Events

The Conference on Political Economy of South Asia is an annual event co-organised by three public universities: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, University of California Berkeley, and University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Call for Abstracts: The theme for this year is titled South Asian Capitalism(/s), this Fall 2025 conference aims to investigate how capitalist accumulation is […]

Independent India’s 75-year journey is marked by challenges like poverty, inequality, and ecological crises, making its political economy a complex field. Recent transformations—class dynamics, industrial shifts, and social hierarchies—demand fresh, interdisciplinary perspectives. The Economy and Society in Contemporary India Conference, now under IIT Bombay’s New Political Economy Initiative, aims to unite scholars, researchers, and policymakers. It seeks to provide critical insights, foster dialogue, and build a scholarly ecosystem for addressing India’s pressing economic and social challenges.

The aim of the workshop was to gather together experts working on the structure and dynamics of national financial systems of Global South countries (past and present) to examine the role of domestic financial systems in generating financial subordination and industrial dependency. We want to jointly consider an old question in light of new evidence […]

Economic development in the Global South has traditionally been understood as a structural transformation: the shift of economic activities and employment from traditional, low-productivity agriculture to modern industrial and service sectors. This transition is presumed to be driven by growth in modern sectors. Yet, despite economic growth and declining dependence on agriculture, many transitioning workers […]

We are delighted to announce the launch of the Development Macroeconomics (DevMac) network which aims to articulate the analysis of development through the macroeconomic framework that is deeply rooted in the socio-historical-political context of India and to create pedagogic material on what we call as Indian context specific Macroeconomics. The inaugural conference of the DevMac […]

New Political Economy Initiative, IIT Bombay in collbration with Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS) invites you to a workshop on East Asian Development Experience: Lessons for Tamil Nadu on  Monday, 24 March 2025, 9:30 am to 1 pm at MIDS Auditorium, Adyar, Chennai Subnational and regional trajectories are increasingly recognized as crucial for understanding the […]

There has been a resurgence of Industrial policy across the world. While economic rationale and policy instruments proposed may vary given the needs of each country, Industrial policy is back in development discourse. The Inflation Reduction Act in the United States, the European Green Deal and China’s Belt and Road Initiative are some examples. Industrial […]

Session 1 | Book Discussion: Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers: Class, Race and Maritime Capitalism in the Early Twentieth Century 27 February, 6-8pm IST Speaker: Ravi Ahuja (Centre for Modern Indian Studies, University of Göttingen) When eighty-seven passengers and crew died in the shipwreck of the Royal Mail ship Egypt in 1922, the accident gave […]

The aim of the workshop was to gather together scholars who are working on or have worked on questions of Rural Economy or theorisations adjacent to it. The core starting point being described as below Processes of dispossession and displacement from land, legitimised in the name of ‘development’, particularly in countries of the Global South […]

Independent India’s 75-year journey is marked by challenges like poverty, inequality, and ecological crises, making its political economy a complex field. Recent transformations—class dynamics, industrial shifts, and social hierarchies—demand fresh, interdisciplinary perspectives. The Economy and Society in Contemporary India Conference, now under IIT Bombay’s New Political Economy Initiative, aims to unite scholars, researchers, and policymakers. It seeks to provide critical insights, foster dialogue, and build a scholarly ecosystem for addressing India’s pressing economic and social challenges.

The New Political Economy Initiative at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, in collaboration with Azim Premji University Bengaluru, is organising the second edition of the 2-day workshop on New Approaches to Economy & Society on 16th & 17th May 2025 at APU’s Bengaluru campus. This workshop is the second edition of the May 2024 convening […]

Overview The New Political Economy Initiative at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode hosted the first edition of the Economy & Society Winter School as part of its ‘Social Structures of the Economy’ Research Cluster from Monday, December 9, to Saturday, December 21 this year. The […]

Call for Papers: The New Political Economy Initiative, IIT Bombay in association with IIT Mandi and IISER Mohali  invite submission of original papers from the early and mid-career scholars to participate and deliberate on the aspects of economic and social lives that are being reshaped in contemporary times in India and the Global South. The […]

The New Political Economy Initiative at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay is organising a small workshop titled “Engagements in everyday life: The analysis of emerging forms of social action” in Jodhpur from 21st-22nd October, 2024. Read the note below for the concept note. Across the world, the new opportunities and challenges of operating in a […]

This policy workshop was  a one-day event organised in by New Political Economy Initiative in collaboration with Ashank Desai Centre for Policy Studies at IIT Bombay, followed by a public roundtable.       More details about the workshop can be found in the prorgamme schedule Convenor: Malish CM, ADCPS, IIT Bombay