Call for Applications: Sambhaavnaa Institute’s Winter School on Rethinking Development [13th-20th Dec; Palampur]

Sambhaavnaa Institute for Public Policy, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, is organising a winter school on ‘Rethinking Development’ called Nayi Dishayein from the 13^th to 20^th December 2018.

Objectives of the Programme:

1. Deconstruct, i.e., critically examine the notion of development


2. Examine the root causes of growing inequity in distribution of wealth and resources and in a society fractured along the lines of gender, caste, race, ethnicity, religion


3. Re-examine our belief systems, worldviews, privileges resulting from the power structures of caste, gender, religion, class and how they are linked with the notion of development


4. Examine how the state and its institutions of policy making and governance influence these power structures and vice versa


5. Assess possibilities of transformation through people’s action. An exposure to and dialogue on a range of initiatives/movements towards a just society

The theme of the program is explored using interactive lectures, group work and group discussions, film screenings, collective reflection, and importantly, live experience sharing by activists.

Language: Primarily in English and some Hindi

Last date to apply: 15^th November 2018.

To apply, please write to programs@sambhaavnaa.org.