Between cliche and creativity

BANGALORE: Azim Premji University Public Lecture Series will present a talk by Shiv Visvanathan, eminent social scientist and anthropologist.He will give a lecture on ‘Development: Between Cliché and Creativity, Imagining alternatives to dominant models of development.’ Says Anurag Behar, vice chancellor, Azim Premji University, “Given the debates surrounding the notion of development in contemporary India, Shiv Visvanathan’s talk is timely and significant.” Shiv Visvanathan is professor of Social Science at Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Ahmedabad.His areas of research interest include sociology of science and technology, violence and globalisation, corruption, sociology of disasters and futures.The lecture will be held today at National Gallery of Modern Art , from 5 pm to 7 pm.