30 October, 2017, Bengaluru: The Office of Research and Publications (R&P) at IIM Bangalore will be hosting a research seminar on ‘Lyndon B Johnson Presidency and India’s Green Revolution’, on November 6 (Monday), 2017, from 02:30 pm, at Classroom P12. The talk will be delivered by Prof. Prakash Kumar, Pennsylvania State University.
Prakash Kumar is an Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies at Pennsylvania State University. He is a specialist of the history of South Asia, history of science, and Development Studies. His interest lies in the agro-ecological history of colonial and postcolonial India. Prof. Kumar is currently writing a book on the place of American expertise in agricultural and rural projects of development in India in the twentieth century and is the author of Indigo Plantations and Science in Colonial India (Cambridge University Press, 2012).
http://history.psu.edu/directory/prakash-kumar>
Topic: Lyndon B Johnson Presidency and India’s Green Revolution
Speaker: Prof. Prakash Kumar, Pennsylvania State University
Date: November 6 (Monday), 2017
Time: 02:30 pm onwards
Venue: Classroom P12
30 October, 2017, Bengaluru: The Office of Research and Publications (R&P) at IIM Bangalore will be hosting a research seminar on ‘Lyndon B Johnson Presidency and India’s Green Revolution’, on November 6 (Monday), 2017, from 02:30 pm, at Classroom P12. The talk will be delivered by Prof. Prakash Kumar, Pennsylvania State University.
Prakash Kumar is an Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies at Pennsylvania State University. He is a specialist of the history of South Asia, history of science, and Development Studies. His interest lies in the agro-ecological history of colonial and postcolonial India. Prof. Kumar is currently writing a book on the place of American expertise in agricultural and rural projects of development in India in the twentieth century and is the author of Indigo Plantations and Science in Colonial India (Cambridge University Press, 2012).
http://history.psu.edu/directory/prakash-kumar>
Topic: Lyndon B Johnson Presidency and India’s Green Revolution
Speaker: Prof. Prakash Kumar, Pennsylvania State University
Date: November 6 (Monday), 2017
Time: 02:30 pm onwards
Venue: Classroom P12