The Bhattacharya Lectureship 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.

The 6th Bhattacharya Lecture on the Future of India
The Saffron and the Star: Scripting Hindutva in Bollywood
by Nivedita Menon
November 14, 2023 


The 5th Bhattacharya Lecture on the Future of India
by Siddhartha Mukherjee
December 2, 2021 


The 4th Bhattacharya Lecture on the Future of India
A Relativist View of the Indian Nation
by Partha Chatterjee
November 23, 2020 


The 3rd Bhattacharya Lecture on the Future of India
Gandhi, Godse, and Memory in Modern India
by Ravish Kumar
November 16, 2019


The Second Bhattacharya Lecture on the Future of India
Is India Ready for the Twenty First Century? 
by Raghuram Rajan
November 9, 2018


The Inaugural Bhattacharya Lecture on the Future of India
India at Seventy - A Historian's Report Card
by Ramachandra Guha
April 7, 2017