The Twelfth Edition of Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest
Thursday, November 18th to Sunday, November 21st 2021

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Shiv Visvanathan

Professor & Social Anthropologist, India

Shiv Visvanathan is currently Professor at Jindal Global Law School, Sonipat and Director, Centre for the Study of Knowledge Systems, O.P Jindal Global University.  He is a trained social anthropologist with a PhD from the University of Delhi. He holds an Adjunct Professorship at the National Institute of Advanced Study (NIAS). He is an Indian public intellectual and social scientist best known for his contributions to Science and Technology Studies, and for the concept of cognitive justice a term he coined. He is author of Organizing for Science, A Carnival for Science, Theatres of Democracy  and has co-edited Foulplay: Chronicles of Corruption.

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Analyse This

  • 21st November
  • 5:45 pm - 6:30 pm

What ails the Indian psyche?
Ashis Nandy in conversation with Shiv Visvanathan

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