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) |
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
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
– Christophe Jaffrelot (Sciences Po)
– Basim U Nissa (Ashoka University)
– Gilles Verniers (Ashoka University)
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.