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 | The Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS), in partnership with the South Asian Studies Council at Yale University and Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy (JCCD) organised the India Urban Conference: Evidence and Experience . The IUC was a series of events designed to raise the salience of urban challenges and opportunities in the ongoing debate of India’s development. IUC incorporated the practitioner perspective in Mysore (17-20 November, 2011) and presented focused discussions for policy impact in Delhi (22 November, 2011). |
On 9th November 2011, IIHS, Janaagraha, and the South Asian Studies Council at Yale announced the commencement of the IUC 2011 Conference.
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On 21st November 2011, the Delhi conference of IUC 2011 hosted a panel discussion on “Urban India: Evidence and Experience from Urban Leaders”.
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The last segment of the conference was held in Delhi on 22 November, 2011. The objective was to discuss issues uncovered in Mysore with policy-makers and bureaucrats, and explore means for future action.
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Read the official press release on India Urban Conference 2011 – ‘Evidence and Experience’.
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The Mysore conference took place from 17 November to 20 November, 2011. It was designed to bring together state and local policy makers, policy implementers, academics, students, civil society, and industry stakeholders to identify challenges and chart strategies for India’s urban development. The conference explicitly engaged urban residents and practitioners in the discussion in order to develop a deeper, more nuanced understanding of the current context and priorities moving forward. Its themes included Urban Economy and Urban Social Services along with the previous ones.
The Yale conference, titled ‘URBAN INDIA: Historical Processes and Contemporary Experiences’ aimed to examine contemporary urbanisation in India, situated in the modern historical processes of the growth of cities. The conference was academic, with scholars in various disciplines concerned about poverty, health, environment, migrant workers, architectural heritages, and the place of urbanisation in the future of India as an emerging dominant player in the world economic stage. The conference discussed six different themes: Urban Utopias; Governance and Citizenship; Livelihoods, Mobility and Informality; Land & Infrastructure; City & Public Culture; and Desire and Belonging in the City. The conference is the first step towards developing a more sustained focus on urban studies as part of the India Initiative at Yale.
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The winners of the san-kranti challenge have been announced – ChaloBEST, Taramani Thunders and Deep Blue teams are the top 3 winning teams.
The san-kranti student challenge 2011 invited interdisciplinary teams of university students to design a public-private community of purely private response to a pressing urban problem. These submissions provided an opportunity to an increasingly youthful India to explore innovative responses to diverse challenges posed by urbanisation across multiple regions of India. Selected semi-finalist groups received mentorship support to hone their proposals into effective action plans. Several of these plans were presented to a panel of eminent judges at the IUC Mysore Conference.
