India's Youth Movement: Labour, Economy, and Development
Key information
- Date
- Time
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5:00 pm to 6:30 pm
- Venue
- Online via Zoom
- Event type
- Seminar
About this event
We are pleased to invite you to the second seminar of this year’s SOAS Economics Seminar Series.
Recent youth mobilisations in India have raised important questions about employment, economic opportunities, inequality. The discussion will explore the economic and social conditions underlying these movements, the aspirations and demands of young people, and their implications for India's political economy.
The seminar will take place on 21 October, from 5:00–6:30 p.m. online over zoom.
Please remember to be logged in to zoom in order to access the link.
Speakers
- Rosa Abraham (Azim Premji University)
- Yamini Aiyar (Brown University)
Header image credit: Sylwia Bartyzel via Unsplash.
About the speakers
Rosa Abraham
Rosa is an economist interested in issues relating to India’s labour market. She heads the Centre for Sustainable Employment and is the lead author of the State of Working India, 2026. Her research focusses on informal work and women’s employment with particular interest in issues at the intersection of labour statistics and women’s work. At the Centre for Sustainable Employment, she has been involved in the State of Working India reports and in the two primary surveys – India Working Survey and Covid-19 Livelihoods Survey, conducted by the Centre.
Her most recent work looks at the impact of major life events – marriage and childbirth – on women’s employment. Prior to joining the University, she worked as a researcher at Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE) and even prior to that as a Lecturer in Madras School of Economics.
Yamini Aiyar
Yamini Aiyar is currently Visiting Professor of the Practice at Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia and Watson Institute, Brown University. She was the President and Chief Executive of the Centre for Policy Research, a leading multidisciplinary think tank in New Delhi from 2017-2024. Yamini's work sits at the intersection of research and policy practice. During her tenure she spearheaded the establishment of two important new research initiatives within CPR on State capacity and Politics. Prior to becoming President she set up the Accountability Initiative at CPR known for its work on governance, social accountability and expenditure tracking in social Policy. Yamini's research interests span the fields of contemporary politics, state capacity, welfare policy, federalism and India's political economy.
