02 January, 2018, Bengaluru: The Office of Research and Publications (R&P) at IIM Bangalore will host a research seminar on ‘Inching Towards the Metre: Reflections on Standardisation, Globalisation and Governance: Metrology in India, 1833-1956’, on January 03 (Wednesday), 2018, from 02:30 pm, at Classroom P12. The talk will be delivered by Prof. Aashish Velkar, University of Manchester.
Speaker Profile: Dr. Aashish Velkar is Lecturer in Economic History, University of Manchester, with a PhD from London School of Economics. He specializes in histories of economic life and has published an award-winning monograph, Markets and Measurements in Nineteenth Century Britain (Cambridge University Press, 2012). He has also published in various international journals such as Enterprise and Society and was Research Fellow at Princeton University (2014-15). His forthcoming article in Past & Present, ‘Rethinking Metrology, Nationalism, and Development in India (1833-1956)’, explores the cultural and political economy of measurement systems.
Topic: Inching Towards the Metre: Reflections on Standardisation, Globalisation and Governance: Metrology in India, 1833-1956
Speaker: Prof. Aashish Velkar, University of Manchester
Date: January 03 (Wednesday), 2018
Time: 02:30 pm onwards
Venue: Classroom P12
02 January, 2018, Bengaluru: The Office of Research and Publications (R&P) at IIM Bangalore will host a research seminar on ‘Inching Towards the Metre: Reflections on Standardisation, Globalisation and Governance: Metrology in India, 1833-1956’, on January 03 (Wednesday), 2018, from 02:30 pm, at Classroom P12. The talk will be delivered by Prof. Aashish Velkar, University of Manchester.
Speaker Profile: Dr. Aashish Velkar is Lecturer in Economic History, University of Manchester, with a PhD from London School of Economics. He specializes in histories of economic life and has published an award-winning monograph, Markets and Measurements in Nineteenth Century Britain (Cambridge University Press, 2012). He has also published in various international journals such as Enterprise and Society and was Research Fellow at Princeton University (2014-15). His forthcoming article in Past & Present, ‘Rethinking Metrology, Nationalism, and Development in India (1833-1956)’, explores the cultural and political economy of measurement systems.
Topic: Inching Towards the Metre: Reflections on Standardisation, Globalisation and Governance: Metrology in India, 1833-1956
Speaker: Prof. Aashish Velkar, University of Manchester
Date: January 03 (Wednesday), 2018
Time: 02:30 pm onwards
Venue: Classroom P12