the Participants : Stephen McGurk, Regional Director, Regional Office for South Asia and China
Introduction to the Study and the Roundtable Objectives : Ratna M. Sudarshan, Director, Institute of Social Studies Trust, New Delhi and
Introduction of Moderator and brief overview of the roundtable guidelines : Katherine Hay, Senior Program Officer, IDRC, Regional Office for South Asia and China
Moderator : Leena Srivastava, Executive Director, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
The first roundtable theme explores how factors in the research environment shape policy research in India. Participants will discuss research quality, research influence, the uptake of and openness to policy research, and other key trends in the research setting. Participants will explore policy research demand and supply factors and how both influence the use of research (or the ability of research to foster : dialogue, reasoned debate and dissent, evidence based decision making, and sounder development choices). The moderator will call upon individuals to speak to particular questions and foster discussion among the broader group.
3.40 – 4.00 Coffee Break
4.00 – 5.00
Moderator : Professor Niraja Jayal Goyal, Jawarharlal Nehru University
The focus of the roundtable will now shift from the institutional to the organizational context. Roundtable participants will discuss the challenges and opportunities of policy research organizations in India.
5.00 – 5.30
Summary of key points : Pratap Mehta, President, Centre for Policy Research
Next steps : Stephen McGurk, Regional Director, Regional Office for South Asia and China
Vote of Thanks : Velayoudom Marimoutou, Director, French Institute of Pondicherry
Cocktail Reception from 6pm-7pm.
Day 2 : Sunday, 25 January
The sessions on the second day of the workshop begin with short paper presentations, followed by discussion on the papers and more open discussion on related issues and themes.
9:00-9:15
Katherine Hay, Senior Program Officer, IDRC, Regional Office for South Asia and China.
9.15 – 10.00
Speaker : Kuldeep Mathur (10 min)
Discussant : Suman Bery, NCAER (5 min)
Open Discussion for 30 minutes
Moderator : Rajiv Kumar
The presentation will analyze how Policy Research Organizations (PROs) developed in India in the post-colonial period and explore the key historical and political factors in their. The presentation will include the policy ambit and political significance of PRO’s and how the nature of the State and policy formulation and implementation processes influence and shape the nature of policy research organizations and the research / policy nexus.
10.00 – 10.45
Speaker : Anu Bhasin (10 min)
Discussant : A. Vaidyanathan (5 min)
Open Discussion for 30 minutes
Moderator : Basudeb Chaudhuri, CSH
The analysis of Annual Reports of a sample of policy research organizations will explore the areas in which research is being carried out, the funders of research, the time spent on individual studies, the topics on which seminars are held and attended, and suggest ways in which institutes appear to view ‘successful performance’.
10.45 – 11.00 : Coffee Break
11.00-11.45
Speaker : S. Arunachalam (10 min)
Discussant : Rajiv Kumar, Director, Indian Council for Research in International Economic Relations (5 min)
Open Discussion for 30 minutes
Moderator : Prof. Velyayoudom Marimoutou, Director, French Insitute of Pondicherry
The presentation will examine some broad trends around social science research outputs in India and identify the institutions and individuals active in social science research. Further, the paper will attempt to juxtapose this analysis with the policy research environment
11.45 – 12.30
Speaker : Ratna M. Sudarshan, Director, Institute of Social Studies Trust, New Delhi (10 min)
Discussant : S. Parasuraman (5 min)
Open Discussion for 30 minutes
Moderator : Harsh Sethi
The efficacy of policy research can be enhanced with involvement in real world struggles and activism. The presentation will explore the interface between research and activism and the influence of the latter in shaping policy research environment in India. The discussion will explore the role of NGO’s, activists, advocacy groups, in the policy / research process in India and how they generate, use, and support the use of research to inform policy making.
Summary of Key Points : A.K. Shiva Kumar
Close of workshop and next steps : Katherine Hay and Ratna Sudarshan
Workshop followed by Lunch
Funding
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Venue
Jawaharlal Nehru Conference Hall, French Institute of Pondicherry, 11, Saint Louis Street, Pondicherry – 605001.
Participants
- Katherine Hay
- Stephen McGurk
- David Malone
- Annette Nicholson
- Prabha Sethuraman
- Linda Dorothy Sheppard Whalen
- Frieda Granot
- Phet Sayo
- Richard Albert
- Lan Xue
- Whitfield A Knight
- Barbara Jean McDougall
- Andrés Rozental Gutman
- Jocelyn Coulon
- Pratap Mehta
- Francisco Sagasti
- A.K. Shiva Kumar
- A.Vaidyanathan
- Anuradha Bhasin
- Basudeb Chaudhuri
- Harsh Sethi
- Kuldeep Mathur
- Laurent Pordie
- Leena Srivastava
- Niraja Gopal Jayal
- Nitin Desai
- Rajiv Kumar
- Ratna M. Sudarshan
- S. Parasuraman
- S.L.Rao
- Subbiah Arunachalam
- Suman Bery
- V. Marimoutou
- Rajeev Bhargava
- TCA Anant
Dernier ajout : 28 janvier 2009.