INSAF National Convention - "Shrinking Democratic Spaces and Rising Corporate Hegemony" (22 October, Bangalore)

10.00 - 1.00: ​​
Welcome and Introduction
Session 1: Governance and political processes - the Corporate takeover
Prananjoy Guha Thakurta​ (editor, EPW),
Aakar Patel (Amnesty International)
Dr. Sandeep Pendse (writer & playwright, Bombay)
Moderator: Anil Chaudhary (Peoples Commission on Shrinking Democratic Spaces)
1.00 - 2.00: Lunch
2.00 - 4.30:
Session 2: Corporate Control and Media
Gauri Lankesh (editor, Lankesh Patrika, Bangalore),
Geeta Seshu (Journalist,Bombay), ​
Sukumar Murlidharan (journalist, New Delhi)
Moderator: Priya Pillai (Greenpeace, New Delhi)
5.00 - 7.00:
Session 2: Ways Forward: Resisting Corporatocracy, defending Democracy
Sunkanna Velpula (former HCU, presently IIT Mumbai),
Umar Khalid (JNUSU),
Zamir (HCU),
Pondicherry University Students Council*
Moderator: Ish Mishra (Delhi University)
*tbc

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