This summer, it will have been two years since Indian national elections created a mandate for the Bharatiya Janata Party under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Over these two years, many commentators, Indian and international, have attempted to understand the transformations of India under the Modi government, but seldom in a context enabling serious reflection across political and ideological lines. To mark the impending two year anniversary of the Modi government and to assess its impact and the challenges ahead, the University of California at Berkeley, through its Institutes for South Asia Studies and International Studies, is organizing an international symposium titled, India under Modi which brings together influential political, business, policy, scientific, and academic leaders to debate six key areas of governance listed below.
Friday, March 11, 2016 at the Faculty Club, UC Berkeley
Heyns Room 8:30 AM  Registration 
9 AM Opening Remarks
Lawrence Cohen
9:15 - 10:45 AM BUSINESS | INDUSTRY
Moderator: S. Shankar Sastry
Rapporteur: Ben Fong
Sridar Iyengar   
Pratap Bhanu Mehta  
Venktesh Shukla  ABSTRACT
10:45 - 11 AM Break 
11 - 12:30 PM EDUCATION
Moderator: Pradeep Chhibber
Rapporteur: Nirvikar Jassal 
Seshadri Chari   
Faizan Mustafa   
Manisha Priyam  
12:30 - 1:30 PM Lunch (CLOSED) 
1:30 - 3 PM HEALTH | DEVELOPMENT | POVERTY
Moderator: Pranab Bardhan​
Rapporteur: Yoshika Crider 
Reetika Khera ABSTRACT
Ashok Kotwal  ABSTRACT
Isha Ray  
3 - 3:15 PM Break 
3:15 - 4:45 PM LAW | JUSTICE | MINORITY RIGHTS
Moderator: Sonia Katyal
Rapporteur: Shikha Bhattacharjee 
Charu Joseph   
Sonia Katyal  
Lawrence Liang   
4:45 - 5 PM Break
The Great Hall 5 - 6:30 PM Keynote Address: INDIA'S TRAPPED TRANSITIONS
Rapporteur: Shikha Bhattacharjee 
Pratap Bhanu Mehta  
The O'Neill Room 6:30 - 8 PM Dinner (CLOSED)
Saturday, March 12, 2016 at the Faculty Club, UC Berkeley
Heyns Room 8:30 - 9 AM Registration
9 - 10:30 AM    DIGITAL GOVERNANCE
Moderator: Lawrence Cohen
Rapporteur: Gustav Steinhardt 
Jennifer Bussell​  ABSTRACT
Ashish Rajadhyaksha   
Kanwal Rekhi  
10:30 - 10:45 PM Break 
10:45 - 12:15 pm   MEDIA | CULTURE
Moderator: Raka Ray
Rapporteur: Gowri Vijayakumar
Thenmozhi Soundararajan  
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta   
Siddharth Vardarajan   
The Great Hall 12:15 - 2 PM  Lunch (CLOSED)