Schedule

8:30 – 9:00PM	Breakfast available at conference venue
9:00 – 9:15PM	Welcome and introductions
9:15 – 11:15PM	Panel 1: Political Representation
11:15 – 11:30PM	Coffee/tea break
11:30 – 1:15PM	Panel 2: Political Economy
01:15 – 3:00PM	Lunch and discussion on fieldwork in India
03:00 – 4:45PM	Panel 3: Clientelism and Intermediation
04:30 – 6:30PM	Coffee/Tea Break/Free time
06:45PM	Departure for dinner at Haveli, Murthal (8km away from campus)

Panel 1: Political Representation

Discussant: Anustubh Agnihotri (University of California, Berkeley)

– Jusmeet Singh Sihra (Sciences Po and Hebrew University, Jerusalem):
Who Represents the Scheduled Castes in Assemblies? The Paradox of Reservations and Castes in Rajasthan

– Nissim Mannathukkaren (Dalhousie University)
Ezhava Representation in Kerala: Questions and Conundrums

– Saloni Bhogale (Ashoka University)
Querying the Indian Parliament: What can the Question Hour tell us about Muslim Representation in India?

– Rachel Brule (New York University, Abu Dhabi)
Women’s Representation and Resistance: Positive & Perverse Consequences of Indian Laws for Gender Equality

– Christophe Jaffrelot¹ (Sciences Po) and Kalaiyarasan A. (Madras Institute of Development Studies)
Dominant castes, from bullock capitalists to OBCs? The impact of class differentiation in rural India

– Jennifer Bussell (University of California, Berkeley)
Clients & Constituents: Political Responsiveness in Patronage Democracies

Panel 2: Political Economy

Discussant: Anirvan Choudhary

– Rikhil Bhavnani (University of Wisconsin Madison) and Mark Copelovich (University of Wisconsin Madison)
The Political Impact of Monetary Shocks: Evidence from India’s 2016 Demonetization

– Nikhar Gaikwad (Columbia University)
Identity Politics and Economic Policy

– Anjali Bohlken (Georgia Institute of Technology), Nikhar Gaikwad (Columbia University), and Gareth Nellis (University of California, Berkeley)
Getting on the Grid: The Politics of Public Service Formalization in Urban India

Lunchtime Discussion on fieldwork in India

– Christophe Jaffrelot (Sciences Po)

– Basim U Nissa (Ashoka University)

– Gilles Verniers (Ashoka University)

Panel 3: Clientelism and Intermediation

Discussant: Priyamvada Trivedi and Gilles Verniers

– Adam Auerbach (American University) and Tariq Thachil (Vanderbilt University)
Cultivating Clients: Reputation, Responsiveness, and Ethnic Indifference in India’s Slums

– Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner (University of Virginia) and Adam Auerbach (American University)
Uneven Expectations: The Geography of Citizenship Practice in Rural and Urban India

– Simon Chauchard (Columbia University) and Neelanjan Sircar (Ashoka University)
Courting Votes Without Party Agents: Political Competition and Partisan

_{¹ Names in bold are presenters for co-authored papers.}