Deepak Nayyar
Credit: Special Arrangement
Bengaluru: Deepak Nayyar, an Emeritus Professor of Economics at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, will speak on the topic 'From Pax Americana to Pax Mysteriana' on March 6, 6.30 pm at Bangalore International Centre No 7, 4th Main Road, Domlur II Stage.
The object of this lecture is to analyse the world order that was put in place at the end of World War II, examine how it has unfolded in terms of experience since then, and highlight some important manifestations of its multiple crises to discuss possible future scenarios for 2050. The lecture will be followed by a Q&A with the audience.
Deepak Nayyar is an Honorary Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. He was recently invited to the Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the South at the United States Library of Congress, Washington DC, for the academic year 2022-23.
He was Distinguished University Professor of Economics at the New School for Social Research, New York. He also served as Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi. Earlier, he taught at the University of Oxford, the University of Sussex, and the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. Professor Nayyar is Chairman of the Board of the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, in Britain, and was Chairman of the Board of the World Institute for Development Economics Research, UNU-WIDER, Helsinki.
Nayyar was educated at St Stephen’s College and the Delhi School of Economics. Thereafter, as a Rhodes Scholar, he went on to study at Balliol College, University of Oxford, where he obtained a B Phil and a D Phil in Economics. Professor Nayyar has published numerous articles in professional journals and several books.
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