You are cordially invited to the Hoover Institution's event, "India's Policy Landscape: Insights from the Survey of India," on Tuesday, January 28th, 2025, at 12 p.m. PT in the Annenberg Conference Room, George P. Shultz Building, and online (via Zoom).
This event will delve into India's current policy landscape, using the Hoover Institution's inaugural edition of the 'Survey of India' as a foundation for the discussion. The 'Survey of India' is a comprehensive volume that provides an overview of developments in India across various policy arenas, including foreign policy, demography, economics, and education. Each of its eight chapters offers a panoramic view and an authoritative account of specific policy issues that are collectively shaping India's trajectory.
About the Speakers
Šumit Ganguly is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Director of the Huntington Program on Strengthening the US-India Relationship. He is the Tagore Chair of Indian Cultures and Civilizations Emeritus and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is the author, coauthor, editor, or coeditor of more than 20 books on the contemporary politics of South Asia. He is currently the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Studies Review.
Jack A. Goldstone is the Virginia E. and John T. Hazel, Jr. Chair Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Mercatus Center, a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center, and Director of Schar’s Center for the Study of Social Change, Institutions and Policy (SCIP). Goldstone is a leading authority on revolutions and social change, and has worked with USAID, the World Bank, and the U.S. State and Defense Departments. He has received numerous awards and fellowships, including from the Guggenheim and MacArthur Foundations.
Dinsha Mistree is a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, where he manages the Huntington Program on Strengthening US-India Relations, and at Stanford Law School's Rule of Law Program, where he teaches state-building and global poverty. His research focuses on governance and economic growth in developing countries, particularly India, covering legal systems, public administration, and education policy.
Nirvikar Singh is Co-Director of the Center for Analytical Finance at UCSC (of which he was the founding Director), and the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Economics, Management and Religion. From 2010 to 2020, he held the Sarbjit Singh Aurora Chair of Sikh and Punjabi Studies at UCSC. He has served as a member of the Advisory Group to the Finance Minister of India on G-20 matters, Consultant to the Chief Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, and the Expert Group on post-Covid-19 economic recovery formed by the Chief Minister of Punjab state in India. At UCSC, he has previously directed the South Asian Studies Initiative, and served as Director of the Santa Cruz Center for International Economics, Co-Director of the Center for Global, International and Regional Studies, and Special Advisor to the Chancellor. In the 1990s, he organized one of the first major US conferences on Indian economic reform. His most recent book was The Other One Percent: Indians in America.
