The Bhattacharya Lectures on the Future of India will enhance UC Berkeley’s impressive strengths in contemporary South Asia Studies by making an impact on the way India is perceived and understood in the United States. This is a moment of profound importance in India as it stands at the cusp of two worlds – a democratic and modern world on the one hand and a backward-‐looking, neo-‐traditional world on the other. The annual lectureship will create a forum where prominent figures not only from the global academic community, but also from the world beyond academia, including journalists, artists, leaders of civil society, and business leaders, will share their ideas about where India is going economically, socially and politically, with Berkeley and the larger community.
Bhattarcharya Lectures on the Future of India
| November 14, 2023 | Nivedita Menon: The Saffron and the Star: Scripting Hindutva in Bollywood | The 6th Bhattacharya Lectue on the Future of India |
| December 2, 2021 | Siddhartha Mukherjee: On Supply Chains, Preparedness, and Public Health in India | The 5th Bhattacharya Lecture on the Future of India |
| November 23, 2020 | Partha Chatterjee: A Relativist View of the Indian Nation | The 4th Bhattacharya Lecture on the Future of India |
| November 16, 2019 | Ravish Kumar: Gandhi, Godse, and Memory in Modern India | The 3rd Bhattacharya Lecture on the Future of India |
| November 9, 2018 | Raghuram Rajan: Is India Ready for the 21st Century? | The 2nd Bhattacharya Lecture on the Future of India |
| April 7, 2017 | Ramchandra Guha: India at 70 - A Historian's Report | The Inaugural Bhattacharya Lecture on the Future of India |