{"id":4617,"date":"2026-03-04T11:17:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T11:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/economics\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=4617"},"modified":"2026-03-04T11:21:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T11:21:54","slug":"workshop-on-labour-markets-inequality-and-development-lessons-from-india","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/economics\/event\/workshop-on-labour-markets-inequality-and-development-lessons-from-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshop on &#8220;Labour Markets, Inequality, and Development: Lessons from India&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4587 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2026\/02\/DoE.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"278\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2026\/02\/DoE.png 480w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2026\/02\/DoE-300x139.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The event will feature academic presentations of ongoing research alongside policy dialogue sessions with senior civil servants from the Government of Bihar and representatives from the Asian Development Research Institute (ADRI). The idea is to foster engagement between researchers and policymakers and bridge empirical research and real-world policy design in the context of economic development.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Programme:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>9:30 am<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0 Coffee and welcome of the participants<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:00 am<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>Morning Session: Sustainability, Technology and Aspirations<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Academic Session (10:00am-12:00am)<\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Stefania Lovo (University of Reading): Sustainable Development and Bureaucratic Turnover<\/li>\n<li>Henny Osbahr (University of Reading): Community Based Natural Farming for Sustainable Agrifood Systems in India<\/li>\n<li>Upasak Das (University of Manchester): AI Literacy and Human Capital Formation: Evidence from Middle Schools in Rural India<\/li>\n<li>Uma Kambhampati (University of Reading): Contracts, Contacts and the Capacity to Aspire<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Round Table Discussion (12:00am-12:45pm)<\/span>: \u00a0Youth, Aspirations and Technology in Bihar<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Chair: Uma Kambhampati<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px\">Discussants:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Tripurari Sharan (State Information Commissioner, Government of Bihar)- online<\/li>\n<li>Bandana Preyashi (Secretary, Social Welfare Department &amp; Managing Director, Women and Child Development Corporation\u00a0Government of Bihar)<\/li>\n<li>Ashmita Gupta (Asian Development Research Institute)- online<\/li>\n<li>Deepak Kumar (Asian Development Research Institute)- online<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>12:45 pm<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <em>Lunch<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>2:00 pm<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>Afternoon Session: Gender Norms and Women\u2019s Agency<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Academic Session (2:00pm-3:00pm)<\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Subhashis M Chowdhury (University of Sheffield): Eliciting Preference about the Idea of \u2018Love Marriage\u2019 in Rural India<\/li>\n<li>Sam Rawlings (University of Reading): Sexual Violence, Reproductive Coercion, and Policy in India<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Networking over Coffee (3:00-3:30pm):<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>1-1 Meetings with Bandana Preyashi (3:30pm-5:00pm)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The event will feature academic presentations of ongoing research alongside policy dialogue sessions with senior civil servants from the Government of Bihar and representatives from the Asian Development Research Institute&#8230;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"&#104;&#116;&#116;&#112;&#115;&#58;&#47;&#47;&#114;&#101;&#115;&#101;&#97;&#114;&#99;&#104;&#46;&#114;&#101;&#97;&#100;&#105;&#110;&#103;&#46;&#97;&#99;&#46;&#117;&#107;&#47;&#101;&#99;&#111;&#110;&#111;&#109;&#105;&#99;&#115;&#47;&#101;&#118;&#101;&#110;&#116;&#47;&#119;&#111;&#114;&#107;&#115;&#104;&#111;&#112;&#45;&#111;&#110;&#45;&#108;&#97;&#98;&#111;&#117;&#114;&#45;&#109;&#97;&#114;&#107;&#101;&#116;&#115;&#45;&#105;&#110;&#101;&#113;&#117;&#97;&#108;&#105;&#116;&#121;&#45;&#97;&#110;&#100;&#45;&#100;&#101;&#118;&#101;&#108;&#111;&#112;&#109;&#101;&#110;&#116;&#45;&#108;&#101;&#115;&#115;&#111;&#110;&#115;&#45;&#102;&#114;&#111;&#109;&#45;&#105;&#110;&#100;&#105;&#97;&#47;\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"coauthors":[20],"class_list":["post-4617","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Workshop on &quot;Labour Markets, Inequality, and Development: Lessons from India&quot; 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