Oxford India Centre Scholars Research Showcase
We are delighted to present a special event in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development: the OICSD Scholars Research Showcase, happening on March 1 from 5-8 pm at Somerville College’s Flora Anderson Hall.

Bringing together interdisciplinary approaches to India’s sustainable development, the OICSD scholars will each give brief but powerful presentations in the fields of health, environmental science, technology, economy and livelihoods, law, politics and more. Covering topics ranging from inequalities in water access to the spread of health-related misinformation online, each presentation will be 10 minutes long, with time for a short Q&A at the end of each session.

Sign up for the event here: forms.office.com/e/TKGYwi64JR

For queries, please write to us at oicsd@some.ox.ac.uk. We look forward to your participation.

Program schedule:

INTRODUCTION & WELCOME | 5-5:10 PM

ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS IN INDIA | 5:10-5:50 PM
‘Intersectional Inequalities and Drinking Water Access in Rural India’
Medha Mukherjee, DPhil candidate in Geography and the Environment
‘Untangling Farmer-wildlife Conflicts in Complex Landscapes of South India’
Apoorva Kulkarni, DPhil candidate in Biology
‘Politics and Political Economy of Transition to Electric Mobility in India’
Gaurav Dubey, DPhil candidate in Geography and the Environment

HEALTH SCIENCE & POLICY| 5:50-6:15 PM
‘Can we understand Anti-microbial Resistance (AMR) from Bacterial Interactions?’
Divya Choudhary, DPhil candidate in Biochemistry
‘Evaluating Facebook’s Policies to Prevent the Spread of Health Misinformation Online: Experimental evidence from India’
Gauri Chandra, DPhil candidate in Public Policy

INNOVATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY | 6:15-6:40 PM
‘The Use of Garnets for Lithium Ion Batteries’
Karthik Ganesh, DPhil candidate in Inorganic Chemistry
‘Harnessing the Sun: The Search for New Photovoltaic Materials’
Snigdha Lal, DPhil candidate in Condensed Matter Physics

ECONOMY & SOCIETY | 6:40-7:20 PM
‘Natural Disasters and Wage Disparities in Indian Agricultural Households’
Ritheka Sundar, MSc candidate in Economics for Development
‘Lovelorn in the Land of Love: An Ethnographic Engagement with Faith and Survival among the Destitute Widows in Nabadwip’
Kankana Chatterjee, MSc candidate in Modern South Asian Studies
‘Current Status and Development of Venture Capital in India’
Meghmala Mukherjee, BCL candidate

LAW & JUSTICE| 7:20-8 PM
‘Procedure Matters: The Rule of Law and Public Interest Litigation in India’
Swapnil Tripathi, DPhil candidate in law
‘The Responsibility of Being a Judge: A Personal Account’
Payal Agarwal, BCL candidate
‘Regulation of Disability-Selective Abortions In India’
Ishani Mookherjee, BCL candidate
Date: 1 March 2023, 17:00 (Wednesday, 7th week, Hilary 2023)
Venue: Flora Anderson Hall
Venue Details: Somerville College
Speakers: Speaker to be announced
Organiser: Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development
Organiser contact email address: oicsd@some.ox.ac.uk
Booking required?: Recommended
Booking url: https://forms.office.com/e/TKGYwi64JR
Audience: Public
Editor: Vinita Govindarajan