Public Talk: Caste and Space in Indian Cities, Dr Vamsi Vakulabharanam, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Thursday, 22 January 2026, 4:00 PM. 
Five-Day National Workshop on "Quantitative Methods in Social Science Research" (9–13 March 2026). View complete brochure here and link to apply here.
Seminar: From Classroom to Cropland: An Economist's Return to the Soil, Prof L Venkatachalam, RBI Chair Professor, MIDS, 29 January 2026, 3:30 PM.
Second Edition of Annual Development Conclave | Registration
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Five-Day National Workshop on "Quantitative Methods in Social Science Research" (9–13 March 2026). View complete brochure here and link to apply here.
Seminar: From Classroom to Cropland: An Economist's Return to the Soil, Prof L Venkatachalam, RBI Chair Professor, MIDS, 29 January 2026, 3:30 PM.
Second Edition of Annual Development Conclave | Registration
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About MIDS
The Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS) was founded by Dr. Malcolm S Adiseshiah and Mrs. Elizabeth Adiseshiah, in January 1971, shortly after Dr.Adiseshiah's retirement as Deputy Director-General of UNESCO. In 1977, MIDS was reconstituted...
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A Remembered Village, A Remembered Town Socio-economic Changes in Western Tamil Nadu
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Swadeshi Steam: V.O. Chidambaram Pillai and the Battle against the British Maritime Empire
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Environmental Politics at the Local: Natural Resource Governance in India
Satyajit Singh and Ajit Menon
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