Time | Session / Topics / Speaker |
10:00am – 10:30am | Registration and Tea |
10:30am – 11:00am | Opening Remarks & Introduction to the Book |
11:00am – 01:00pm | Panel 1 | Evolution: History of Indian Liberal Thought The Mind of the Indian Liberal Gandhi's Dharma vs Nehru's Vikas The Problem with Liberal Parties Liberty & Locus of Power |
01:00pm - 02:00pm | Lunch |
02:00pm - 04:00pm | Panel 2 | Execution: From Ideas to Practice Caste Reservations: Half Pregnant Constitution, Half Pregnant State Worry about Opportunity, Not about Inequality
Welfare State vs Welfare Society: Rights, Entitlements & Empathy Liberalism for Whom? Confessions of an incorrigible liberal |
04:00pm - 04:30pm | Tea |
04:30pm - 06:30pm | Panel 3 | Revolution: The Way Forward for Indian Liberalism Why India Needs a New Constitution Religious & Cultural Freedom in India: Both too little and too much Liberty & Security in Radically Networked Societies: A Challenge for Every Generation |
06:30pm - 06:45pm | Break |
06:45pm - 07:00pm | Launch of Book |
07:00pm - 07.45pm | Panel Discussion by Chief Guests |
07:45pm - 08:00pm | Vote of Thanks |
08:00pm - 09.30pm | Dinner |